Act of War

by Brad Thor

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Series: Scot Harvath (13)

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"After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There's just one problem--no one knows if she can be trusted. But when six exchange students go missing, two airplane passengers trade places, and one political-asylum seeker is arrested, a deadly chain of events is set in motion. With the United States facing an imminent and devastating attack, America's new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the country's history. Code-named "Gold Dust" and "Blackbird," they are shrouded in absolute secrecy as either of them, if discovered, will constitute an act of war" --… (more)

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

Scot Horvath is once again trying to save America. To create an incentive for the Chinese to continue buying U.S. Treasury bonds, real assets have been secretly offered. Meanwhile, economic growth in China has faltered, causing the leadership to launch a devastating attack on the U.S. to be followed by invasion, with Chinese troops and farmers training in North Korea. The Chinese are pretending the attack is from Al Qaeda, causing Scot to press the Arab cutouts while a Chinese agent is trying to activate sleeper agents and take the Chinese leadership children studying in the U.S. to safety. I agree with the criticism that character development is sacrificed for action and the ending was overly abrupt. (

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skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |

Pretty good political thriller. The good guys are maybe too good and the bad guys too one-dimensional, but for a nice plane-ride type read this is pretty good. (

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Skybalon | Mar 19, 2020 |

One of Brad Thor's Best

This book is one of Brad Thor's best in my opinion. Great until the last drop, this will satisfy all of your spy thriller cravings. (

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BenjaminThomas | Mar 16, 2018 |

This is my favorite Thor book yet. (

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JustinKimball | Feb 14, 2018 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Brad Thor	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Schultz, Armand	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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For Emily Bestler -
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"After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There's just one problem--no one knows if she can be trusted. But when six exchange students go missing, two airplane passengers trade places, and one political-asylum seeker is arrested, a deadly chain of events is set in motion. With the United States facing an imminent and devastating attack, America's new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the country's history. Code-named "Gold Dust" and "Blackbird," they are shrouded in absolute secrecy as either of them, if discovered, will constitute an act of war" --

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