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 enlarge | Author: Brad Thor
Publisher: Atria Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 3760
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 141654383X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416543831
ASIN: 141654383X
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Kept Me Interested September 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had never read anything by Brad Thor before, and I picked up the audiobook for "The Last Patriot" to listen on a road trip to Las Vegas. I didn't really know what to expect, except that I didn't want something too deep, and I wanted something both myself and my boyfriend could enjoy. He's very much into political thrillers, me less so unless the story is easy to pick up.
This book fit the bill. I know several reviewers are saying this book compares to "The DaVinci Code," but I didn't see it. "The DaVinci Code" was a supposed mystery (and a not very good one at that), whereas this book is a political thriller - to me, a different genre entirely. It kept me interested, though I was unaware the character of Scot Harvath was a continuation. My boyfriend was okay with it. This was the first time he had listened to an audiobook, and he found himself becoming distracted at times.
For the purpose it was intended, the book delivered. It's not earth-shattering literature, and it's certainly not the Great American Novel, but it's pleasant enough. I suppose there is some un-politically correctness in that Islam is portrayed in a unflattering light. My response to that? It's a novel, it's fiction, get over it.
For light, escapist reading, this book did okay. It makes me interested to know what Brad Thor's other works are like.
 Ineffective - more like Da Vinci Hack September 21, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
The premise was encouraging - Thomas Jefferson was George W Bush on steroids against radical Muslim. He had suspected the "lost chapter" from Koran could change Islam and, during the course of several battles fought by US Navy, discovered the bit. Flash forward, present day president Rutledge spent his own money to fund where Jefferson hid it. What followed were "brain swelling from stress", description of some very cool gadgets / guns top US agencies use, several improbably gun fights and even a somewhat interesting twist to the 2005 riots on the streets of France. The story never really recovered after first ten chapters or so. Things like a fed who is not a secret service agent can go play pool with President in white house with a gun in his waist did not really help. This novel was more of a Da Vinci hack.
DaVinci In Da Terror Cells September 20, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The action never stops in this excellent thriller about the threat to modern civilization posed by radical Islam. It's built around a DaVinci-Code-like secret about the prophet Mohamed's last revelation, a secret that threatens to undermine the basic tenets of Islam.
Thor's hero, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath, gets dragged into the search for the secret, competing with everybody from a murderous convert to Islam to the CIA and FBI to solve the puzzle. Gun play, car bombs, and plenty of skin-of-the-teeth escapes keep the story moving along at a quite satisfactory pace.
Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
 Brad Thor comes through again September 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Thor does a great job of weaving this story line all over the place.
Scot Harvath has become one of my heros.
This one has a lot of history in it even if some of it is a little twisted to make it a better read.
It is well worth you time to read it and you should catch the other books about Scot Harvath too.
Entertaining Post 9/11 Anti-Terrorism Triller September 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
People said this book was going to be the DaVinci Code of Islam. It felt like the book was meant to be a spinoff of Da Vinci Code. Although a very interesting read, I couldn't help but feel like the Da Vinci Code was studied to create this novel. I have been a fan of Brad Thor ever since State of the Union, and I do not think he has outdone himself, perhaps only hyped up the book to be more than it really is. Thor makes no secret of his conservative opinions throughout the entire book, flirting occasionally with condemning Islam but makes the point of distinguishing the Islam everyday Muslims practice from the fundamental/extremist Islam that terrorists use as their justification for attacking non-Muslims.
It was a very thought provoking piece of literature, full of action and suspense, and described the technology mentioned exceptionally well. Overall, a great read and were it not for the Da Vinci Code format, it would probably be the best book I read this summer.
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