#694 Crossing- Andre Kocsis
James was a war resister and a world class mountain climber. He got himself into some trouble, moved to Canada and now lives off the grid. Thirty-seven years later, he’s a mountain guide going by the name Sierra. He lives in a glorified lean-to in the Alpine and makes money helping skiers and hikers get through the peaks. Occasionally he makes some extra cash guiding pot dealers from British Columbia across the Montana Border.
When he is offered twice his rate to take some foreigners across, he thinks it’s just more dope. But these Russian speaking smugglers are carrying something much more dangerous than drugs. People die, things get lost, and Sierra needs to rely on his experience to survive.
It’s a good backwoods adventure story. The infusion of politics is a bit sloppy and probably unnecessary. I didn’t find it helpful to any part of the story, except why he lived in the mountains.
Notable Passage: “The U.S. is at war again. It took just one generation to forget the lessons of Viet Nam."
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