The Border: The Cartel Trilogy, Book 3

There is a lot to unpack here. I have been looking forward to this book ever since Winslow announced he was writing it.I read The Power of the Dog a few years back and was blown away. Jumped right into The Cartel - same story. Each one so well researched, such a feeling of authenticity and reality, but at the same time so exciting and dramatic. Characters I felt truly invested in. Plot developments that truly surprised and shocked me. And all the while a compelling and enjoyable reading experience. You can’t beat it.One thing I loved so much about The Cartel was how it built upon TPOTD and incorporated real world developments that made it feel essential and relevant. Hearing Winslow talk about the books, he says something to the effect of feeling done after each one with the war on drugs, but then something new would happen in real life that he felt he had to write about. I really felt that with The Cartel. It wasn’t just a continuation in the normal sense. It wasn’t just another book in the series. More of the same. It was a true evolution of the first book, reflecting the evolution of the war on drugs in real life.The Border does all of this while bringing everything full circle. Again it’s not just The Cartel pt. 2 - more of what you liked with slightly different plot points. It’s a complete evolution of Art Keller’s journey that again reflects the developments and happenings of the real world. It makes The Border feel urgent, pressing, vital for the times we are living through.So how does it stack up against the first two? Just as good as a stand-alone experience. It has characters I cared about. Drama. Action. Excitement. Suspense. Thought provoking insights. To summarize, it’s really good.BUT when taken as a completion of the trilogy it takes on a new significance and joy for me. If you somehow could isolate the merits of each book and compare, everyone will have their favorites for different reasons. The Border is special to me in how it serves as a true finale of the trilogy. It’s tying things off from the first two. Bringing closure. Completing the story. Paying off plot threads and character moments that I’ve been invested in for years. In that sense it’s hard to beat the experience of The Border for me. Because wrapped in it I have the enjoyment of both previous books coming to a beautiful conclusion and climax. If you liked the first two, I can’t see how you wouldn’t love this one. If you liked the first two, honestly you probably don’t need me to tell you any of this.Having said all of that I would recommend you start at the beginning if you haven’t read the other books. It’s worth the journey, truly. I re-read both books in a couple of weeks in January in anticipation of this release and even on a second reading they are just as good and exciting.Now to the trump of it all. I suppose this is a very political book. Even though if you’ve read the past two you really should be on board with the fact that the war on drugs is not a partisan issue. Anyway, if you’re a huge Trump fan this book may make you upset. Can’t help you there. I for one was excited to see how Winslow would tie all of that in, and I was not disappointed. All I can say is Winslow does his research, and the picture he paints here is scary for all of us if there is even a sliver of truth to it.I loved this book. It’s 700+ pages and I think I tore through it in four or five days. I constantly was reading or wishing I could be reading it until I finished. And I’m sure I will be thinking about it for a long time to come.

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This was an intense trilogy . I've read the Power of the Dog many times -- great story -- The Cartel a couple of times and just finished The Border. What kinda amazed me was that Jared Jushner (Jason Lerner) and Donald Trump (John Dennison) were boldly implied that they use drug money laundered through Mexican banks to leverage real estate deals (Trump Tower, probably). The US drug problem is far from "mission accomplished." Art Keller has to be 70+ but he still has work to do. Find the root cause, Arturo...

After reading The Power of the Dog and The Cartel, I was very excited to read The Border. I can wholeheartedly say that The Border was an extremely satisfying conclusion to Mr. Winslow's epic trilogy. Mr. Winslow has a knack for writing characters and circumstances that readers can relate to. Art Keller's character continues to shine through all the harsh and rough terrain his character has been through. The story takes up from The Cartel's end and continues to unravel brilliantly woven stories interlinked together which tie up satisfyingly by the end. As with the previous novels in the trilogy, The Border is as brutal and gut-wrenching. I had to take a breather every now and then because the gritty and gloomy events that transpired in the novel felt too real. While action is not the main element of these novels, the moments involving gunfights are handled tastefully with a healthy dose of realism. Even though it is a huge story, it did not feel dragged out in any way. If anything, I did not want it to end at all. The Border encapsulates the emotions, the bitter dark feeling of helplessness, the desire to bring a change to end the various atrocities that are written the way headlines are written about the heinous and awful evil today that brave men and women fight against. This book is a great insight into the battles that rage across the US border and the devastating effects and trail that follow all the way into the US border. The characters and the interactions of the characters are written with a finesse that appeals to the humanity of the reader instead of treating the characters as simple book characters. It was a sad farewell, but the trilogy indeed ended on a high note. While the ending gave a bit of closure for the readers, it also did leave some things in the air, leaving it for the readers to root for the good over the cruel. From the sentence to the very last, The Border is an extraordinary read, with important messages for readers to consider about how they view the world.

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No writer knows more about drug cartels nor writes about them better than Winslow. This is the third book of his trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, The Border), and it`s terrific. It follows a number of intertwined stories:-There`s the wars among the various Mexican cartels for control of the drug trade in the various regions.-There`s the tracing of the flow of heroin, from the poppy fields of Mexico to the dealers and users on the streets of New York.-There`s the story of three children trying to make their way from the hell hole of Guatemala to the USA.-And there`s the thinly disguised "roman a clef" of a U.S. Administration, involved in money laundering and rife with corruption; it`s ineffective and harebrained efforts, including inhumane treatment of immigrants, to try and stem the flow of drugs across the Border.This is a book as current as today`s news, must reading not only for Realists and blind eye Trumpers, but for everyone concerned with the drug, criminal and political world of today.Highly Recommended.

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Le dernier opus de la trilogie de Winslow (La griffe du chien, Le Cartel, et enfin The Border) est a la hauteur des précédents et conclue magnifiquement un moment de lecture rare pour le passionné du genre que je suis, qui plus est vivant au Mexique. Absolument genial, un grand bravo a l'auteur.