Jeffrey Osburn

About me:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Author and business executive Jeffrey Osburn is a Texas native who graduated from LeTourneau University with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Management. As a youngster growing up in the Piney Woods of East Texas, he camped, swam, hiked, played music, and read but never seriously considered writing until he was much older.

As a young adult, Jeffrey frequently traveled to and learned about the diverse culture and customs of Mexico. These experiences fostered a keen interest in both pre- and post-Colombian history and the cultural anthropology of Mesoamerica. He wrote down his observations and encounters but had yet to discover the right combination of platform and message.

His subsequent work in international trading helped him to gain a firsthand perspective of the modern politics of Mexico. He started writing about the issues affecting both the United States and Latin America then and found a voice in the form of realistic contemporary fiction. His novels use hot-button topics from today’s headlines to challenge and inform readers about mutual interests at stake in the Americas including border security, immigration reform, drug and human trafficking and the emergence of popular socialism.

Jeffrey Osburn is a member of the Writers League of Texas. His other interests include reading, playing music, cooking and traveling. He’s a father of four and has two grandchildren. Osburn lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife Rosalinda, their daughter Ashley and son Travis.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

An ordinary day for Customs and Border Protection Agent Felipe Vega turns tragic when a shootout with a rogue Mexican Army unit escorting a drug convoy ends with a death. Even though Vega is an Iraq War veteran, he never imagined he would fire on a soldier armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in El Paso, Texas. Impelled by this latest border skirmish, the U.S. Congress serves notice to the newly elected Mexican President of America’s intention to assert control over the border and end years of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. The satellite-based Border Protection Initiative thwarts smuggling and leads to escalated violence among the drug cartels as they compete for the few remaining drug routes. In a test of political wills, the Mexican president joins the United States in sending elite Special Forces troops that include Felipe Vega to seek out and topple the kingpin of the Sonora Cartel. However, the cartel has infiltrated the Mexican military and compromised the mission. An innocent family has been killed and Vega is stranded south of the border. He now needs to avoid detection, capture or worse in a country turned hostile against America. Under the Fifth Sun is a novel plunging headlong into the critical, intertwined issues headlining U.S.-Mexican relations today. Informing the reader, it challenges preconceived notions while highlighting the concerns surrounding border security and the implications facing our nation—and our neighbor to the south.