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Like Cussler's Brad Pitt and his Doxa watches - Thor's Scot Horvath features Kobold watches for his protagonist. As a watch collector - I admire both - but only own a Doxa 750 GMT Divingstar.
Make no mistake - this is a crowded, well worn venue - kept alive by our 8-9 year old war on terror. I got just a bit of the 'been there - done that' feeling. I get many mental links to USA Network's "Burn Notice" and a host of other thriller characters by various authors. Most of us know that the alphbet soup of government special agents fail to play nice with each other as budget and power issues often trump doing the right thing. The 'lone wolf' who ignores all interagency rivalry is also a well trod path.
Thor likes Horvath to play with toys - pistols, assault rifles and shotguns; tasers and even pepper gas shoved in the ear to give the tangos a memorable experience - a Thor 'standard' or trademark. Thor's DHS experiences come into play - giving us a writers tease or a peek into black ops. Why am I thinking that Thor is somewhat frustrated in what actually happens at DHS vs what he'd LIKE to see done?
As a summer read in paperback - its a fast moving ride - as Horvath cuts a mighty swath through bad guys and girls, good guys and all those inbetween. He befriends ladies, dogs and dwarfs. Not quite predictable - used a few twists and turns to keep me going - but falls short of 'WOW' as some earlier story lines have done.
As a retired intelligence soldier who works as an Army contractor - I share an environment with returning combat OIF and OEF veterans - some of whom exhibit various stages of PTSD. I think Thor captures this 'syndrome' fairly well as his character exhibits 'compact' twinges of dysfunction - but not enough to jeapordize the mission.
Many reviewers here are 'functional disbelievers' to quote a Hillary comment on an Army General ... and suspending this - perhaps is necessary to overlook some of the impossible situations and just enjoy the romping stomping bodycount.
Reaction to Thor's writing is more a function of the readers background and attitude than anything Thor puts in print and you can almost predetermine how a certain personality will react to the writing and storyline.. While not his best novel - not all can be 'above average' ...
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"The First Commandment" Overview
A master assassin. A vendetta years in the making. And a counterterrorism operative who will risk everything -- even treason -- to keep the people he loves alive.
Brad Thor, the New York Times bestselling author of Takedown, delivers an explosive international thriller featuring Navy SEAL turned Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath, who somewhere, somehow, has left the wrong person alive.
"Thou shalt not negotiate with terrorists..."
Six months ago: In the dead of the night, five of the most dangerous detainees in the war on terror are pulled from their isolation cells in Guantanamo Bay, held at gunpoint, and told to strip off their orange jumpsuits. Issued civilian clothes and driven to the base airfield, they are loaded aboard a Boeing 727 and set free.
Present day: Covert counterterrorism agent Scot Harvath awakens to discover that his world has changed violently -- and forever. A sadistic assassin with a personal vendetta is wreaking havoc of biblical proportions. Unleashing nightmarish horrors on those closest to Harvath, the attacker thrusts everything Harvath holds dear -- including his life -- into absolute peril.
Ordered by the president to stay out of the investigation, Harvath is forced to mount his own operation to uncover the conspiracy and to exact revenge. When he discovers a connection between the attacks and a group of prisoners secretly released from Guantanamo, Harvath must ask himself previously unthinkable questions about the organizations and the nation he has spent his life serving.
A renegade from his own government, Harvath will place his life on the line as his search for the truth draws him into a showdown with one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth.
Brad Thor roars through this nonstop adventure full of international intrigue, twisted betrayals, and ultimate revenge.
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