"Since the earliest known marker denoting the edge of one land and the beginning of the next-a stone column inscribed with Sumerian cuneiform-borders have been imagined, mapped, moved, and fought over. In The Edge of the Plain, James Crawford skillfully blends history, travel writing, and reportage to trace these borderlines throughout history and across the globe. What happens on the ground when we impose lines on a map that contradict how humans...

On the eve of his marriage, the Counselor makes a risky decision to delve into the cocaine trade along the Texas-Mexico border. His hope is that this one-time deal will set him and his fiancaee on a path to financial freedom, but instead he ends up in a brutal game that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves.