The President of the United States is kidnapped while vacationing in the Snow Mountains of Utah. Every Secret Service agent involved with the protective detail is killed... except for the hero, Scot Harvath! The kidnappers involved in this devious plot include, several government officials, billionaire tycoon, and highly skilled Swiss mercenaries. Due to agent Harvath's superior intelligence, he is the only one that can bring the president back, while every intelligence agency in the United States is chasing false leads. Yes, you read correctly, everyone is fooled by the kidnappers except for agent Harvath.
Realizing the threat agent Harvath pose to the evil alliance of president kidnappers, Harvath himself is framed with the president's disappearance. On his own with the entire U.S intelligence agencies hunting him down, Harvath fights off attempts on is life and kills every single one of the highly skilled Swiss mercenaries by him. At one point Harvath was able to defeat and escape his opponents with nothing more than a BB gun. Agent Harvath is that clever! With poor character development, contradicting actions, cheesy dialogue, and unbelievable scenarios, Brad Thor has brought it all in just 416 pages. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical Time/era of story: Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 40 % Who's the terrorist enemy here? Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - 60's-90's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - evil politicians Setting United States Yes Europe Yes European country: - Switzerland Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - military technology Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |