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    Foreign Agent: A Thriller
    Foreign Agent: A Thriller
    Foreign Agent: A Thriller
    Audiobook11 hours

    Foreign Agent: A Thriller

    Written by Brad Thor

    Narrated by Armand Schultz

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    “The best thriller of the year...an exciting and entertaining read.” —The Washington Times

    “A top-notch thriller.” —Bill O’Reilly

    From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor—a brilliant thriller as “current as tomorrow’s headlines” (Dan Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Terrorism in Europe has spun out of control. The United States has decided on a dramatic response. Now, the CIA needs a very special kind of operative.

    Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He’s a former U.S. Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability.

    But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative. As a child, Sacha Baseyev endured an unimaginable horror. Today, he lives and breathes for only one reason—to kill. And he will kill as many Americans as it takes to accomplish his mission.

    When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels. But as Harvath searches for the man, he uncovers another actor—a rogue player hell-bent on forcing America’s hand and drawing it into a confrontation deadlier than anyone could have imagined.

    As the attacks mount, and terror is brought to the very doorstep of the White House, Harvath finds himself in the race of his life. From Vienna, Brussels, and Berlin, to Malta, Jordan, and Syria—he will push himself beyond the edge in order to confront one of the greatest evils the world has ever known.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJun 14, 2016
    ISBN9781508211457
    Author

    Brad Thor

    Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three thrillers, including Dead Fall, Black Ice (ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year), Near Dark (one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year), Backlash (nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller of the Year), Spymaster (named “One of the all-time best thriller novels” —The Washington Times), The Last Patriot (nominated Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association), and Blowback (one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” —NPR). Visit his website at BradThor.com and follow him on Facebook @BradThorOfficial, on Instagram @RealBradThor, and on X @BradThor.

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    • 4/5
      Another solid entry in the Harvath series by Brad Thor, this one continues Thor's mastery of writing "faction", a tough gritty story set in today's real headlines. Harvath is after a Russian terrorist hell bent on pulling the US and Russia into the Syrian conflict by carrying out terrorist acts around the world. Harvath not only has to find this guy and stop a world war, but has to battle betrayal from his own side. Thor once again pulls the reader in to a taut, exciting read to the very end. He even manages to add a more complex human side to Harvath near the end that bears watching in future novels.
    • 3/5
      I enjoy espionage action books and movies. This book has a kick ass American hero Scot Harvath and plenty of villains (ISIS and the Russians). The plot gets a bit convoluted at times but there are some twists and turns to keep the reader guessing and interested. Thor does some political preaching but it does not overwhelm the story. Good escapism novel. Good vs. evil. Good wins!
    • 2/5
      Foreign Agent, Brad Thor, author; Armand Schultz, narrator This is the sixteenth book the series featuring Scot Harvath.When Ashleigh Foster, a CIA officer from the United States Embassy, convinces a couple of her friends to take an unsanctioned leave to visit her boyfriend, Ken Berglund at a remote desert safe house for a steak dinner with all of the accoutrements, she has no idea what horror awaits them. The men at the outpost were on a secret mission, and the women who came to share their evening, were in for a nasty surprise when they were attacked by Isis forces. The mystery is the how and why of the attack. Theoretically, the soldiers were not even supposed to be there. Who knew that these men were on a high level secret mission for the CIA, to capture a high level Isis target? Did someone leak the information to their enemies? Was there a mole hiding in the agency?After this horrific attack on the soldiers, leaving them all dead, followed by a brutal assault on the women, also leaving no survivors, more carnage followed. An attack on the Secretary of State, Devin, resulted in the murder of everyone in the motorcade. Who knew where the Secretary was going to be? When a third attack took place causing damage and injuries at the White House, when a woman blew herself up for the Islamic cause, Scot Harvath, charged with finding the mole, destroying the mastermind behind the attacks and stopping the carnage from continuing, springs into action.Stage right, enter Sacha Baseyev. When he was just a child, he was taken hostage by Islamic terrorists, in a movie theater with over a thousand others. He witnessed the death of his family and hundreds of others. The Russians conceived of a scheme to use the survivors of that massacre to go after their enemies. Only one recruit remained after training, motivated by revenge, and that was Baseyev. All the others either failed out or chose to leave the program early. While Sacha was working for the Russians to create havoc and terror hoping to inspire the United States to become more involved in the fight against Isis, he was also killing those who were like the Islamic terrorists who murdered so many of the hostages. A good-looking man, he was charismatic, and he was able to persuade those vulnerable, who were seeking causes to bring them glory, to follow his lead. Chameleon-like, he fell easily into the different roles necessary to fulfill his assignments. He also was employed in a legitimate job which allowed him to travel freely, and was therefore very difficult to trace. He had no moral conscience and easily used and disposed of people with abandon after they served their purpose.As the optics and scope of the terrorism scaled upward and spread outward, the stakes increased and it was imperative that those behind this heinous effort creating a path of tragedy and devastation in its wake, were brought to justice. Enter, the hero, Scott Harvath. He was just the man to bring this slaughter to an end, and bring the culprits to justice. He was the sleuth and sniper extraordinaire who also left death and destruction in his wake. As the story bounces around and sub plots are added, including romantic interludes, the narrative attempts to engage the reader using historic massacres and current events, to keep it relevant, but it grows a bit confusing. Sometimes it is difficult to keep the facts of the story straight. There are so many characters with strange names it is really easy to get lost and drift away. On the whole, the author treated the women as frivolous, love objects who were not too responsible or bright, but rather had one thing on their minds in common with the men, sex, above all else. The men were only too happy to take advantage of their good fortune. Along with the Isis barbarians, they took their pleasure, albeit in a different way, when the opportunity arose. Perhaps I would have enjoyed the book a bit more in a print version because it would have been easier to follow. Sometimes a visual of a hard to pronounce name or place is easier to comprehend and remember, but I would have preferred that the women and soldiers were treated with a bit more honor and respect. They were portrayed as if they were irresponsible and unable to deal properly with the reality of war.
    • 5/5
      Brad Thor has once again hit it out of the park. Foreign Agent is great, if you enjoy reading thrillers do not miss this book.