A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY INKSTICK MEDIA When an ordinary man is thrust into the dangerous world of smuggling at America’s northern border, he finds himself at the center of debates about violent immigration policing inside the United States. Soon after Bob Boulé opens the Smuggler’s Inn, a quirky bed and breakfast in Blaine, Washington directly on the US-Canada border, refugees, drug traffickers, and ICE agents all trust him with their secrets. The refugees tell Bob heartbreaking stories of persecution and death, leading him to question his core beliefs about right and wrong. The drug traffickers and ICE agents try to recruit Bob to their side in the dangerous game of smuggling at the border. Bob’s double life helping refugees cross the border while informing on drug traffickers eventually comes crashing down after a violent confrontation with a Border Patrol agent in his driveway. Bob’s case goes all the way to the US Supreme Court, whose landmark decision in Egbert v. Boule paves the way for the apparent impunity of ICE agents on American streets in the second presidency of Donald Trump. In this gripping expose, Border expert Reece Jones and immigration lawyer Greg Boos reveal the hidden world of the America’s northern border and provide readers with urgent insights into immigration and border policing throughout the United States. From the Taliban-controlled countryside of Afghanistan to the infamous La Joya prison in Panama, the stories featured in Smuggler converge in the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest in the borderlands between Seattle and Vancouver. There are car chases, drug deals between the Hells Angels and the Sinaloa cartel, and over a thousand people who slip quietly across the border to safety in Canada in the dead of night. As Bob’s work at the Smuggler’s Inn spirals, he is forced to make a series of risky decisions that draw him deeper and deeper into the murky border underworld, putting his own life and freedom at risk. Featuring personal interviews, in-depth research, and a propulsive narrative, Smuggler  is the untold true story of how a quaint bed and breakfast on the northern border became the epicenter of debates about refugee protections and violent immigration policing inside the United States. Reece Jones is the author of Border Walls , Violent Borders , White Borders,  and Nobody is Protected. His writing has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Guardian,  the Washington Post,  the Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue,  and CNN.  He is regularly interviewed on podcasts, radio, and television about borders and migration. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 2023 he was named a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers, a lifetime appointment honoring outstanding contributions to the field. His books have won awards from the American Association of Geographers and the Royal Geographical Society (UK), and White Borders  was shortlisted for the 2022 Stowe Prize, awarded to a distinguished book that illuminates a critical social justice issue in the United States. He is the Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i, and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geopolitics. He lives in Honolulu with his family. Greg Boos is a US immigration lawyer with over forty years’ experience. He is the founder of Cascadia Cross-Border Law. He is also an adjunct professor and external adviser to the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. Greg gained international recognition for the discovery of a provision in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that would have gutted travel by Canadians to the US, and for spearheading the multi-year fight that resulted in Congress repealing the provision. Greg Boos assembled the team of lawyers that represented Bob Boulé in the US Supreme Court case of Egbert v. Boule . He remains active in advocating for better borders, engaging in campaigns for changes in government policy that chill cross-border travel and trade. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.