The Banal Frontier

In the Republic of New Albion, former Border Patrol officer Samuel Cross loses his religious exemption lawsuit against the Department of Border Health, a case echoing Reddy M.D. v. Department of Education. Cast out by the system for refusing a mandatory injection, he vanishes into the emerald hell of the Sierra Verde jungle. There, he discovers that the world's true horror is not the cartel's brutality, but the bureaucratic banality that destroys lives with paperwork and policy. As he becomes a smuggler, a new beginning unfolds, turning a loyal patrolman into a dark guardian of the boundary line.