The Last Patriot: A Thriller

Author - Brad Thor ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from Atria Books was reviewed on 4-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book The Last Patriot: A Thriller by Atria Books. The Last Patriot starts with the premise that Mohammed had a final revelation that would overturn the fundamentalist Islam interpretation of the Koran. Scot Horvath is witness to a car bombing in Paris and gets involved by saving an Islamic scholar, the target of the attack. It seems that several agencies are just as motivated to keep the discoveries secret.

The Last Patriot is a swift-pace thriller that shares as much Cussler and National Treasure type intrigue, along with unconventional war on terror. Not all of the threads tie together. It´s possible, for example, that Scot´s girlfriend Tracy had an active role in a prequel novel, but her involvement in this one got in the way, and she was a passive burden that got in the way, so her story line had to be set aside for two-thirds of the novel. Thor may have questioned the need to bring her into the story at all, rather than have her character limp through the paces of being there for some unknown reason, then bringing her back to tie a neat bow at the end. So too, the thread referring to the Patriots, super-secret assassins who operate outside of legal boundaries and legal jurisdictions to fight an unconventional war on terror. In Reality, Horvath could have been a fighter of any ilk without it diminishing his efforts to wage his battles. And Matthew Dodd is referred to as the most dangerous of assassins, yet his efforts are often bumbling and not anything we haven´t seen before. He doesn´t seem as serious a threat as many other villains.

The ancient intrigues sustain the story with enough interest to make the novel a worthwhile read, while the chase and shootout sequences are par for thrillers. If you like Morrell, Patterson, Rollins, and Ludlum, you´ll enjoy Thor too.
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2) Hardcover Book The Last Patriot: A Thriller by Atria Books. I had originally opted to read this novel at the behest of Glenn Beck´s recommendation on his show, when he touted that the book was "The Da Vinci Code meets Islam".

Needless to say, I felt the book did not live up to the expectations I had for it in light of the aforementioned analogy.

I found the characters to be rather bland and the pace of the novel was arduously slow for my taste. Despite the lethargic pace of the actual plot, I found that Brad Thor would often rush his paragraphs to move the characters along, giving the impression of a rushed work, rather than a fluid, well versed novel.

Of course, the ultimate disappointment came with the supposed "revelation" at the conclusion of the novel. For all the build-up, the culmination of the plot to the revelation point was very underwhelming. And from my perspective, very predictable.



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3) Hardcover Book The Last Patriot: A Thriller by Atria Books. The book was just a so so novel. There was too much "alphabet soup" references to various agencies to suit my taste-- made it too hard to follow trhe plot in places.¤

4) Hardcover Book The Last Patriot: A Thriller by Atria Books. This is my first Brad Thor Book. It is by far the best book I have read since Noble House. Thor has the ability to intertwine history with fiction and produces a most riveting read. I especially enjoyed reading Chapter 16 about the Barbary Pirates. I remember my High School history book characterizing State sponsored Islamic Terrorists as being mere pirates. Admittedly, the vast majority of Muslims are peace loving people but the politically correct Washington establishment wants to cast a blind eye to the most significant threat since WWII. If only 1% of Muslims are terrorists then we have 15 Million people committed to the destruction of the United States. That is too many people to ignore. Brad Thor is a breath of fresh air. Now excuse me while I read the rest of his books.¤

5) Hardcover Book The Last Patriot: A Thriller by Atria Books. I had never read anything by Brad Thor before, and I picked up the audiobook for "The Last Patriot" to listen on a road trip to Las Vegas. I didn´t really know what to expect, except that I didn´t want something too deep, and I wanted something both myself and my boyfriend could enjoy. He´s very much into political thrillers, me less so unless the story is easy to pick up.

This book fit the bill. I know several reviewers are saying this book compares to "The DaVinci Code," but I didn´t see it. "The DaVinci Code" was a supposed mystery (and a not very good one at that), whereas this book is a political thriller - to me, a different genre entirely. It kept me interested, though I was unaware the character of Scot Harvath was a continuation. My boyfriend was okay with it. This was the first time he had listened to an audiobook, and he found himself becoming distracted at times.

For the purpose it was intended, the book delivered. It´s not earth-shattering literature, and it´s certainly not the Great American Novel, but it´s pleasant enough. I suppose there is some un-politically correctness in that Islam is portrayed in a unflattering light. My response to that? It´s a novel, it´s fiction, get over it.

For light, escapist reading, this book did okay. It makes me interested to know what Brad Thor´s other works are like.¤

6) Hardcover Book The Last Patriot: A Thriller by Atria Books. 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.¤

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