Samuel Logan Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Brenda Pazová trávila ako asi každý mladý človek veľa času so svojimi rovesníkmi. Chodili po žúroch, počúvali hudbu a neskoro do noci sa preháňali na autách. Ale Brenda a jej kamaráti boli členmi Mary Salvatruche, MS-13, najbrutálnejšieho gangu v Amerike, a tak robili nielen to, čo iní mladí ľudia, ale aj kradli, predávali drogy, pašovali ľudí a vraždili. Mara Salvatrucha, pouličný gang, ktorý začal pôsobiť v Los Angeles v 80. rokoch 20. storočia, sa veľmi rýchlo rozšíril do celých Spojených štátov a Strednej Ameriky a mal desaťtisíce členov. Voči súperiacim gangom, ale ani voči vlastným členom, ktorí neboli dostatočne verní, nepoznal zľutovanie. Pri páchaní trestnej činnosti bol organizovanejší ako mafia. A pretože pôsobil v izolovaných komunitách utečencov zo Strednej Ameriky, poľahky unikal zákonu. To všetko sa zmenilo, keď sa Brenda Pazová stala informátorkou FBI a odhalila neuveriteľne širokú škálu gangsterskej činnosti. Jej spolupráca s FBI však bola len začiatkom. To, čo nasledovalo, je príbehom vnútornej sily, inteligencie a veľkej odvahy.

Like any American teenager, Brenda Paz spent much of her time with her friends. They would go to parties, listen to music, and show off their cars late into the night. But Brenda and her friends belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha--the MS-13--the most violent gang in America, and in addition to enjoying the things that all teenagers do, her friends were thieves, drug dealers, human traffickers, and murderers. A street gang that began in Los Angeles in the 1980s, the Mara Salvatrucha has spread across the United States and Central America with startling speed, boasting tens of thousands of members. They deal ruthlessly with competing gangs and any members who display disloyalty, often leaving a trail of dismembered corpses in their wake. They are poised to surpass the Mafia as the country's most organized criminal network. And by operating within the insular Central American immigrant communities, the Mara Salvatrucha has been able to easily elude law enforcement. All that changed when Brenda Paz turned informant for the FBI, exposing the incredible scope of the gang's operations. But Brenda's cooperation with the FBI was only the beginning. What followed is an extraordinary story of strength, intelligence, and incredible courage. This is for the Mara Salvatrucha takes us into a dark and violent world that few people have seen, but is closer than you think.