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Charlie Hood #4
The Border Lords
For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the fourth suspenseful and thrilling novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, now featuring an excerpt from his upcoming novel The Room of White Fire.Charlie Hood searches for an undercover agent who has disappeared, only to resurface in a haunting series of bizarre and inexplicable video tapes. The trail leads Charlie into the fevered landscape of America's southern border and the unexplored depths of humanity's dark soul.
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First published March 28, 2011
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T. Jefferson Parker
99 books852 followersT. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of 26 crime novels, including Edgar Award-winners SILENT JOE and CALIFORNIA GIRL. Parker's next work is coming-of-age thriller, A THOUSAND STEPS, set for January of 2022. He lives with his family in a small town in north San Diego County, and enjoys fishing, hiking and beachcombing.
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April 1, 2024
IL POTERE DEL CANE
Su e giù per il confine tra California e Messico vanno merci di varia natura: soldi sporchi, droghe di più tipi e qualità, forza lavoro umana armata e non…
Ci sono i buoni e ci sono i cattivi.
Ci sono i buoni senza sfumature, come il protagonista di questa serie, Charlie Hood - e ci sono i buoni con sfumature, che qualcuno potrebbe definire quasi cattivi, come uno dei protagonisti di questo romanzo, il fulcro della storia, Sean “Gravas” Hozburn.
Ma ci sono anche i cattivi con sfumature, come probabilmente si può dire del vicesceriffio Bradley Jones.
Le donne sono tutte belle e desiderabili, gli uomini forti e atletici, oppure sono brutti sporchi e cattivi.
Jefferson Parker mi ha riportato sulla pista preferita da Winslow, pista di sudore, sangue, cocaina, polvere e polvere da sparo: molti sono i punti in comune tra questi due scrittori di crime novel, anche se per ora la mia preferenza va al Don.
Erroneamente accreditato di tre vittorie all’Edgard Award nella quarta di copertina, nelle note sull’autore e qui da un altro commentatore, che lo avrebbe reso caso unico nella storia del premio, qua e là mi lascia a desiderare una maggiore cura: il gusto per la descrizione è parte delle regole del genere, ma qui a volte si esagera, l’azione viene frammentata così tanto, per poterla descrivere ancora più a lungo, che il brodo finale non è abbastanza ristretto.
L’insistenza su certi cliché è forte, ma si spiega con il senso di appartenenza a una comunità, quella che ha preso avvio dal grande Edgard Allan e che a lui si richiama: quindi, scrivere è mestiere e gioco, è libertà e fedeltà al branco.
Su tutto vince il paesaggio, qui, in particolare, il deserto.
La venatura horror ha il suo fascino e la sua originalità.
Peccato sia affidata a un personaggio poco definito, che senza leggere tutta la saga (questa è per ora arrivata a sei titoli) rischia di restare troppo poco raccontato.
Una lettura senza complessità.
A volte, in certe situazioni, ha il suo vantaggio, e il suo perché.
Su e giù per il confine tra California e Messico vanno merci di varia natura: soldi sporchi, droghe di più tipi e qualità, forza lavoro umana armata e non…
Ci sono i buoni e ci sono i cattivi.
Ci sono i buoni senza sfumature, come il protagonista di questa serie, Charlie Hood - e ci sono i buoni con sfumature, che qualcuno potrebbe definire quasi cattivi, come uno dei protagonisti di questo romanzo, il fulcro della storia, Sean “Gravas” Hozburn.
Ma ci sono anche i cattivi con sfumature, come probabilmente si può dire del vicesceriffio Bradley Jones.
Le donne sono tutte belle e desiderabili, gli uomini forti e atletici, oppure sono brutti sporchi e cattivi.
Jefferson Parker mi ha riportato sulla pista preferita da Winslow, pista di sudore, sangue, cocaina, polvere e polvere da sparo: molti sono i punti in comune tra questi due scrittori di crime novel, anche se per ora la mia preferenza va al Don.
Erroneamente accreditato di tre vittorie all’Edgard Award nella quarta di copertina, nelle note sull’autore e qui da un altro commentatore, che lo avrebbe reso caso unico nella storia del premio, qua e là mi lascia a desiderare una maggiore cura: il gusto per la descrizione è parte delle regole del genere, ma qui a volte si esagera, l’azione viene frammentata così tanto, per poterla descrivere ancora più a lungo, che il brodo finale non è abbastanza ristretto.
L’insistenza su certi cliché è forte, ma si spiega con il senso di appartenenza a una comunità, quella che ha preso avvio dal grande Edgard Allan e che a lui si richiama: quindi, scrivere è mestiere e gioco, è libertà e fedeltà al branco.
Su tutto vince il paesaggio, qui, in particolare, il deserto.
La venatura horror ha il suo fascino e la sua originalità.
Peccato sia affidata a un personaggio poco definito, che senza leggere tutta la saga (questa è per ora arrivata a sei titoli) rischia di restare troppo poco raccontato.
Una lettura senza complessità.
A volte, in certe situazioni, ha il suo vantaggio, e il suo perché.
February 9, 2015
This is the fourth book in T. Jefferson Parker's Charlie Hood series, and it takes off right where the third, Iron River, concluded. L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Charlie Hood is on loan to Operation Blowdown, which is essentially an ATF operation aimed at shutting down the flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico.
Another member of the Blowdown team is Sean Ozburn who has been deep under cover for well over a year, posing as a gun and meth dealer. The ATF has purchased some homes in Southern California and, acting as the owner, Ozburn has rented out the homes to members of the North Baja Cartel. The houses are wired for sound and video, and the task force is using the houses to gather intel about the cartel's operations.
One morning while Hood and other team members are watching the live feed from one of the houses, the equipment suddenly goes dark. It's quickly apparent that this is not a simple malfunction and when the team races to the scene, they discover that the four renters have all been shot to death. Later, reviewing the last moments of the video feed, frame-by-frame, Charlie notices something enormously unsettling.
Meanwhile, Sean Ozburn, the "landlord" has gone dark as well. He is still communicating sporadically with his wife, but he has abandoned contact with his ATF teammates. Clearly something bad has happened. Has he cracked under the strain of being undercover in such a dangerous setting for so long or is something more involved? As his best friend on the team, Charlie Hood leads the effort to reel Sean back in, but it's going to be a very difficult task, especially as Ozburn grows increasingly erratic.
