Blowback: A Thriller | 
| Author: Brad Thor
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 608
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Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 4.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 1416505415
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781416505419
Publication Date: May 23, 2006
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Scot Harvath's counterterrorism career has just crashed and burned -- thanks in part to a ruthless senator with her sights set on the White House. But when the war on terror takes a chilling turn, the president has no choice but to secretly bring Harvath back inside. Deep beneath an Alpine glacier, an ancient weapon designed to decimate the Roman Empire has been unearthed -- and a shadowy organization intends to use it for America's downfall. Racing across Europe, Harvath must secure the ultimate instrument of destruction before it brings the United States and the rest of the world to its knees.
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 Kind of tedious and unbelievable October 14, 2008
It was okay. I've read the previous books in the series, but I'm taking a Scot Harvath break for a little while. It's an okay read if you like a LOT of science and history (which I usually do, but come on!) mixed in with your political thriller. Although I found a lot less thriller and more detective work in this one.
Good read, Timely and full of action. September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good book with lots of action involving real time events and social issues. Keeps the reader reading late in the night.
 Way Too Much August 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A littl too much over the top for me. This guy is too unbelievable!
 Caricatures instead of characters May 29, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I picked up this book because I usually enjoy thrillers - especially political and legal. I wish I'd paid more attention to the negative reviews. In my opinion, this is a pale imitation of the Baldacci, Ludlum, Follett, Forsyth etc. I've enjoyed in the past. The few chapters I've read thus far are formulaic (at best) and the characters are so over-the-top that they read like a Saturday Night Live parody. I don't think I'm going to waste my time finishing the book.
 Ingenious plot May 18, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having read several of Thor's novels, I think this is his best one to date (May 2008). The back drop for the story is Hannibal's crossing the Alps to attack the Roman Empire, and a book called the Arthashastra (which is actually a 15 volume Indian treaties on government written by Chandragupta Maurya around 300 BC).
Thor weaves an imaginative and interesting story with several surprises for the reader. The plot is based upon a fanatical Islamists, Akrep, who wants to bring back the caliphate, with a few hidden caveats. But to do so, Akrep needs a suitable man to be caliph, and he needs to find Hannibal's secret weapon, an ancient biological weapon mentioned in the Arthashastra. Oh yes, the Great Satan must be destroyed, along with a few hundred million kafirs in other places. Only pure Muslims can remain--but who exactly is a "pure Muslims?" How can Allah protect the pure Muslim? Thor comes up with an interesting solution. The method to be used to dispense the agent is unique and plausible. Hannibal's biological weapon is mostly fiction, but similar bio-agents were developed and stockpiled by the Soviet Union, and terrorists could find one of these.
Scot Harvath, the protagnists, with the aid of a beautiful scientists, Jillian Alcott, unwind the sinister plot. Ancient weapons, modern technology, political intrigue--including a woman senator who will stop at nothing to become the next president--some insights on Islam and its internal conflicts, and what goes on in Saudi Arabia, add flesh to the bones of the story.
As the author of the first two novels of a trilogy with a somewhat similar theme, I found Thor's book to be fascinating, and in most cases accurate. Like all fiction authors, he took some liberties, but overall BLOWBACK is believable, educates the reader in several areas, and is a great read.
I am looking forward to reading Thor's next novel, The Last Patriot: A Thriller.
Lee Boyland author of two techno-thrillers dealing with current events: Behold, an Ashen Horse and The Rings of Allah.
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