When a former Southern Arizona Border Patrol agent died unexpectedly, his mother made sure his book trilogy got published.
Greg Hansen It was close to midnight when the phone rang at the Mesa home of Sherryl LaGrone, a few days before Christmas, 2018. The American consulate in Cusco, Peru, informed LaGrone that her son, 41-year-old Christopher LaGrone, had died of altitude sickness while waiting to visit the 15th century Inca citadel at Machu Picchu.
“It was so heartbreaking; Chris had all but finished the third book,’’ says LaGrone, a retired high school business teacher from Arvada, Colorado. “But once we got over the shock, after we held a memorial service, I was determined to do everything I could to finish Chris’ project and get the books published.’’A week after her son’s memorial, LaGrone got a call from long-time Denver newspaper editor Denny Dressman, who had been working with Chris on the “Delta Trilogy” for several years.
Once Dressman completed the Trilogy, LaGrone was dogged in attempt to find a publisher. She knew the odds weren’t good. “It was astronomical,’’ she says. “But maybe some things are meant to be.’’ Other featured authors include Linda Addison, Miriam Black, Mary Ann Carman, David Davis, Dana Killion, Reyna Ober, Nick Pintozzi, Georgann Prochaska and Carlos Valenzuela.
Working as a Border Patrol agent in Douglas, the character falls in love with “a beautiful Mexican-born lady who was brought over the border illegally as a young child.” Luanne Pendorf, editor of Ancient Tracks, newsletter of The Arizona Museum of Natural History, wrote that “Fleeing the Past” provides “excruciating, realistic detail of the demands of training for the U.S. Border Patrol which nearly crush Layne Sheppard. But these physical and intellectual challenges are nothing compared to Layne’s inner tormentors — self-doubt, self-control, self-deception, alcoholism. An uncomfortable, but absolutely compelling read.
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