Alvin Ibarra

In this novel, Alvin Ibarra, a scientist with extensive experience in botanical extracts, weaves truth and theory into a fiction where the end of cocaine trafficking is seen as a real possibility. Making use of his years spent living in Latin America, the United States, and Europe, as well as his extensive travels, the author spins a web of personal drama and intrigue across the globe, doing in Magnolia Operation what is disallowed in science: pursuing a provocative hypothesis without the burden of proof.