Review Spymaster (Scot Harvath N 18) by Brad Thor

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When a daring programme is hatched to draw the United States into war, it'due south up to counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to one time over again relieve the twenty-four hour period in Brad Thor'due south (Use of Force, etc.) action-packed new thriller.

A sniper in Portugal, a car flop in Kingdom of spain, and a shooter in Greece. Three attacks, three dead diplomats. As blood spills across Europe, an American individual security firm discovers that a hugger-mugger organization is backside the attacks and quickly races to learn more than well-nigh the group's whereabouts and their overall objective.

The Carlton Grouping, currently serving as a lifeboat of sorts to the Fundamental Intelligence Bureau while the world's nearly famous spy organization undergoes a bureaucratic cleansing, is now being run by Lydia Ryan. The sometime deputy director of CIA, Ryan brings a wealth of experience to the Carlton Group during a catamenia of restructuring, equally the visitor's founder, Reed Carlton, battles Alzheimer's disease. Previously, Scot Harvath, a Navy SEAL turned secret service agent turned counterterrorism operative, turned downward the corner office to stay in the field. Though he'southward finally showing signs of crumbling, Harvath is still an noon predator and one of the almost cunning weapons in America'due south arsenal.

One time again, Harvath suits up when his state needs him virtually. Forged through decades of experience, the battle-tested warrior is used to taking punches and soldiering onward. So when the American president finds out that Russia is attempting to depict the Usa into war by attacking its NATO allies, using the North Atlantic Treaty to solicit an American response, he turns to Scot and the Carlton Group, tasking them with doing whatsoever necessary to avoid going to war with Russia.

Assembling a team, Harvath goes on the hunt, tracking the assassins around the world, trying desperately to connect the dots and uncover the organization'due south terminal play earlier it'south besides belatedly. Meanwhile, Lydia Ryan deals with the fallout of Reed Carlton's condition. As the spymaster's wellness deteriorates, Ryan realizes that the secrets previously held in Carlton's steel trap of a mind are now at risk. Every bit she tries to accept down as much information as she tin can from Carlton, an American marry approaches Ryan and demands the identity of a highly-placed covert asset, farther complicating matters on the homefront. Everything comes to a roaring boil as Thor delivers a stunning concluding deed, capped off with a killer, jaw-dropping ending that'll leave readers admittedly stunned.

Forth with a large returning cast (including several Use of Force carryovers such every bit Jack Gage, who is fast condign a existent go-to source for book recommendations), Thor, who's long been known for writing strong female characters into his books, also introduces readers to a couple of scene-stealing newcomers in Smooth operator Monika Jasinski and Rebecca Strum, the newly-appointed U.Southward. ambassador to the Un who bears a hit resemblance to real-life ambassador Nickey Haley. Even so, Harvath is the guy, and Thor shows fans a new side to Scot, who's put through the ringer physically and emotionally in a number of ways that are leap to play a major function moving frontward.

While a lot of authors have written timely thrillers over the years, nobody has been more consistently right on the money than Thor, who has the uncanny ability to predict what the world volition look similar in the almost future and craft his stories accordingly. That's certainly the case with Spymaster , which feels ripped straight from tomorrow's headlines, offering readers a terrifying glimpse at how the disharmonize between America and Russia could eventually play out. One thing'southward for sure. . . with the style things are today, the world could employ a petty more Scot Harvath.

At present seventeen books in, Brad Thor is showing no signs of slowing downwards someday soon. If anything, the #1 New York Times bestseller is getting better each fourth dimension out, a scary proposition for his competition, as Thor in one case over again proves why he'southward the undisputed rex of the thriller genre. Spymaster is incredible, and the catastrophe makes it clear that Thor is meticulously setting things up for his adjacent book, which, if he can deliver the mode he did here, has all the makings to exist the kind ofvery special one-ii dial that readers haven't seen since Robert Ludlum was in his prime.

Timely, raw, and filled with plenty activeness for 2 books, Spymaster is this summer'south must-read thriller and the most gripping novel of Brad Thor's iconic career.

Volume Details

Author: Brad Thor
Series: Scot Harvath #17
Pages: 336 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 147678941X
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Release Appointment: July 3, 2018
Book Spy Rating: 9.75/10

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Praised every bit "one of today's finest book reviewers" byNew York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds, Ryan Steck ("The Godfather of the thriller genre" — Ben Coes) has "quickly established himself as the authority on mysteries and thrillers" (Author A.J. Tata). He currently lives in Southwest Michigan with his wife and their 6 children.

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