Meanwhile, Bradley Jones, the son of Suzanne Jones with whom Hood had a brief relationship as the series opened, has joined the Sheriff's Department as well. At the same time, the young man continues to work for one of the fiercest of the Mexican drug cartel leaders. Jones is very bright and very ambitious, and he's determined to advance his objectives by working both sides of the law. Those ambitions will lead him into conflict with Charlie Hood and into the middle of the mess created by the renegade Sean Ozburn.
T. Jefferson Parker is a very skilled writer, and the tension in this book is palpable from beginning to end. Charlie Hood remains an engaging character as well, and it's both fun and enlightening to watch him work his way through the series of problems presented in the book.
That said, this book, like the previous entry, relies heavily on some supernatural elements that I just couldn't buy into, and that diminished my enjoyment of the book. I couldn't suspend disbelief to the level that was required here, and given as much as I enjoy this series, I hope that in the next book, it returns to more rational terrain.
Another member of the Blowdown team is Sean Ozburn who has been deep under cover for well over a year, posing as a gun and meth dealer. The ATF has purchased some homes in Southern California and, acting as the owner, Ozburn has rented out the homes to members of the North Baja Cartel. The houses are wired for sound and video, and the task force is using the houses to gather intel about the cartel's operations.
One morning while Hood and other team members are watching the live feed from one of the houses, the equipment suddenly goes dark. It's quickly apparent that this is not a simple malfunction and when the team races to the scene, they discover that the four renters have all been shot to death. Later, reviewing the last moments of the video feed, frame-by-frame, Charlie notices something enormously unsettling.
Meanwhile, Sean Ozburn, the "landlord" has gone dark as well. He is still communicating sporadically with his wife, but he has abandoned contact with his ATF teammates. Clearly something bad has happened. Has he cracked under the strain of being undercover in such a dangerous setting for so long or is something more involved? As his best friend on the team, Charlie Hood leads the effort to reel Sean back in, but it's going to be a very difficult task, especially as Ozburn grows increasingly erratic.
Meanwhile, Bradley Jones, the son of Suzanne Jones with whom Hood had a brief relationship as the series opened, has joined the Sheriff's Department as well. At the same time, the young man continues to work for one of the fiercest of the Mexican drug cartel leaders. Jones is very bright and very ambitious, and he's determined to advance his objectives by working both sides of the law. Those ambitions will lead him into conflict with Charlie Hood and into the middle of the mess created by the renegade Sean Ozburn.
T. Jefferson Parker is a very skilled writer, and the tension in this book is palpable from beginning to end. Charlie Hood remains an engaging character as well, and it's both fun and enlightening to watch him work his way through the series of problems presented in the book.
That said, this book, like the previous entry, relies heavily on some supernatural elements that I just couldn't buy into, and that diminished my enjoyment of the book. I couldn't suspend disbelief to the level that was required here, and given as much as I enjoy this series, I hope that in the next book, it returns to more rational terrain.
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January 8, 2014Supernatural? I'm not into that or fantasy or vampires and the such. And supernatural with a cop thriller? Nope, not interested.
GR friend Jim Andersen said he just got tired of Charlie Hood and I think I now understand what he was talking about. I might be there myself. But L. A. Outlaws was such a great book it being the first in the Charlie Hood series.
Years ago would not put a book down if my life depended on it. No longer. If I don't like it, pass it on or rather close it up.
GR friend Jim Andersen said he just got tired of Charlie Hood and I think I now understand what he was talking about. I might be there myself. But L. A. Outlaws was such a great book it being the first in the Charlie Hood series.
Years ago would not put a book down if my life depended on it. No longer. If I don't like it, pass it on or rather close it up.
March 7, 2011
Echoing the sentiments of some other reviewers, I have been a fan of T. Jefferson Parker's and I think his writing tone and inventiveness are very original with more than a touch of poetry; definitely not the same-old-same-old.
However, in the last few novels he has introduced some characters--one in particular--who veer into the realm of the metaphysical. I am not a fan of this mix. It's a little bit like the Deus Ex Machina of old where a fantastic being comes into the play and magically solves difficult plots. It ruins the real-life aspects of the story.
Specifically, I am not bothered by the Bradley Jones character. He believes himself descended from a great Mexican outlaw and that makes for interesting twists in his personality, actions and divided motivations.
The Mike Finnegan character is (to me) the turd in the punch bowl that just ruins the whole thing no matter how little of it is in there.
However, in the last few novels he has introduced some characters--one in particular--who veer into the realm of the metaphysical. I am not a fan of this mix. It's a little bit like the Deus Ex Machina of old where a fantastic being comes into the play and magically solves difficult plots. It ruins the real-life aspects of the story.
Specifically, I am not bothered by the Bradley Jones character. He believes himself descended from a great Mexican outlaw and that makes for interesting twists in his personality, actions and divided motivations.
The Mike Finnegan character is (to me) the turd in the punch bowl that just ruins the whole thing no matter how little of it is in there.
July 4, 2012
Maybe it's just me. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention. Maybe I'm just not in tune with this style of book. To me, there seemed to be way too many lose ends at the end of this one. There were times when I asked myself... "where did this come from?". An example would be the three 'persons' in "hoodies" who told Sean he would be OK if he would repent... or something like that. And what's with the 'priest' who isn't a priest... who is a priest... who isn't. And why the rabies to begin with? What benefit was it to the story? Why would Sean kill himself rather than go back to his wife? And Bradley Jones... an open end on him that I certainly wish would have been closed.
If this is the author's idea of getting me hooked into a sequel... it didn't work. If this book is part of a trilogy, or something of the like, I wasn't able to find any reference to that in between the covers of this book. Thus, I read it as a stand-alone novel. And, as that, it sucked.
If this is the author's idea of getting me hooked into a sequel... it didn't work. If this book is part of a trilogy, or something of the like, I wasn't able to find any reference to that in between the covers of this book. Thus, I read it as a stand-alone novel. And, as that, it sucked.
January 14, 2013
This is, without a doubt, the one novel I've ever read that I want all my time back for. I gave this book more and more grace, until finally I decided that I had invested too much into the book to give up.
I wish I had turned back sooner.
I believe that many good books have to be given the benefit of the doubt to start. Long before the author has established a bond of trust with the reader, he at least needs to make enough promises that the book will turn out good to keep the reader going. With this book, Parker promises way too much, and delivers to little.
