Cities of the PlainBy: Cormac McCarthy Series: Border Trilogy Two men marked by boyhood adventures now stand together, forced to confront a country changing beyond recognition. Cities of the Plain brings Cormac McCarthy's legendary Border Trilogy to its brutal, inevitable conclusion. 'The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature' Guardian 1952, New Mexico. John Grady Cole, last seen in All the Pretty Horses, works as a ranch hands alongside Billy