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	The Last Patriot: A Thriller Brad Thor Atria Books, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 120 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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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A Stay Up All Night Thriller

I heard Brad Thor being interviewed on the radio, taking about how George Bush wasn't the first president to go to war against Islam, Thomas Jefferson was when he went to war against the Barbary Pirates. I was intrigued. Needless to say, by the time the interview was over, I wanted to read the book. Sadly it's Scot Harvath's seventh outing and I hadn't read the first six. However, Mr. Thor said in the interview that even though the character is reoccurring, his books are all really written as stand alone novels.

Taking Mr. Thor at his word, I decided to give his book a try and I found I could indeed identify with the characters, though I thought I might have been missing something, knowing those other books were out there. I'd have liked to see Scot's development and I'd've especially liked to have seen how his relationship with President Rutledge had begun, deteriorated then warmed again. But that being said, I enjoyed this book immensely. I bought it the day it came out, finished it during the night.

Thirty-seven-year old, ex-navy seal, ex-presidential protector Scot Harvath is now working for a secret anti-terrorist outfit and is pretty upset the president has let some some bad guys go from Gitmo. He's in Paris with his girlfriend at an outdoor café when he saves Professor Anthony Nichols from being blown to smithereens. It seems Iraq isn't the only place bad guys blow up cars these days and now Scot is sucked right into the thick of it.

Way back when, Mohammed had one final revelation for the Koran, but was assassinated before it was revealed. If it gets out the course of history will be changed and maybe not for the better, at least that's what some really bad people think. Scot's job, of course, find the secret. Bad guys job, of course again, stop Scot.

And where is this secret? Well there's clues out there. One buried in Thomas Jefferson's copy of DON QUOXITE. It seems Cervantes once had been a prisoner of the Barbary pirates. So we read along as Scot races along to find the clues and find the secret and while we're immersed in Scot's world we learn a bit of history, like why the Marines are called leathernecks, why they have that verse in their song "To the shores of Tripoli." Having a husband who'd served in the Marine Corps, I knew the answer to that last one, but you know, I never did know about that leathernecks thing. The Marines in 1815 had collars made of leather on their uniforms to protect themselves from the scimitars the Muslim's used, seems they wanted to keep their heads and if you want to fill your head with a some good escapist reading, you won't be sorry you picked up this book.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene

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Brad Thor comes through again

Thor does a great job of weaving this story line all over the place.
Scot Harvath has become one of my heros.
This one has a lot of history in it even if some of it is a little twisted to make it a better read.
It is well worth you time to read it and you should catch the other books about Scot Harvath too.


Engages the Brain

I heard about this book while watching Glen Beck on TV. He praised it so much I had to order it. I am glad I did. It is not often enough that we get a book which actually engages our brains with real eye-openers. I appreciate the author for not falling into that dismal ditch of political correctness, and instead, opting to tell truth. I read this book about a month ago, and it still takes up space in my head. If you want a book that will give lots of gooey romance, a stupid story where you know the ending by reading the back cover, and will wind up in the Good Will bag, this book is not for you. If instead you want to think and accept certain facts about some secular groups, by all means, read this. Of course, the author has taken liberty with history in order to formulate a story, but that's okay with me. It's about time someone wrote sensibly about the Muslim beliefs and goals. My hat's off to you, Mr. Thor!

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Entertaining Post 9/11 Anti-Terrorism Triller

People said this book was going to be the DaVinci Code of Islam. It felt like the book was meant to be a spinoff of Da Vinci Code. Although a very interesting read, I couldn't help but feel like the Da Vinci Code was studied to create this novel. I have been a fan of Brad Thor ever since State of the Union, and I do not think he has outdone himself, perhaps only hyped up the book to be more than it really is. Thor makes no secret of his conservative opinions throughout the entire book, flirting occasionally with condemning Islam but makes the point of distinguishing the Islam everyday Muslims practice from the fundamental/extremist Islam that terrorists use as their justification for attacking non-Muslims.

It was a very thought provoking piece of literature, full of action and suspense, and described the technology mentioned exceptionally well. Overall, a great read and were it not for the Da Vinci Code format, it would probably be the best book I read this summer.

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DaVinci In Da Terror Cells

The action never stops in this excellent thriller about the threat to modern civilization posed by radical Islam. It's built around a DaVinci-Code-like secret about the prophet Mohamed's last revelation, a secret that threatens to undermine the basic tenets of Islam.

Thor's hero, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath, gets dragged into the search for the secret, competing with everybody from a murderous convert to Islam to the CIA and FBI to solve the puzzle. Gun play, car bombs, and plenty of skin-of-the-teeth escapes keep the story moving along at a quite satisfactory pace.

Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo

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