Where should I start? The awkward prose? The completely unbelievable character actions? The general level of blasé emotion portrayed by all the characters? The easily anticipated plot twists?
This book is on my shelf of shame. I'd advise anyone who doesn't have time to throw away to steer clear.
I wish I had turned back sooner.
I believe that many good books have to be given the benefit of the doubt to start. Long before the author has established a bond of trust with the reader, he at least needs to make enough promises that the book will turn out good to keep the reader going. With this book, Parker promises way too much, and delivers to little.
Where should I start? The awkward prose? The completely unbelievable character actions? The general level of blasé emotion portrayed by all the characters? The easily anticipated plot twists?
This book is on my shelf of shame. I'd advise anyone who doesn't have time to throw away to steer clear.
February 20, 2015
Another very enjoyable book in the Charlie Hood series! This one featured Sean Ozburn,an undercover ATF agent. I give it 4 1/2 stars as Charlie Hood wasn't in the action as much as in the previous 3 books. As they say on SNL,"MORE COWBELL PLEASE"!
November 21, 2019
Another action packed entry in the Charlie Hood LA deputy sheriff story line. Charlie is on the lookout for a co-worker, Oz, in the ATF team. Undercover for 1 1/2 years, people begin to wonder which side the agent is on.
Throw in an unidentified illness that the rogue agent has, two Mexican drug cartels trying to get the drop on each other, and the enigmatic Bradley Jones, and it's a rip roaring time.
Throw in an unidentified illness that the rogue agent has, two Mexican drug cartels trying to get the drop on each other, and the enigmatic Bradley Jones, and it's a rip roaring time.
February 10, 2011
The Border Lords is the fourth book in Parker's odd cops and robbers series set in the American Southwest and in Mexico. Not content to write about the gun and drug trade and its affects on the men and women who transport and sell the drugs and the police officers who try to stop them, Parker has introduced a wild card into the story -- a demon or evil being who feeds on pain, violence and death. Its up to the reader to decide if this element makes the stories better or worse.
As we return to Parker's world, Charlie Hood and his fellow law enforcement members of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms ("ATF") are watching and secretly videographing an alleged drug dealer safehouse where 4 teenage assassins of one of the drug cartels go to party and play videogames between hits. The ATF is using the safehouse to gather information. Suddenly, the video feed goes dead and gunshots ring out. When Hood arrives at the safe house all four young gunmen are dead. The video right before it ends is chilling. It is the image of an ATF undercover agent, Sean, a friend of Hood, who has infiltrated one of the cartels for the ATF and has been undercover for 18 months. Hood does not know what to make of it and contacts the agent's wife Seliah, who tells Hood that she has been in contact with her husband, has secretly gone on trips with him and he is sending her emails. Hood investigates and tries to find why his friend has turned into a killer. His investigation leads to a night in Costa Rica with Seliah and Sean and a mysterious Priest Joe Leftwich.
Meanwhile, another character in this series is Bradley. Bradley is the son of a famous outlaw (from earlier books) and is now both a young Sheriff deputy, and, secretly a criminal, gunrunner, and cash courier for the various drug cartels. Bradley finds out from a contact that the young daughter of a known drug cartel strongman has been kidnapped by another cartel's men. Using his sources from his criminal background, Bradley finds where the young girl is being held and then using another Sheriffs deputy, his partner and the local news as publicity goes after her.
The undercover agent, Sean, meanwhile, is trying to figure out a way to score a major recovery of illegal firearms from one cartel, which is making them, with the money from a different cartel. At the same time, his behavior is deteriorating. He sends wild emails to his wife Seliah, taunts various drug cartel players, and seems to either be going crazy or be high on drugs, although the only substances he seems to ingest are some supplements. He cannot look in mirrors and has wild sexual encounters. His behavior is odd but he is compelling. The descriptions of what he feels and says in his emails are graphic descriptions of a man's tortured soul.
Later, Bradley is tipped by a drug cartel person that Sean, who Bradley thinks is a drug cartel person, is secretly planning to sell guns in Los Angeles. Again Bradley sets up a plan to ambush Sean with the help of some of the same people from earlier in the novel who helped him with the kidnapped girl.
Sean, Bradley, Hood and Seliah, other ATF agents, various cartel members and the odd Priest Leftwich all have roles to play and when its all done its a pretty good tale. What happens to Sean and ultimately Seliah is monsterously cruel and inhumanly evil.
Whether you like Parker's use of Leftwich or whatever name and face he is will be personal to the reader. The book pivots on his actions, although he is not in the story that much, his doings as revealed by Hood's investigation are what precipitates Sean's actions, causes his slide into madness and hurts Seliah. I think in some ways, Parker, like the rest of us, is striving to identify what causes evil in men -- is it just the money and power from the drug trade or is it some outside agency - unholy, evil, immoral, but unknown except to some that precipitates the actions of people.
We all have to decide. My money, no pun intended, is on money and power, but pure evil can have many sources. Parker's use of a demon to charge up his stories shades these cops and robbers tales into the grey area of urban fantasy or paranormal fiction.
Its a grey area that Parker has made his own.
As we return to Parker's world, Charlie Hood and his fellow law enforcement members of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms ("ATF") are watching and secretly videographing an alleged drug dealer safehouse where 4 teenage assassins of one of the drug cartels go to party and play videogames between hits. The ATF is using the safehouse to gather information. Suddenly, the video feed goes dead and gunshots ring out. When Hood arrives at the safe house all four young gunmen are dead. The video right before it ends is chilling. It is the image of an ATF undercover agent, Sean, a friend of Hood, who has infiltrated one of the cartels for the ATF and has been undercover for 18 months. Hood does not know what to make of it and contacts the agent's wife Seliah, who tells Hood that she has been in contact with her husband, has secretly gone on trips with him and he is sending her emails. Hood investigates and tries to find why his friend has turned into a killer. His investigation leads to a night in Costa Rica with Seliah and Sean and a mysterious Priest Joe Leftwich.
Meanwhile, another character in this series is Bradley. Bradley is the son of a famous outlaw (from earlier books) and is now both a young Sheriff deputy, and, secretly a criminal, gunrunner, and cash courier for the various drug cartels. Bradley finds out from a contact that the young daughter of a known drug cartel strongman has been kidnapped by another cartel's men. Using his sources from his criminal background, Bradley finds where the young girl is being held and then using another Sheriffs deputy, his partner and the local news as publicity goes after her.
