State of the Union: A Thriller

Brad Thor has written another compelling novel which will make you thankful that it is a work of fiction. During the Cold War the Soviets created numerous sleeper agents in the United States and provided them with suitcase nuclear bombs. Guarding against that possibility the United States created a similar cadre of agents. With the breakup of the SU, it was reasonably assumed that they would never be called on. That assumption held until the president is presented with a picture of such a bomb secreted in the Mall of America and directions on how to find it. The message is that this is just one of twenty such bombs and unless the president essentially removes the US from the world stage in his State of the Union address which is to occur in eight days, they will be detonated.Reacting to the threat, the US moves to deploy it's agents, only to discover that all but two have been killed, one has been brutally interrogated and the other is being used to bait a trap.Scott Horvath is once again called on by the president to save the day and in doing so, Mr. Thor has woven an ingenious plot, filled with interesting and dastardly characters which will keep you turning the pages and reluctant to put it down.

I've read Lions of Lucerne, Path of the Assassin and Black Ice. I felt this was the best one I've read so far. Far fewer lucky breaks, better writing than the 1st two books in the series. The plot here and in Lions of Lucerne are excellent.Great Book!

I enjoy Brad's writing. He's very talented. Not sure about this particular book's plot. Seemed odd that Scot didn't realize the betrayal of the Russian female in this story. How come he didn't read those slight facial expressions when she was lying to him.

Not up to his old standards. I knew what was going to happen by the end of the second Chapter. I had to look at the Copyright date to assure myself that I had not already read this novel. Just Zane Gray. You change the names, dates and Locations and publish your 4 stories again with a new name.

Good author with fast moving plot and a great main character. Worth the read. Read them in order.