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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Sixth instalment of the Scot Harvath series. This book is a mixture of treasure hunt, in the style of Da Vinci Code, and a story of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. It is a fun read, with some interesting historical tidbits regarding Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary War. (  )boleyn | Jul 3, 2009 |   After reading Brad Thor's first six novels free for nothing from the local library, I went out to the book store and plunked down $31.00 for Thor's latest book, The Last Patriot. Thor is an excellent writer; one of the best out there. So I was disappointed to find that The Last Patriot wasn't vintage Brad Thor at all. Instead, what I had bought was Thor's version of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Worse news yet, the way the book ended, I get the feeling that Brad Thor is going to continue in this vein with his next book. I hope he goes back to being the old Brad Thor. I have nothing against Dan Brown, but why should Thor imitate Brown, when Thor's the better writer? I'm not going to be so fast about plunking down my cash when his next book comes out. (  )IronMike | Feb 15, 2009 | The Last Patriot is the Muslim version of The Da Vinci Code simplyn2deep | Jan 3, 2009 | It just didn't hold my intereste, depite the good reader (George Guidall). I abandonned it after a few CDs. (  )missmath144 | Dec 2, 2008 | Excellent read involving today's war on terrorism pakurilecz | Aug 18, 2008 | 0.041 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 141654383X, Hardcover)Brad Thor, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author of The First Commandment, returns with his highest-voltage thriller to date. In a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-charged tour de force, Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks.June 632 A.D.: Deep within the Uranah Valley of Mount Arafat in Mecca, the Prophet Mohammed shares with his closest companions a final and startling revelation. Within days, he is assassinated. September 1789: U.S. Minister to France Thomas Jefferson, who is charged with forging a truce with the violent Muslim pirates of the Barbary Coast, makes a shocking discovery - one that could forever impact the world's relationship with Islam. Present day: When a car bomb explodes outside a Parisian café, Scot Harvath is thrust back into the life he has tried so desperately to leave behind. Saving the intended victim of the attack, Harvath becomes party to an amazing and perilous race to uncover a secret so powerful that militant Islam could be defeated once and for all without firing another shot, dropping another bomb, or launching another covert action. But as desperate as the American government is to have the information brought to light, there are powerful forces aligned against it - men who are just as determined that Mohammed's mysterious final revelation continue to remain hidden forever. What Jason Bourne was to the Cold War, Scot Harvath is to the War on Terror. Brad Thor has created "the perfect all-American hero for the post September 11 world" (Nelson DeMille) and will keep readers glued to the pages as he once again takes them across the globe on a heart-pounding chase where the stakes are higher than they have ever been before. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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