The undercover agent, Sean, meanwhile, is trying to figure out a way to score a major recovery of illegal firearms from one cartel, which is making them, with the money from a different cartel. At the same time, his behavior is deteriorating. He sends wild emails to his wife Seliah, taunts various drug cartel players, and seems to either be going crazy or be high on drugs, although the only substances he seems to ingest are some supplements. He cannot look in mirrors and has wild sexual encounters. His behavior is odd but he is compelling. The descriptions of what he feels and says in his emails are graphic descriptions of a man's tortured soul.
Later, Bradley is tipped by a drug cartel person that Sean, who Bradley thinks is a drug cartel person, is secretly planning to sell guns in Los Angeles. Again Bradley sets up a plan to ambush Sean with the help of some of the same people from earlier in the novel who helped him with the kidnapped girl.
Sean, Bradley, Hood and Seliah, other ATF agents, various cartel members and the odd Priest Leftwich all have roles to play and when its all done its a pretty good tale. What happens to Sean and ultimately Seliah is monsterously cruel and inhumanly evil.
Whether you like Parker's use of Leftwich or whatever name and face he is will be personal to the reader. The book pivots on his actions, although he is not in the story that much, his doings as revealed by Hood's investigation are what precipitates Sean's actions, causes his slide into madness and hurts Seliah. I think in some ways, Parker, like the rest of us, is striving to identify what causes evil in men -- is it just the money and power from the drug trade or is it some outside agency - unholy, evil, immoral, but unknown except to some that precipitates the actions of people.
We all have to decide. My money, no pun intended, is on money and power, but pure evil can have many sources. Parker's use of a demon to charge up his stories shades these cops and robbers tales into the grey area of urban fantasy or paranormal fiction.
Its a grey area that Parker has made his own.
April 28, 2011
This continues the story Parker began in Iron River, which concerned the flow of drugs and guns and money back and forth across the U.S./Mexico border. From what I can see in the reviews on Amazon.com quite a few of Parker's old fans are disappointed in these novels, especially with Border Lords. They complain that the nominal protagonist Charlie Hood is an uninteresting character, that the books, especially Border Lords, are plagued with rambling unfocused plots, and that there is an unwelcome whiff of the supernatural to the books. I agree that Charlie Hood is a less than compelling character. His backstory and inner conflicts seem a little perfunctory and sketchily drawn. And Border Lords plot did seem to wander unnecessarily at a few points. Regarding the supernatural elements I found myself feeling that Parker was being overly coy about them. After two long novels we still don't know whether the supernatural elements are real or not. All that said, though, I enjoyed Border Lords. Charlie Hood may not be that fascinating but plenty of the other characters are, and so is the setting. The plot, which concerns Charlie's friend Sean Ozborn, and undercover ATF agent who seems to have gone rogue, had enough tension and focus to keep me turning the pages, even if it lagged briefly here and there. I cared about the characters and their problems and enjoyed the book. I'll definely buy the next book in the series. (Rumor has it that there'll be two before before the series is complete.)
May 1, 2012
Reading a Charlie Hood novel is much like tripping. Charlie is an LASD deputy working with ATF in stopping the arms and drug wars taking place in much of Southern California. Other characters in this tale are an undercover ATF agent, his wife, a young Deputy who is descended from Murietta, a murderous man who may or may not be a priest, and assorted good and bad doers. There are times you almost need a scorecard to keep up with the complexities of the plot; the next chapter of Charlie's life is already set up before the present one is completed. Yet, the reader is surprisingly caught up in the story and waiting the next chapter. Not a bit for those who like clean, crisp endings.
July 30, 2012
I admire and love the uniqueness and originality of T. Jeff Parker's many, varied crime novels. It's strange however to not love every one of his books. This is one I did not love. I barely liked it but give it 3 stars anyway. I admit that in my opinion , this is a very well-written bad book. I just didn't develop an interest in the characters nor in the weird circumstances which drew them to their destinies. So I conclude that Parker is an excellent writer, even with a bad book. I am running low on his books which I have yet to read... ALWAY looking for well-written captivating thriller/crime books. (I don't watch TV nor films, so reading is my only outlet.)
April 17, 2011
What's up with all the good vs evil outerworld subplots prominent in the Charlie Hood series? I felt the thing with Sean was already covered in a previous TJP novel with Merci Rayburn and Archie Wildcroft. And get rid of Bradley the wunderkind already; how much more unbelievable and unlikeable can a character get? Sorry, I just thought this was a big yawnfest from start to finish.
If you're looking for *good* T. Jefferson Parker books, anything earlier than 2006 is better than his later work. And the Charlie Hood series? Blech.
If you're looking for *good* T. Jefferson Parker books, anything earlier than 2006 is better than his later work. And the Charlie Hood series? Blech.
February 12, 2011
T. Jefferson Parker is one of the best writers in America, but the Charlie Hood series is not up to his previous works. This is the best one of the Hood books so far. It's just too damn mystical to make a lot of sense. I do not like the Bradley Murietta character. I do not like the Mike Finegan character. They just don't seem real. Read everything by Parker before the Hood series and you will read greatness, and some of that greatness shines through the pages here, but not enough.
January 22, 2011
Not bad as the 4th installment in the series. Can't figure out where it's going. Do we really want to believe in fallen angels? How long can Bradley stay free as a s***bag?
April 11, 2018
I really do wish I could give this review more than a tepid 3 stars (3 stars = 'I Liked It') but for two reasons, I think 3 is sufficient.
#1. The story centers around a undercover federal agent who begins to act irrationally and goes rogue, off the reservation, after killing some low level hoods in cold blood. Charlie Hood must bring him in before it's too late. So far, so good, but the problem lies in the fact that I never cared for the agent or his motives or if he lived or died. I felt no connection to him.
#2. The biggest problem for me is a character first introduced in the previous book, an enigmatic mystery man named...
Nevertheless, I will be continuing with the Charlie Hood saga right to the end.
#1. The story centers around a undercover federal agent who begins to act irrationally and goes rogue, off the reservation, after killing some low level hoods in cold blood. Charlie Hood must bring him in before it's too late. So far, so good, but the problem lies in the fact that I never cared for the agent or his motives or if he lived or died. I felt no connection to him.
#2. The biggest problem for me is a character first introduced in the previous book, an enigmatic mystery man named...
Nevertheless, I will be continuing with the Charlie Hood saga right to the end.
December 3, 2017
A bit less cohesive than the earlier novels in the series. If you let Parker carry you away with his story (as one should with a book) he gets a bit spooky with the embodiment of evil within certain characters who smell a little supernatural. One can’t help but begin to fear for characters one has come to like - be they good or bad, deserving or not deserving misfortune, at their own hands or through the hands of others. But, isn’t that what a good mystery/thriller read is all about?
May 3, 2012
Sean Ozburn (Gravas) is undercover for Operation Blowdown. Sean is one of the best undercover operators but Charlie Hood is taken by surprise when Sean begins acting totally out of character. Sean operates a "safe house" in Buena Vista, California, a border town. The house has been wired for sound and video. The current occupants of the house are four gunmen who are members of the North Baja Cartel, the organization, Sean and ATF are hoping to put out of business. Sean was in the habit of checking in with Operation Blowdown on a daily basis but he hasn't checked in for a few days and Hood is concerned that Sean's undercover identity might have been blown.
Charlie Hood, still on loan from the L.A. Sheriff's Department, was monitoring the live feeds from the "safe house" when the monitors and audio went dark. After the team requested an unmarked police car to drive by the house, it was decided it would be best to check out the house on their own. All of the occupants of the "safe house" had been killed. Hood found a "Love 32" in one of the bedrooms. The machine gun was the same as ones he had seen being packed for shipment at the Pace Arms factory in Costa Mesa. He suspected many of the guns had been sent to Mexico and were now being used by the Cartel. After an inspection of the house, it was found that someone had shut off the video/audio system with a key. When the team viewed the tape from one of the cameras, they were stunned to see Sean smiling into the camera as he reached up to cover the lens.
So begins the bizarre story of Sean Ozburn and his wife Seliah. Hood works with Seliah to try to get Sean to come in. Hood hopes that he can trust Seliah but is unsure that she is being honest with him. As the story develops, the reader becomes aware that Sean is suffering from a disease that he has been infected with and soon his wife is a victim. Bradley Jones and his wife Erin play small but important parts in this novel.
The Jaguar is the next Charlie Hood novel and there is a brief introduction to the book at the end of The Border Lords. The Border Lords can be read as a stand-alone. L. A. Outlaws, The Renegades and Iron River are the first three books in this series.
Charlie Hood, still on loan from the L.A. Sheriff's Department, was monitoring the live feeds from the "safe house" when the monitors and audio went dark. After the team requested an unmarked police car to drive by the house, it was decided it would be best to check out the house on their own. All of the occupants of the "safe house" had been killed. Hood found a "Love 32" in one of the bedrooms. The machine gun was the same as ones he had seen being packed for shipment at the Pace Arms factory in Costa Mesa. He suspected many of the guns had been sent to Mexico and were now being used by the Cartel. After an inspection of the house, it was found that someone had shut off the video/audio system with a key. When the team viewed the tape from one of the cameras, they were stunned to see Sean smiling into the camera as he reached up to cover the lens.
So begins the bizarre story of Sean Ozburn and his wife Seliah. Hood works with Seliah to try to get Sean to come in. Hood hopes that he can trust Seliah but is unsure that she is being honest with him. As the story develops, the reader becomes aware that Sean is suffering from a disease that he has been infected with and soon his wife is a victim. Bradley Jones and his wife Erin play small but important parts in this novel.
The Jaguar is the next Charlie Hood novel and there is a brief introduction to the book at the end of The Border Lords. The Border Lords can be read as a stand-alone. L. A. Outlaws, The Renegades and Iron River are the first three books in this series.
July 4, 2012
In my humble opinion, this novel was dreadful. There was nothing remotely believable or intriguing about it. In this novel an ATF agent goes off the grid and starts killing the bad guys he's investigating. And the reason why he went off the grid - he and his girlfriend had rabies that was purposefully given to him by a priest. The story line is so convoluted and there isn't a shred of believability to it. And to make matters worse, out of nowhere the author just throws in supernatural elements to it. If you're going to make a book a fantasy, then make it a fantasy. Don't have 95% be rooted in reality and then throw in fantasy elements. This is the first book I've ever read from Parker and it will be the last. Based on reading this novel, my assessment is that he doesn't have a clue as to how to put together a credible novel.
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February 3, 2014
This book caught me by complete surprise. I read the summary quick in Barnes and Noble, and since it was on sale completely for six bucks, I decided to give it a read. It was honestly a great book. I do not know why everyone is bashing it because it has a "supernatural" effect added to the plot. Yes, it is odd to add this kind if thing in a cop thriller, but why not? It gives the overall aspect of the book a kick and adds a lot to the story. Jeffersons characters are very complicated, but extremely interesting. All in all, if you are the type of person who likes to take a chance to see if you are attracted to it, this is the book for you.
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April 25, 2011Well this was just weird. A undercover ATF agent pursues the cross-border gun trade with Mexican cartels. Yes, this is a nasty, terrible problem that is still happening. That part was interesting. But why does the agent get rabies from a vampire bat, and he got it from a guy that is supposedly a vampire that held the bat on his toe while he was asleep? Does he have rabies or is he a vampire? Apparently he has rabies. This guy was watching "Twighlight" and a "nasty diseases of the tropics" documentary while he wrote the book. Mixed metaphors at the plot planning level.
February 7, 2013
It’s hard to understand what Jefferson’s point is with this Charlie Hood novel. Is it that peace is spurned by the violence caused by the drug war and that drugs should be legal for the economic and peace benefit it would provide? You decide if you want. 2 of 10 stars
March 14, 2011
This book was ridiculous and not in a good way. It is not worth your time...completely unrealistic connections between characters and it seemed like there were gaps in the plot.
July 11, 2011
I finished it, so I liked it. An interesting idea propels this book. My only criticism is that, this book seemed to be more about guns than "border Lords."
August 30, 2012
Still a strong series with superb writing.
June 18, 2017
Took a while to finish this one didn't grip me like the previous ones. Will read the next to see how series progresses/ends
April 5, 2023
RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: “DISAPPOINTING - AUTHOR SHOULD CHECK UNDER THE PRIOR THREE HOODS!”
