The First Commandment Brad Thor | ISBN : 1-4391-6630-7

The First Commandment

Author: Brad Thor

Publisher: Pocket Books

Publication Date: 16 June, 2009

ISBN: 9781439166307

Pages: 496

Subjects: Mystery, Thrillers

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-1-4104-0370-4 Trade Cloth, 978-1-4165-4379-4 Trade Paper, 978-1-4391-6630-7 E-Book - Epublication content package, 978-1-4165-5131-7 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-4294-8269-1

Description:

When the president of the United States is blackmailed into releasing five detainees from Guantanamo Bay, a sadistic assassin with a vendetta years in the making is reactivated. Suddenly, the people closest to counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath are being targeted and he realizes that somehow, somewhere he has left the wrong person alive. With his life plunged into absolute peril, and the president ordering him to stay out of the investigation, Harvath must mount his own covert plan for revenge—and in so doing will uncover shattering revelations about the organizations and the nation he has spent his life serving.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2007-06-04

Bestseller Thor's latest thrill-ride begins in anguish. Scot Harvath, navy SEAL turned Homeland Security superagent, sits at the bedside of girlfriend Tracy Hastings, who's in a deep coma after being gravely wounded at the end of Takedown. Meanwhile, five terrorists have been released from Guant namo Bay as part of a secret hostage deal forced upon U.S. president Jack Rutledge. When one of the terrorists starts targeting Scot's friends and family, Scot discovers that the president won't allow the assassin to be hunted down. Soon enough, Scot is on the run from his own government and in pursuit of the killer. Many characters make appearances from earlier books, in particular Scot's ongoing nemesis, the fascinating, intelligence-gathering expert known as the Troll. It's a long, violent, shoot-'em-up, blow-'em-up pulse-pounder that will leave Thor's fans cheering and begging for more. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved