{"product_id":"the-border-a-novel-isbn-9780062664488","title":"The Border: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eBY \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNPR \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• Financial Times • The Guardian • Booklist • New Statesman •\u003cbr\u003eDaily Telegraph • Irish Times • Dallas Morning News • Sunday Times • New York\u003cbr\u003ePost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A big, sprawling, ultimately stunning crime tableau.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e– Janet Maslin, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e– Stephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the best thriller writers on the planet.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish?  How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you’re on?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war has come home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America’s longest conflict: The War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world’s most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin?the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera?has left him bloody and scarred, cost him the people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created thirty more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico. But not just there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarrera’s final legacy is the heroin epidemic scourging America. Throwing himself into the gap to stem the deadly flow, Keller finds himself surrounded by enemies?men who want to kill him, politicians who want to destroy him, and worse, the unimaginable?an incoming administration that’s in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Keller is at war with not only the cartels, but with his own government. And the long fight has taught him more than he ever imagined. Now, he learns the final lesson?there are no borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a story that moves from deserts of Mexico to Wall Street, from the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, D.C., Winslow follows a new generation of narcos, the cops who fight them, street traffickers, addicts, politicians, money-launderers, real-estate moguls, and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shattering tale of vengeance, violence, corruption and justice, this last novel in Don Winslow’s magnificent, award-winning, internationally bestselling trilogy is packed with unforgettable, drawn-from-the-headlines scenes. Shocking in its brutality, raw in its humanity, \u003cem\u003eThe Border\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching portrait of modern America, a story of—and for—our time.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Border\u003c\/em\u003e is intricate, mean and swift, a sprawling canvass of characters. . . Granular detail and sharp dialogue have made his drug war trilogy propulsive and compelling. . . The stories unravel broken lives caught in a mesmerizing mosaic fueled by addiction and haunted by bloodshed.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’m totally swept up. You can’t ask for more emotionally moving entertainment. . . Everyone in America—left, right, and center—should read this book. It’s social fiction to rival Tom Wolfe and John Steinbeck. Focused, angry, suspenseful, occasionally hilarious, always hugely entertaining. . . A harsh, important book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning and timely conclusion to Don Winslow’s drug-war trilogy. . . This is a book for dark, rudderless times, an immersion into fear and chaos. . . You don’t read these books; you live in them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If Dostoevsky slung dope, he might have written the fierce morality tale that Winslow began with \u003cem\u003eThe Power of the Dog \u003c\/em\u003e. . . Truth compacted into narrative by way of meticulous research. . . Eerily prescient and scathing. . . quite simply the most important crime saga in modern literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArizona Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These angry, often heartbreaking books stand as the definitive fictional rendering of an ongoing modern tragedy. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Border\u003c\/em\u003e guides us through a savage, wholly believable world. The result is a powerful—and painful—journey through a contemporary version of hell. Rarely has hell been so compelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A landmark moment in crime fiction. . . . It is Winslow’s remarkable ability to translate the utter fiasco of our 50-year War on Drugs into the most wrenching of human stories, tragedy seemingly without end, that gives this novel its unparalleled power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist [starred review]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Don Winslow’s epic trilogy about America’s longest war comes to a powerful and troubling conclusion.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With clear-eyed determination and an almost Shakespearean grasp of human nature, Winslow takes readers on an unforgettable journey.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly [starred review]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Cartel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e were high water marks in the genre in terms of ambition and reach, and Winslow has excelled again. . . This is Winslow at his sensational best.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Peak page-turner. . . Will rattle your soul in those early-morning hours as you come face to face with all the corruption and depravity in the world. . . The crime-fiction equivalent of \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e—the kind of compulsive Stephen King-esque epic that captivates and horrifies.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Winslow writes gripping action sequences and wields statistics like a crusading journalist. Grand in scope, audacious in its political portraits, convincing in its socio-economic arguments and humane to the core, \u003cem\u003eThe Border\u003c\/em\u003e is not only a formidable thriller but an important and provocative work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shakespeare for our times . . . 300 years from now, when our children’s children’s children want to understand the defining conflict of the late 20th and early 21st century—when they want it presented with full lights and fireworks, costumed in gold chains and polo shirts, writ hugely in the way that only fiction can be—there’s a fair chance that this is what they will read . . . It is operatic. It is visceral.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888904204517,"sku":"NP9780062664488","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062664488.jpg?v=1730230068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-border-a-novel-isbn-9780062664488","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}