Life on either side of the border is undergoing a similar transformation. What a decade before was a sleepy rural hinterland is now the front line of an escalating war on both drugs and terrorism. Uncomfortable in this uniformed role, he indulges his passion for bird-watching and often finds not only an astonishing variety of species but also a great many smugglers hauling pot into Washington State, as well as potentially more dangerous illegals. He used to jump over the ditch into British Columbia but now is responsible for policing a thirty-mile stretch of this largely invisible boundary. Six foot eight and severely dyslexic, Brandon Vanderkool has always had an unusual perspectivewhich comes in handy once his father pushes him off their dairy farm and into the Border Patrol.
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