A J Billings

Sheepdogs: Nuevo Laredo Exists Today As a Security Nightmare, Home to Heartbreaking Drug Violence and Lost Lives. A J Billings

Publisher Marketing: SOME SAY MEXICO IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN IRAQ. SHEEPDOGS Your 17-year-old granddaughter and her friends are kidnapped in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The U. S. authorities say they can do nothing about it. Where do you go? Who do you turn to? Nuevo Laredo exists today as a security nightmare, home to heartbreaking drug violence and lost lives. "Silver or Lead" is the new code in Mexico: Pay up or die. In order to help his friend, Jerrod Hurst is drawn into the fight of his life. Out of desperation, the hardened veteran drafts his wartime brothers to execute his plan. After a daring, knife-edge rescue, the girls are successfully spirited out of Nuevo Laredo and across the U. S. border, a trail of blood and bodies littering the path. They must not only rescue the teens, but also minimize their own profiles. The mission is unauthorized by any government, and one mistake could result in prison, or death. As the rescue unfolds, Jerrod uncovers a sinister terrorist plot. Beaten and almost killed, he is unwillingly pulled further into the nightmare, when he discovers that government agents have been playing both sides, reaping substantial profit from the drug trade they supposedly battle. Will he be able to expose the corrupt agents before it is too late?