The Last Patriot: A Thriller (The Scot Harvath Series)
Brad Thor
Language: English
Pages: 512
ISBN: 1416543848
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Brad Thor, master of suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling author is back with his highest-voltage thriller to date in which Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks.
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 a perilous race to uncover a secret so powerful that militant Islam could be defeated once and for all. But as desperate as the American government is to have the information brought to light, there are powerful forces 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. In The Last Patriot, readers will be engrossed as Harvath once again takes them on a whirlwind tour through international cities and nail-biting suspense where the stakes are higher than they have ever been before.
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM BRAD THOR, “QUITE POSSIBLY THE NEXT COMING OF ROBERT LUDLUM”(Chicago Tribune) June 632 A.D.: The prophet Mohammed shares a final and startling revelation. Within days, he is assassinated. September 1789: Thomas Jefferson uncovers a conspiracy that could change the face of Islam. Present day: Men still kill to keep the secret hidden. When a car bomb explodes outside a Parisian café, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is thrust back into the life he
last true set of instructions Mohammed left to his followers and it’s those verses that have been driving violence in the name of Islam ever since.” “The difficulty for peaceful Muslims who do not espouse violence,” clarified Harvath, “is that they don’t have a contextual leg to stand on in their religion. When Mohammed said ‘go do violence’ and when he himself committed violence, Muslims are not allowed to argue with that. In fact, they are expected to follow his example.” “Why?” asked Tracy.
returned fire. With the suppressor affixed, the weapon was amazingly quiet in comparison with the weapons his attackers were using. Harvath’s rounds found their mark and he put two tight groups into the chest and head of the man in the windbreaker. He then swung the weapon to his left. Jabbing the M4 through his broken window, Harvath ignored the rounds coming at him from the Nissan and depressed his trigger. When he hit the final round, he dropped his spent magazine and reloaded with a spare
life from upstairs, Dodd moved into the kitchen to wait for the older man to return. He didn’t have to wait long. When he entered, the assassin acted without hesitation. CHAPTER 73 Harvath awoke to the sound of his doorknob slowly turning. Grabbing his pistol from on top of the nightstand, he leapt out of bed and shot across the room to the wall near the door. Flattening himself against it, he watched as the knob stopped turning and the door began to quietly swing open. Twisting his
Palladio written all over them,” and then he went back to making the noises with his tongue. Harvath looked at Ferguson. “What’s Palladio?” “Andrea Palladio was a Renaissance architect. Jefferson was completely self-taught in architecture and referred to Palladio’s four books on the subject as his bible.” A couple of minutes later, as if being led by the drawings, Gilbertson walked away. The rest of the group quickly followed. They entered the dining room and watched as Gilbertson scrutinized