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ISBN: 1-60076-128-3
Release Date: March 15, 2009
An ordinary day for Customs and Border Protection Agent Felipe Vega turns tragic when a shootout with a rogue Mexican Army unit escorting a drug convoy ends with a death. Even though Vega is an Iraq War veteran, he never imagined he would fire on a soldier armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in El Paso, Texas.
Impelled by this latest border skirmish, the U.S. Congress serves notice to the newly elected Mexican President of America’s intention to assert control over the border and end years of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. The satellite-based Border Protection Initiative thwarts smuggling and leads to escalated violence among the drug cartels as they compete for the few remaining drug routes.
In a test of political wills, the Mexican president joins the United States in sending elite Special Forces troops that include Felipe Vega to seek out and topple the kingpin of the Sonora Cartel. However, the cartel has infiltrated the Mexican military and compromised the mission. An innocent family has been killed and Vega is stranded south of the border. He now needs to avoid detection, capture or worse in a country turned hostile against America.
Under the Fifth Sun is a novel plunging headlong into the critical, intertwined issues headlining U.S.-Mexican relations today. Informing the reader, it challenges preconceived notions while highlighting the concerns surrounding border security and the implications facing our nation—and our neighbor to the south.
Interview with Montiese McKenzie
Review by Montiese McKenzie
Mexican past and present collide as author explores
contemporary issues
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