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If you have read Parker’s three previous Charlie Hood novels you’ll probably be disappointed in this rambling, at times, who cares, hard to believe… not only for the vampire connection… but also the impunity in which returning character Bradley Jones now a young LASD Deputy… continues to do everything conceivably illegal under the sun… ranging from being a large dollar “mule” carrying money across the border for a drug cartel… being involved in gun running… setting up a slaughter of competitive drug cartels… all while being a Deputy and close acquaintance of Charlie Hood.
Meanwhile, the now thirty-two-year-old Hood, is still on loan to the ATF from the LASD for operation “Blowdown”. ATF Agent Sean Ozburn aka “Gravas”… another close and valued friend of Charlie’s… has been undercover in a Mexican drug cartel gun-drug-murder-sting operation for way too long. He goes “off the reservation” as he murders a safe house (that he owns and rents to the cartel) full of young Mexican hitmen. Charlie and his ATF compatriots try to track down the at large Sean… through his sexy wife Seliah. In an agonizingly long and drawn out expose’ of increasingly bizarre… yet similar symptoms… the reader is forced to endure Sean’s and Seliah’s… fevers… sweats… increase in strength… innumerable orgasms… aversion to light… aversion to mirrors… aversion to water… on… and on… an on… Ad Nauseam. And throughout this monotonous… repetitive dissertation… is the famous *LOVE 32* *MACHINE PISTOL WITH NOISE SUPPRESSOR AND EXTENDED MAGAZINE AND TELESCOPIC HANDLE*. The creation of this unique weapon was originated in a prior Hood book, and in my opinion if a prospective reader hadn’t read the prior book, a lot of the impact is lost.
Compared to prior “Hood” books the believable action is sparse… the creation of new, good, solid, creative, interesting characters is almost non-existent… and the promise of a high-octane story is missing something under the **HOOD**!
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If you have read Parker’s three previous Charlie Hood novels you’ll probably be disappointed in this rambling, at times, who cares, hard to believe… not only for the vampire connection… but also the impunity in which returning character Bradley Jones now a young LASD Deputy… continues to do everything conceivably illegal under the sun… ranging from being a large dollar “mule” carrying money across the border for a drug cartel… being involved in gun running… setting up a slaughter of competitive drug cartels… all while being a Deputy and close acquaintance of Charlie Hood.
Meanwhile, the now thirty-two-year-old Hood, is still on loan to the ATF from the LASD for operation “Blowdown”. ATF Agent Sean Ozburn aka “Gravas”… another close and valued friend of Charlie’s… has been undercover in a Mexican drug cartel gun-drug-murder-sting operation for way too long. He goes “off the reservation” as he murders a safe house (that he owns and rents to the cartel) full of young Mexican hitmen. Charlie and his ATF compatriots try to track down the at large Sean… through his sexy wife Seliah. In an agonizingly long and drawn out expose’ of increasingly bizarre… yet similar symptoms… the reader is forced to endure Sean’s and Seliah’s… fevers… sweats… increase in strength… innumerable orgasms… aversion to light… aversion to mirrors… aversion to water… on… and on… an on… Ad Nauseam. And throughout this monotonous… repetitive dissertation… is the famous *LOVE 32* *MACHINE PISTOL WITH NOISE SUPPRESSOR AND EXTENDED MAGAZINE AND TELESCOPIC HANDLE*. The creation of this unique weapon was originated in a prior Hood book, and in my opinion if a prospective reader hadn’t read the prior book, a lot of the impact is lost.
Compared to prior “Hood” books the believable action is sparse… the creation of new, good, solid, creative, interesting characters is almost non-existent… and the promise of a high-octane story is missing something under the **HOOD**!
February 6, 2020
What this book has: the ATF, police, an audacious sheriff's officer, bats, Costa Rica, a mysterious man, guns and gunrunners, and Mexican gangs vs. Salvadoran gangs
I haven't read any of the others in this Charlie Hood series. I saw Border Lords as being available in my local library system and picked it up. Now that I've read this one, though, I don't plan to pick up the others in the series. The book came out about nine years ago, so I'm going to include spoilers. If you don't want to know, proceed no further.
Now then, I generally like Parker's books. He sets a good tone, a strong pace, taut language and strong dialogue, and there is an element of suspense in each. Here we have the pace and dialogue, but there is little guesswork involved. The story picks up with a mysterious man catching a vampire bat in a Costa Rican cave. The man is not Bruce Wayne, just to be clear. So what's a guy to do with a drooling, hissing bat? I didn't exactly know, but rabies was the first thing I thought of.
Meanwhile ATF agent Sean Ozburn, working undercover to stop the shipment of illegal arms across borders, including a new super pistol, vanishes. He then turns up killing cartel hit men in the US - off the books. He's seemingly gone rogue. Ozburn, meanwhile, sees himself as a great crusader with God-given powers to heal and the will to kill bad guys in the name of justice.
His pal, Charlie Hood leads the investigation and attempts to bring him in, with the help of Ozburn's wife. She tells Charlie that Ozburn wen AWOL briefly so they could have a tryst in Costa Rica. There, they met an Irish priest who plied them with booze and stories.
In LA, a rookie deputy works his own personal connections to the Mexican cartel leader to get things done that benefit them both. He also talks with a strange man who seems to know everything about everyone. Hmm.
So, why does Ozburn go off the rails, and then his wife? Because the supposed priest used the bat to give him rabies! No fooling! And then the agent inadvertently passed ravies on to his wife. Of course he did! And who is this priest, why it's none other than the mysterious know-it-all known to the deputy and many other people. Who could have seen that coming?!
I did.
Sure, I finished the book. In for a penny, in for a pound as the saying goes. And it was a quick read, so no big loss there. The predictability and the whole mystical journey of the infected agent, however, left a sour taste in my mouth for this one. Parker is a very good writer. This was just not one of his better efforts.
I haven't read any of the others in this Charlie Hood series. I saw Border Lords as being available in my local library system and picked it up. Now that I've read this one, though, I don't plan to pick up the others in the series. The book came out about nine years ago, so I'm going to include spoilers. If you don't want to know, proceed no further.
