Genre: Fiction—Thriller
Completed: 15 March 2017
Summary & Review:
Secret Service agent Scot Harvath is on the presidential detail in Utah as the president takes his daughter on a birthday ski trip. When the unthinkable happens and the president is kidnapped and smuggled to an unknown location, Harvath must track down the elusive band of mercenaries who took him and figure out who is behind the conspiracy.
Considering this was Thor’s debut novel, it wasn’t terrible. Yes, it was very by the numbers as a thriller and certain things about the Harvath character were ridiculous. He’s a former Olympic caliber freestyle skier/Navy SEAL/Secret Service agent who is incredibly handsome and also happens to know Serbian curse words and randomly has a false identity all lined up when he needs it. I know you often have to suspend your disbelief occasionally when reading a modern action thriller, but at times in this book it was asking a lot of the reader to get on board with some aspects of the character and/or story.
The whole book felt very amateur, almost like fan fiction from someone who loved Vince Flynn or Tom Clancy books. But like I said, this was Thor’s first novel and he has since written others I’ve read that were much better. You can read my previous reviews of Thor's books here:
The First Commandment (#67)
The Last Patriot (#111)
The Apostle (#165)
Code of Conduct (#334)
Rating: 5.0
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