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Author:
Brad Thor
By Atria Books
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $26.00
Our Price: $8.25
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416543831
ISBN: 141654383X
Label: Atria Books
Manufacturer: Atria Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Publisher: Atria Books
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Product Description
Brad Thor, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author of The First Commandment, returns with his highest-voltage thriller to date. In a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-charged tour de force, Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks.June 632 A.D.: Deep within the Uranah Valley of Mount Arafat in Mecca, the Prophet Mohammed shares with his closest companions a final and startling revelation. Within days, he is assassinated. September 1789: U.S. Minister to France Thomas Jefferson, who is charged with forging a truce with the violent Muslim pirates of the Barbary Coast, makes a shocking discovery - one that could forever impact the world's relationship with Islam. Present day: When a car bomb explodes outside a Parisian café, Scot Harvath is thrust back into the life he has tried so desperately to leave behind. Saving the intended victim of the attack, Harvath becomes party to an amazing and perilous race to uncover a secret so powerful that militant Islam could be defeated once and for all without firing another shot, dropping another bomb, or launching another covert action. But as desperate as the American government is to have the information brought to light, there are powerful forces aligned against it - men who are just as determined that Mohammed's mysterious final revelation continue to remain hidden forever. What Jason Bourne was to the Cold War, Scot Harvath is to the War on Terror. Brad Thor has created "the perfect all-American hero for the post September 11 world" (Nelson DeMille) and will keep readers glued to the pages as he once again takes them across the globe on a heart-pounding chase where the stakes are higher than they have ever been before.
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The Last Patriot, 2008-08-17
The Last Patriot: A Thriller
My 2nd Brad Thor book; the first being "State Of The Union. I was disappointed with The Last Patriot as the quality of writing was unsohisticated, and the story was unclear. I was hoping The LAst Patriot would cuase me to want to read more Brad Thor. It felt to me that Mr Thor was trying desparately to write another DaVinci Code. There's no reason for the short chapters here. I did like some of the thoughts and conventions pertaining to the device that would save America, but, the idea the Islam would exorcize itself was a stretch at best.
Two stars maybe generous, and if this is two stars, then I would have to give State Of The Union four stars. I don't intend to review State Of The Union here except to say the quality of writing is better, and the story is better, and not forced.
After reading two of Mr Thor's books I'm not sure I will read another as the Harvath character is too something; perhaps over the top, arrogant, I don't know, but too something.
I suppose authors are being pushed to create the next DaVinci code, but I think it's a real mistake for authors to try and force something.
Thriller = not. Worth reading = well ... it's a very fast read, so investment of time is little.
Wow, a thrill ride from todays headlines, 2008-08-13
I have no idea how Brad Thor escaped my book buying this long but it's a mistake I am remedying right now. Don't make the same mistake. I don't usually take time to write a review let alone one with 5 stars but the Last Patriot is a fantastic thrill ride of a novel that deserves your time. Don't miss it.
The Last Patriot, 2008-08-18
Another Brad Thor thriller that can't be put down once started. Much of it is/has happened; it's difficult to dicipher the fiction from nonfiction.
THORoughly Enjoyable!, 2008-08-14
I have read all of this author's books and as this is, as I write it, the 104th review of this book on this web site, I will spend little or no time on the story line. My view is that those that didn't like the book were either unnecessarily hard on the author or are politically out of sync with the lead character and take it out on the author with a low rating.
Nearly 85% of those who have read and reviewed the book enjoyed it and I count myself among them. Even the main villain in the book could think for himself and was not a mind numbed killing robot.
Thor has taken some liberties with history, but has also relied on some aspects of it to spin a very interesting scenario which, once again is left to Scott Horvath to deal with. In my humble opinion the book deserves the high ranking and plaudits that it has received and I am happy to recommend it to one and all.
the last paatriot, 2008-08-14
a poor mans da vinci code if this were apaper book i would have thrown it out the window
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