Sunblind

SUNBLIND is another, incredibly "real" tale from Michael McBride. The main part of the story is told through the point of view of a woman, traumatized by the brutal murder of her twin sister and treatment at the hands of local law "enforcement". Mayra is determined to turn her back on Mexico, and decides to illegally cross the border into America, in an effort to change her life. What McBride details through Mayra's encounters is a horror so REAL--the crossing of an unforgiving, endless desert. Throw into the mix some "unidentifiable threats" that only McBride could conceive of, and you have a 5 star story that is undoubtedly going to hit the "favorites" shelves of many readers!

The other part of this tale is told through the viewpoint of Border Patrol Agent Chris Rivera, as he travels from the end of Mayra's journey, backwards, in an effort to make sense of things that simply don't add up for him. The divergent POV's really work well in this story, and heightens the already unbearable tension that Mayra's group encounters.

There are no easy answers in this story--just extremely well-written descriptions and "possibilities" left to the mind of the reader up until the very end.

This story will easily make the top 5 of the year for me!

Highest possible recommendation!

A U.S. Border Patrol officer stumbles across the body of a young woman in the desert with an ominous message carved into her body and a camera full of horrendous pictures of death . Agent Rivera must seek out the truth and try to find out what atrocities happened in the Sonoran desert while following the footsteps of this mystery woman.

A band of undocumented Mexican citizens is looking to escape to America and have paid a hefty sum to be guided over the treacherous desert terrain to seek a new life. Unfortunately for them, the brutal heat and unforgiving elements are not their only worries... not by a long shot. There are much more terrible things awaiting them and they are starting to get picked off one by one.

McBride has an uncanny knack of taking lore and truth and mixing them in with the proper amount of history and medical intellect into compelling tales of horror. There is always some social commentary in McBride’s work as well, but he does not hammer them down on you to where it f’s up the story. The story is the main deal and it is told with skill, vivid characterization and flowing prose. Very well done and Highly Recommended!

The new DarkFuse title "Sunblind," by Michael McBride begins with an exploration of a group of Mexicans as they push into the United States. It begins with a cleanly realistic style of writing that is at once true to life and suddenly true to contemporary issues.

However, the author gently guides the reader from the horrors of border crossings while slowly guiding them to the terrors of the genre. It is difficult to determine the point where the grittiness of the character's rugged travails crosses into a nightmarish landscape where every physical movement is the border between life and death.

This reviewer was quite pleased with the analogies between life and death. The symbolism of the struggles of coping with death, and the ultimate destiny (and destination) to which each character was thrust, was intriguing.

I recommend the title to anyone fascinated by the dark side of human struggles and the concepts surrounding salvation and redemption.

Michael McBride returns in a timely novel of undocumented aliens attempting to cross the Sonoran desert into the U.S. SUNBLIND is one woman's story of that journey. But make no mistake, this is not simple non-fiction. Once again, McBride weaves his fantastic storytelling abilities to weave the true horror of the summer desert and coyotes into the horror of...pick up SUNBLIND and see why it's another five star novel from Michael McBride.