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Summary: The Cold War lives...
Review: Again!Of the three Thor thrillers I've read this one kinda let me down, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but I like "Lions" and "Path" just a little bit better.I'm still a Brad Thor fan though and I'm looking forward to his next book.
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Summary: The Cold War lives...
Review: Again!Of the three Thor thrillers I've read this one kinda let me down, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but I like "Lions" and "Path" just a little bit better.I'm still a Brad Thor fan though and I'm looking forward to his next book.
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Summary: Be Thankful It Is Fiction...
Review: Brad Thor has written another compelling novel which will make you thankful that it is a work of fiction. During the Cold War the Soviets created numerous sleeper agents in the United States and provided them with suitcase nuclear bombs. Guarding against that possibility the United States created a similar cadre of agents. With the breakup of the SU, it was reasonably assumed that they would never be called on. That assumption held until the president is presented with a picture of such a bomb secreted in the Mall of America and directions on how to find it. The message is that this is just one of twenty such bombs and unless the president essentially removes the US from the world stage in his State of the Union address which is to occur in eight days, they will be detonated.Reacting to the threat, the US moves to deploy it's agents, only to discover that all but two have been killed, one has been brutally interrogated and the other is being used to bait a trap. Scott Horvath is once again called on by the president to save the day and in doing so, Mr. Thor has woven an ingenious plot, filled with interesting and dastardly characters which will keep you turning the pages and reluctant to put it down.
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Summary: Cold war conundrum
Review: Ex-Navy SEAL and Secret Service agent Scot Harvath is at the center of Brad Thor's creative plot in the espionage thriller "State of the Union". Long thought to be an ex-world power after losing the Cold War and denouncing Communism, Russia has actually been a sleeping giant playing possum. In a plan twenty years in the making formulated by diabolical Russian general Sergei Stavropol, the stature of the United States on the world stage in being threatened. President Jack Rutledge in a communique has learned that more than 20 suitcase nuclear bombs have been hidden in major cities throughout the country by Russian "sleeper" agents.
To avert their detonation, the President while giving his state of the union address in eight days must resign the U.S. from just about every world organization, thereby creating national economic suicide. Retaliation would not be possible as Russia has also secretly instituted an impregnable air defense system that would thwart conventional warfare. Super agent Harvath is summoned by the President to thwart this ingenious Russian plot. Unfortunately Harvath's boss and father figure, deputy director of the FBI, Gary Lawlor is presently missing and implicated in the blackmail of the country. Thor in a riveting plot conjures up a scenario, which with present day technology being what it is, seems plausible and therefore frightening.
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Summary: Cold war conundrum
Review: Ex-Navy SEAL and Secret Service agent Scot Harvath is at the center of Brad Thor's creative plot in the espionage thriller "State of the Union". Long thought to be an ex-world power after losing the Cold War and denouncing Communism, Russia has actually been a sleeping giant playing possum. In a plan twenty years in the making formulated by diabolical Russian general Sergei Stavropol, the stature of the United States on the world stage in being threatened. President Jack Rutledge in a communique has learned that more than 20 suitcase nuclear bombs have been hidden in major cities throughout the country by Russian "sleeper" agents.
To avert their detonation, the President while giving his state of the union address in eight days must resign the U.S. from just about every world organization, thereby creating national economic suicide. Retaliation would not be possible as Russia has also secretly instituted an impregnable air defense system that would thwart conventional warfare. Super agent Harvath is summoned by the President to thwart this ingenious Russian plot. Unfortunately Harvath's boss and father figure, deputy director of the FBI, Gary Lawlor is presently missing and implicated in the blackmail of the country. Thor in a riveting plot conjures up a scenario, which with present day technology being what it is, seems plausible and therefore frightening.
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Summary: Good, but a little dissapointing
Review: I read Thor's novel prior to "State of the Union," "The Path of the Assassin" first, and I was completely blown away by it. I read that book in one day and found myself counting down the days until Thor's next novel came out. I couldn't wait though. Luckily I found he wrote a novel before "Path of the Assassin" too, "The Lions of the Lucerne," and that book was a non-stop, action/thriller, page-turner too. Anyway when "State of the Union" came out, I was disappointed in it. "State of the Union" didn't seem to have as much excitement and action and really seemed to have less going on than "Path of the Assassin" or even "Lions of the Lucerne" did. It almost seemed like Thor lost motivation or enthusiasm with this book and simply just wrote this book to write it and get paid for it, not to interest his fans. Unlike his previous works this book was more of an in depth character developing story and there was whole lot less action and events, and also I almost puked when Scot Harvoth was lead by an encoded message to find a clue of important information behind a painting that was similar to "Madonna on the rocks." Gee that doesn't sound at all similar to the main plot of any book that has been published recently; EXCEPT FOR THE BEST SELLING "THE DaVINCI CODE"!!!! If you want to read this book because you have read Thor's other novels and suspect the same the same style, I would strongly suggest waiting until it comes out in paperback. At least then, if you don't like it, it was only $7. And if you were interested in this book because you heard Brad Thor was a good writer, I would strongly suggest buying "Path of the Assassin" instead.
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Summary: State of the union leaves you in a state of suspense!
Review: In the beginning of the book the kidnapping of former head of the FBI Gary Lawler, Scott Harvath's best friend, and mentor occurs in Eastern Germany, and a web of sleeper cells is awoken in the U.S. to place suitcase atomic bombs in every major city in the U.S. The President, and the Country is held hostage, and Scott Harvath is sent to Germany to find Lawler, and his connection to the horrific plot against our nation.
Scot connects with an old friend from GSG9 Germany's FBI, and the story takes one action filled turn, after another! The plot, action, and story never slows down, adding up to his best book yet!
If his stories continue improving like this, there is no end in site to what he'll be able to accomplish. America's Matt Reilly!
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Summary: Keep'em coming
Review: Just as good as the other 2, if not better. Already can't wait to see what Brad Thor can come up with next. Great story, great characters, great book.
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Summary: Keep'em coming
Review: Just as good as the other 2, if not better. Already can't wait to see what Brad Thor can come up with next. Great story, great characters, great book.
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Summary: State of the Unoin
Review: Mr. Thor's storytelling is absolutely brilliant. Scot Harvath is the best weapon in the Unites States arsenal, in the war against terror. The only problem I had with this book is the fact that I had to wait for it. The wait was horrific but the reward was exuberant.
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