Michael Chiklis

So he embedded and went undercover.

And which cartel was it?

So if you, I mean, overt and covert actions we're talking about,

What would be – I mean obviously having no appetite and no market is probably the best way to dry up a drug cartel.

But then also they're shapeshifters, right?

They'll do human trafficking or move on to other forms of income, right?

Where are the cartels now in terms of their power versus what may have been the height of their powers in the late 80s or something?

Or are they more powerful now than they were back in the day?

What is the remedy for this?

Let's just say, you know, for, you know, fentanyl and China and China's, you know, not delivering fentanyl, but they're delivering the elements and ingredients for fentanyl.

And they're, you know, sort of

overseeing it, but not actually getting their hands dirty in it.

What could we do?

Could we do something with China?

Do you, I mean, you're not inherently interested in drug cartels or inherently interested in magic.

You've written another book on that.

Magic is dead.

Do you just sort of walk around with your head on a swivel looking for interesting subjects and then sort of taking deep dives into them once you've discovered that interesting subject?

And then for you, is it...

You know, always writing.