Now then, I generally like Parker's books. He sets a good tone, a strong pace, taut language and strong dialogue, and there is an element of suspense in each. Here we have the pace and dialogue, but there is little guesswork involved. The story picks up with a mysterious man catching a vampire bat in a Costa Rican cave. The man is not Bruce Wayne, just to be clear. So what's a guy to do with a drooling, hissing bat? I didn't exactly know, but rabies was the first thing I thought of.
Meanwhile ATF agent Sean Ozburn, working undercover to stop the shipment of illegal arms across borders, including a new super pistol, vanishes. He then turns up killing cartel hit men in the US - off the books. He's seemingly gone rogue. Ozburn, meanwhile, sees himself as a great crusader with God-given powers to heal and the will to kill bad guys in the name of justice.
His pal, Charlie Hood leads the investigation and attempts to bring him in, with the help of Ozburn's wife. She tells Charlie that Ozburn wen AWOL briefly so they could have a tryst in Costa Rica. There, they met an Irish priest who plied them with booze and stories.
In LA, a rookie deputy works his own personal connections to the Mexican cartel leader to get things done that benefit them both. He also talks with a strange man who seems to know everything about everyone. Hmm.
So, why does Ozburn go off the rails, and then his wife? Because the supposed priest used the bat to give him rabies! No fooling! And then the agent inadvertently passed ravies on to his wife. Of course he did! And who is this priest, why it's none other than the mysterious know-it-all known to the deputy and many other people. Who could have seen that coming?!
I did.
Sure, I finished the book. In for a penny, in for a pound as the saying goes. And it was a quick read, so no big loss there. The predictability and the whole mystical journey of the infected agent, however, left a sour taste in my mouth for this one. Parker is a very good writer. This was just not one of his better efforts.
May 3, 2019
It's hard to believe that the same T. Jefferson Parker who won Edgars for "Silent Joe" and "California Girl" is also responsible for the rambling, incomprehensible and boring Charlie Hood novels. And yet I keep reading them. Definition of insanity and all that, I guess. Anyway, "The Border Lords" (2011) is the fourth in the series and it's no more intelligible than the previous three. Hood is an L.A. County sheriff's deputy/ATF agent trying to stop gunrunning along the U.S.-Mexico border when fellow agent Sean Ozburn goes rogue. So far, so good. But when Parker throws in a mysterious priest, vampire bats and rabies(!), not to mention an irritating outlaw/deputy and his rock star wife from the previous novels, things go south, and not just to Mexico. Not only is the plot an incoherent mess, but Hood is all but an innocent bystander, getting far less screen time than Ozburn and the others. It's almost like Parker knows, as we do, that his passive protagonist is again the least interesting character in the story. Incredibly, there are yet two more Hood books. Pray for me as I try to resist the siren call of the discount bin.
February 3, 2011
Bound: Very Bad Company
SunPost Weekly January 27, 2011 | John Hood
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Sidling Up to the Beautiful Uglies in T. Jefferson Parker’s The Border Lords
Man, would I dig going to a dinner party in T. Jefferson Parker’s head. The fare would undoubtedly be rare and bloody; the fete itself would probably be held in the back room one of Purgatory’s best saloons. And if the guests all stepped off the pages of his latest creation, the conversation would be as lively as any wire that ever carried current. It also could kill you.
Yep, as you might suspect, I’m talkin’ about a book. Not just any book, mind you. But a book that’s bound by the inglorious and written with a righteous fist. It’s title is The Border Lords (Dutton $26.95). And it’s the kinda high caliber crime fiction that kicks like a wicked mule, howls like a truck-struck coyote and leaves enough dead bodies to feed the buzzards till Judgment Day.
The fourth in what promises to be a six-volume run featuring the exploits of one Charlie Hood, The Border Lords is embedded in the perilous stretch that separates Mexico and the United States. Proverbially dark and lonely, even on the main drags, this is where the drug wars get fought. And where a gun or a gram is worth more than a life. Much more.
Hood, an L.A. County Sheriff on loan to the ATF, anchors the story. And it is through his wizened eyes that we see just how incomprehensibly chaotic the situation has become in the narco-corridor. But though Hood’s a rather static and stoic figure, even his granite persistence is no match for the incessant insanity. In other words, every time you think things are done getting outta hand, a hand gets lopped off – or worse.
But oh how compelling are the ones doing all the cutting. Take Bradley Jones, the media-craving rookie L.A. County Deputy Sheriff who’s penchant for crime is at once innate and inherited. Jones’ mother was an outlaw of some acclaim (till she got gunned down), and so was his grandfather, only much more legendary (till he got beheaded). And the ghosts of both forebears seem to be watching over the criminally-inclined cop as he makes his weekly money runs for Carlos Herredia, head of the North Baja Cartel.
Naturally Herredia is one of those Cartel heads for whom heads often roll – or get staked in the ground as warnings to others. And his arch nemesis, Benjamin Armenta of the Gulf Cartel, is equally quick with a machete – or whatever other weapons he or his many men have at hand. And the war for Southern California turf gives both blood-lusting chieftains ample opportunity to prove their murderous mettle.
Herredia’s right hand man is Mateo “El Gordo” Leya, who favors ostrich cowboy boots and diamond-crusted Rolexes. The sleepy-eyed Leya just made the U.S. Kingpins list, and he’s got the swagger of a sicario (assassin). His Gulf Cartel counterpart is a pitted face behemoth named Big Paco, who seems to have some heavies from the Mexican military behind him. Neither is the kinda man a self-respecting woman would ever wanna bring home for dinner. Yet it’s a cinch that both would make any dinner party something to never forget.
Then there’s Ron Pace, the brain behind Pace Arms’ Love 32. In TJP’s last Hood story (Iron River), Pace’s banana-clipped, silenced and very deadly brainchild not only saved his family’s company from going under, (albeit illegitimately), it became the tool that made the North Baja Cartel the most formidable of those staking claim to the Cali market. Now its rivals want to get their mitts on the power-producing pistols too. And yes, they’ll do whatever it takes – and then some.
Alighting here and there is the elusive Mike Finnegan, an elfin figure with remarkable powers of insight and recuperation. Finnegan may or may not also be Father Joe Leftwich, who’s seemingly good-natured dabbling has some very bad consequences. Think Graham Greene’s Whisky Priest mixed with Robert Blake’s “mystery man” in David Lynch’s Lost Highway and you’ll have an idea about Father Joe.
