State of the Union (Scot Harvath, Book 3) (The Scot Harvath Series)
Brad Thor
Language: English
Pages: 592
ISBN: 145160792X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
America’s worst nightmare has just become a brutal reality. The most unlikely terrorist enemy of all now holds a knife against the country’s throat. With both diplomatic and conventional military options swept from the table, the president calls upon Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent, Scot Harvath, to disable a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy intended to bring the United States to its knees. Teamed with beautiful Russian Intelligence agent Alexandra Ivanova and a highly trained CIA paramilitary detachment, Harvath embarks on an adrenaline-fueled search that spans the world—and leads to a final, deadly showdown on American soil, with a lethal and sinister enemy from the past.
career with the FBI, where he specialized in areas ranging from counter-terrorism to white-collar crime. He was eventually promoted to Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego field office and that’s when I really got to know him. “When my father died in the accident at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Gary took a leave of absence from work to be with us and help us begin to put our lives back together.” Remembering his father’s death and its aftermath caused Harvath to pause, and
While I’ll grant you that the murders are obviously connected to each other, you’ve failed to make the biggest connection of all—Gary to the victims.” “Actually,” replied Driehaus, “we have made the connection.” Harvath was stunned. “What is it?” “Several of the victims placed calls to Gary right before they were killed.” CHAPTER 6 PETROZAVODSK, RUSSIA Impossible!” growled Sergei Stavropol into his satellite phone, careful not to draw the attention of the various technicians and
prestigious FSB. He had read it several times over and though it represented the efforts of some of the country’s top criminologists, Popov was not one to let others do his thinking for him. Besides, he had a piece of the puzzle that the cops didn’t; he knew that Stavropol was somehow involved with the murders. Popov removed a stiletto knife from his pocket and cut the crime scene tape sealing the front door. After a few moments of working on the antiquated lock with his picks, he was inside.
German speaker to begin with. His goal was to get whoever was inside to peek their head out so he could get the drop on them. “Danke, wir haben schon gegessen,” replied a voice from the other side of the door. Thank you, but we’ve already eaten. “Ich komme morgen zurück,” I’ll come back tomorrow morning, replied Harvath, who pretended to be leaving, but instead stepped just beyond the door frame and began counting. When he got to ten, he grabbed the handle and threw the door open. The men on
had planned. With his free hand, Lawlor removed a roll of duct tape from his coat and used his teeth to unravel a long section, which he wrapped several times tightly around the Draegar’s mouth, completely gagging him. His prisoner now secure, Gary set his pistol down on a nearby sarcophagus and picked up a large piece of dislodged masonry. It was about the size of a concrete cinder block and he brought it down in one crushing blow upon Draegar’s left ankle. The Stasi agent howled in pain as