Chris Fabry

Dear Readers

Borders on the Heart by Chris Fabry is as gritty as the countryside he sets the story in.  It covers several different topics; among them illegal immigration, drugs and trafficking, terrorism, all of which are important and very relevant to society today.

J.D. has walked away from society.  He once had a promising music career, he was married to the love of his life and things were good.  That all ended suddenly and he walked away from it all.  He now works for room and board and enough food to survive on.   He is learning how to grow crops in the desert of Texas where nothing is friendly.  The land is dry and dusty, animals attack before they get attacked and the plants are the same way.

His boss only has one rule, if you see an illegal, call Border Patrol.  J.D. has no problem with that rule until he finds Marie lying in the desert almost “3/4” dead.  There is something about her that makes J.D. want to protect her and makes sure she is okay. That is where things start to go very wrong.  There are some very bad men chasing Marie and they want her dead along with anyone she has contact with.  They will stop at nothing to get to her either.

Chris sets this book during the summer in Texas near the Mexican/USA border.  It often tops out above 120 during the day there and Chris does such a great job in describing the heat that you can almost feel it coming off the book.  Now I have never been in Texas during July or August, but I have visited in the spring and boy that is a whole different kind of hot.  Humid and hot, no wonder everything is grumpy.

I have found that in reading Chris’ books, he never pushes the answers to these moral questions down your throat.  He wants you to decide for yourself what the answers might be.  He wants you to think about them and answer them after learning more and trying to see both sides of the problem.  The topic of illegal immigration is a touchy subject.  They are breaking the law, they are doing something illegal, so the punishment should follow, but they are also trying to get away from a life that is starving their families and are we not commanded to take care of the least of these.  *Sigh* and there is the moral dilemma.

Happy Reading