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Jack posted a review at 2009-07-09 11:45:45.
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Implausible over the top gratuitous violence. Contains mean stereotypes. A conservative super patriot writer who has a anything goes right-wing agenda.Thor thinks that the world except the US is totally evil the protagonistis a a no holds barred street fighter. 
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A reader posted a review at 2009-03-19 23:26:19.
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This is what a thriller should be. Thor’s pacing is exquisite, making all 400 pages hard to put down. Loved the short chapters – really gotta think about how to do that effectively. Although there was bad language, there seemed to be less than his previous ones. Typical of the thriller genre, his character development outside of his lead character and a few supporting folk was minimal. There was enough action, though, to make the lack of CD more than forgivable. Highly recommended!
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Bill Warden posted a review at 2009-01-28 01:25:34.
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GREAT GREAT BOOK!!! I've lived in Charleston and currently live in Salt Lake, and his descriptions of both towns are quite accurate. I was very pleased by his writing and look forward to reading more of his books.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-01-15 22:40:48.
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Really enjoyed this one. Very much follows the Brad Thor formula established in Lions of Lucerne, but Thor's background research remains strong. If you are a Brad Thor fan, this will not disappoint. Fans of Clancy, Luldum and Flynn would like his work, but start with Lions since that is where the main characters are introduced and developed.
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Ash posted a review at 2008-07-25 11:10:51.
(Language: English)
I hate to be the first person to write a less-than-glowing (i.e., realistic) review of this book, but I feel I must point out several significant problems.First, the plot. The title is based on the idea that America's "first commandment" in the "war on terror" is "Thou shalt not negotiate with terrorists." So far so good. Next, Thor postulates that there is one situation in which our government will violate this commandment: when terrorists target children. Here we run into problems. The first problem is that I could reveal this without it being a spoiler, since this thread peters out halfway through the book and ends up having absolutely nothing to do with the plot's resolution, which is weak anyway. One assumes that the title of the book indicates a theme which will integrate and run through the plot--at least, in good fiction.Next, this indicates some serious ideological shortcomings. Presumably, the reason for such a "commandment" is that negotiating with terrorists only serves to embolden them. If that's the case, then for precisely that reason, the worse the threat, the more crucial that we follow the commandment. If terrorists learn that we'll break our rule only if they target our kids, soon we'll have every terrorist in the world targeting American children. Duh.Next, while not an explicitly religious novel, several points seem to gratuitously pander to the worst aspects of conservative politics. The good guys contend that we ought to seal off our borders and build a wall between Mexico and us, while anyone with the most basic knowledge of American history and military history more generally should know that (more-or-less) open immigration along with other freedoms is what made this country great (as we are all only here thanks to foreign immigrants), and that sealing off its borders and trying to fight a defensive war is a nation's death-sentence.*SPOILER ALERT*Throw in a dig at the Terri Schiavo case in which the patient miraculously recovers at the end after the heartless parents pull the plug without even waiting a couple of days for the significant other to arrive, and one begins to think that Thor is merely a puppet of the Christian fundamentalist movement. The strange ending in which the terrorist mastermind turns out to be a Machiavellian Israeli trying to frame Palestinians for his crimes in order to stir up pro-Israel/anti-Palestine sentiment seems to throw this off a bit, but I suppose there might be a tension for such people between being pro-Israel and anti-Semitic.I was hoping for something more along the lines of TV's 24, but with a more consistent plot (so much for that), but the completely amoral my-country-right-or-wrong, might-makes-right Scot Harvath makes Jack Bauer look like a saint by comparison. Some of Harvath's gratuitous and hideous acts of torture, which are often carried out solely for personal revenge and not even for the objective protection of America, are quite disturbing.The search for great post-9/11 rationally pro-American literature continues...
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A reader posted a review at 2008-07-19 16:25:35.
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Fantastic novel about the ins and outs of the war on terror and how crucial it is that we not retreat. This is one of a series with a protagonist, Scot Harvath, a special forces operative who tackles terrorism head one. Written by Brad Thor, former member of the NSA's Red Cell group.
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A reader posted a review at 2008-07-10 18:48:18.
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Formulaic but a entertaining nonetheless.
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A reader posted a review at 2008-07-08 02:24:39.
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this is
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A reader posted a review at 2008-06-27 23:05:03.
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Scott Harvath is a character to be admired. What courage, dedication and intelligence
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