Dale Brown — Edge Of Battle

Harper Collins Publishers 2006 Paperback, 448pp. Jason Richter and Task Force TALON return in the pulse-pounding follow-up to 'Act of War. ' Violence has erupted on the border between the United States and Mexico, caused by rival drug lords. Major Jason Richter along with the members of Task Force TALON set up a base in Southern California called Operation Rampart, with the aim of crushing the unrest. But their presence causes controversy, and suddenly events begin to take a very menacing turn. Ernesto Fuerza, nicknamed Commander Veracruz has reinvented himself as a Mexican freedom fighter and is intent on causing mayhem by declaring the treaty that gave the Northern-most Mexican states to the US, illegal. (ISBN: 9780007214303). Very Good.