There are some beauties flitting about as well – Finnegan’s “alleged” daughter Owens, Jones’s white hot rock singer wife Erin (“an angel lashed to a Harley”), and a SoCal blondie named Seliah, who’s the better half of ATF agent Sean Ozborn, the renegade for whom this story truly tolls.
Sean Ozburn (aka Sean Gravas) is not your garden variety good guy. Far from it. In fact the black-clad badass looks like he’d be more at home stomping squares in Sturgis than working for the Feds. “Big and tattooed and looked every inch a gun and meth man.” Then again, if Oz didn’t come off like a genuine outlaw he’d unlikely survive even 10 minutes under deep cover, let alone three years. Add a penchant for high risk, an intimacy with high caliber weaponry, and the moral code of a criminal, only inverted, and, well, you’ve got the makings of a perfect op. And until Oz goes rabid he is just that – then all hell breaks loose.
As always I won’t give away the narrative, except to say that it’s Hood’s quest to save Oz from his fate which gives The Border Lords its drive. Like the previous three outings (L.A. Outlaws, The Renegades and Iron River), this tale delves darkly into the depthless violence now taking place along the dividing line between Mexico and America. Yeah, it’s fiction. But one look at any headline over the last couple years will tell you it’s rooted in utter fact. In this case though, we’re given a glimpse into the heartless hearts and craven minds that are responsible for the carnage. An up close look at some very bad company indeed.
SunPost Weekly January 27, 2011 | John Hood
http://bit.ly/gaLt6g
Sidling Up to the Beautiful Uglies in T. Jefferson Parker’s The Border Lords
Man, would I dig going to a dinner party in T. Jefferson Parker’s head. The fare would undoubtedly be rare and bloody; the fete itself would probably be held in the back room one of Purgatory’s best saloons. And if the guests all stepped off the pages of his latest creation, the conversation would be as lively as any wire that ever carried current. It also could kill you.
Yep, as you might suspect, I’m talkin’ about a book. Not just any book, mind you. But a book that’s bound by the inglorious and written with a righteous fist. It’s title is The Border Lords (Dutton $26.95). And it’s the kinda high caliber crime fiction that kicks like a wicked mule, howls like a truck-struck coyote and leaves enough dead bodies to feed the buzzards till Judgment Day.
The fourth in what promises to be a six-volume run featuring the exploits of one Charlie Hood, The Border Lords is embedded in the perilous stretch that separates Mexico and the United States. Proverbially dark and lonely, even on the main drags, this is where the drug wars get fought. And where a gun or a gram is worth more than a life. Much more.
Hood, an L.A. County Sheriff on loan to the ATF, anchors the story. And it is through his wizened eyes that we see just how incomprehensibly chaotic the situation has become in the narco-corridor. But though Hood’s a rather static and stoic figure, even his granite persistence is no match for the incessant insanity. In other words, every time you think things are done getting outta hand, a hand gets lopped off – or worse.
But oh how compelling are the ones doing all the cutting. Take Bradley Jones, the media-craving rookie L.A. County Deputy Sheriff who’s penchant for crime is at once innate and inherited. Jones’ mother was an outlaw of some acclaim (till she got gunned down), and so was his grandfather, only much more legendary (till he got beheaded). And the ghosts of both forebears seem to be watching over the criminally-inclined cop as he makes his weekly money runs for Carlos Herredia, head of the North Baja Cartel.
Naturally Herredia is one of those Cartel heads for whom heads often roll – or get staked in the ground as warnings to others. And his arch nemesis, Benjamin Armenta of the Gulf Cartel, is equally quick with a machete – or whatever other weapons he or his many men have at hand. And the war for Southern California turf gives both blood-lusting chieftains ample opportunity to prove their murderous mettle.
Herredia’s right hand man is Mateo “El Gordo” Leya, who favors ostrich cowboy boots and diamond-crusted Rolexes. The sleepy-eyed Leya just made the U.S. Kingpins list, and he’s got the swagger of a sicario (assassin). His Gulf Cartel counterpart is a pitted face behemoth named Big Paco, who seems to have some heavies from the Mexican military behind him. Neither is the kinda man a self-respecting woman would ever wanna bring home for dinner. Yet it’s a cinch that both would make any dinner party something to never forget.
Then there’s Ron Pace, the brain behind Pace Arms’ Love 32. In TJP’s last Hood story (Iron River), Pace’s banana-clipped, silenced and very deadly brainchild not only saved his family’s company from going under, (albeit illegitimately), it became the tool that made the North Baja Cartel the most formidable of those staking claim to the Cali market. Now its rivals want to get their mitts on the power-producing pistols too. And yes, they’ll do whatever it takes – and then some.
Alighting here and there is the elusive Mike Finnegan, an elfin figure with remarkable powers of insight and recuperation. Finnegan may or may not also be Father Joe Leftwich, who’s seemingly good-natured dabbling has some very bad consequences. Think Graham Greene’s Whisky Priest mixed with Robert Blake’s “mystery man” in David Lynch’s Lost Highway and you’ll have an idea about Father Joe.
There are some beauties flitting about as well – Finnegan’s “alleged” daughter Owens, Jones’s white hot rock singer wife Erin (“an angel lashed to a Harley”), and a SoCal blondie named Seliah, who’s the better half of ATF agent Sean Ozborn, the renegade for whom this story truly tolls.
Sean Ozburn (aka Sean Gravas) is not your garden variety good guy. Far from it. In fact the black-clad badass looks like he’d be more at home stomping squares in Sturgis than working for the Feds. “Big and tattooed and looked every inch a gun and meth man.” Then again, if Oz didn’t come off like a genuine outlaw he’d unlikely survive even 10 minutes under deep cover, let alone three years. Add a penchant for high risk, an intimacy with high caliber weaponry, and the moral code of a criminal, only inverted, and, well, you’ve got the makings of a perfect op. And until Oz goes rabid he is just that – then all hell breaks loose.
As always I won’t give away the narrative, except to say that it’s Hood’s quest to save Oz from his fate which gives The Border Lords its drive. Like the previous three outings (L.A. Outlaws, The Renegades and Iron River), this tale delves darkly into the depthless violence now taking place along the dividing line between Mexico and America. Yeah, it’s fiction. But one look at any headline over the last couple years will tell you it’s rooted in utter fact. In this case though, we’re given a glimpse into the heartless hearts and craven minds that are responsible for the carnage. An up close look at some very bad company indeed.
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