The Last Patriot: A Thriller

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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.

Customer Reviews ::

Dissapointing - R. Penny - New Braunfels, TX USA
I am a fan of good books in this genre. After reading most of Vince Flynn's marvelous titles I was curious to check out another author. The plot synopsis of "The Last Patriot" was most intriguing and I expected an engaging read with a satisfying conclusion. How disappointing on both counts! In many ways the dialogue between characters, the plot twists, the rapport between characters are for the most part unconvincing. The Muslim terrorist (Dodd) makes our side (the US players) look like incompetent fools. Worst of all, the central driving force behind the entire plot (the thing that keeps you reading with interest and anticipation) is the expected revelation of the lost Koranic verses, the words that will change the Islamic terrorist threat forever. After forging through almost 500 pages of text, getting to a point in the story where the missing verses are in hand and just about to be finally revealed, the author pulls all hope of the revelation away from the reader - the words are never revealed (at least not in this book) and the focus of the remaining story shifts away from the discovery. What a disappointment on all fronts. This is both the first and probably the last Brad Thor book I will read. If you are looking for a truly satisfying, convincing, compelling and engaging read in this genre, check out any of the books by Vince Flynn. If you are not sure which one to start with, try the book titled "Transfer of Power" Transfer of Power.

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