⭐⭐⭐⭐ In Blowback (Scot Harvath #4), Brad Thor pulls his sidelined hero back into action after Harvath’s counterterrorism career goes down in flames—torched by political maneuvering and a senator with presidential ambitions. When a terrifying new threat emerges, the president quietly brings Harvath back inside, because when things get ugly, he’s still the guy you call. The central premise is classic Thor excess in the best and worst ways. An ancient weapon, discovered deep beneath an Alpine glacier, was once designed to wipe out the Roman Empire. Now a shadowy organization plans to use it to cripple the modern world. Harvath races across Europe to stop it, and the pace rarely lets […]
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State of the Union
State of the Union kicks off with a ticking time bomb situation. Picture this: Russian agents playing hide-and-seek with 19 suitcase nukes across the United States. Fast forward twenty years to President Jack Rutledge being handed an ultimatum: inform the American people that the U.S. will withdraw from world affairs, remove its troops from all foreign countries, and surrender its seat in the United Nations (among other organizations). If he does not do as he is commanded, sleeper agents will set off the hidden nuclear weapons. The president calls upon Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath who’s got just seven days to save the day. Harvath teams up […]
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Path of the Assassin Book Review
People who took themselves too seriously not only were no fun, but could also be very dangerous.—Brad Thor, Path of the Assassin. I read Brad Thor’s debut, The Lions of Lucerne last year (originally published in 2002). I was obviously late to the party, but I was excited to find a new political thriller author. In Path of the Assassin, Navy Seal turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath is taking on one of the world’s deadliest terrorist organizations. After rescuing the President from kidnappers, Harvath vows to capture or kill those responsible for the plot. A trail of clues points to Hashim Nidal, the planet’s most ruthless terrorist, who has […]
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