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The First Commandment: A Thriller

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ISBN: 1416543805 - The First Commandment: A Thriller  
Title:The First Commandment: A Thriller
Author:Brad Thor
Publisher:Pocket Books
Type:Book / Mass Market Paperback
Publication Date:20 May, 2008
ISBN / ISBN-13:1416543805  /  9781416543800
List Price:$7.99
Amazon Price:$7.99

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Product Description
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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Customer Reviews:

 • Excellent
09 September, 2009

The book in good condition, came on time specified Thank you for the prompt attention to my order.

- Amazon Customer Review

 • The First Commandment
03 January, 2010

This is about a terrorist who is targeting the friends and family of an American Special Agent named Scot Harvath. Scot Harvath begins tracking five terrorists who were released from Gitmo (Guantanamo Bay). I reached the point at which the American Special Agent is torturing one of the terrorists - a Syrian Special Agent. I just could not "bond" with the main character, although I cared enough to read the last chapter to see if Scot Harvath survived -- which I do not say aye or nay here. I think the reason I didn't enjoy the book is that the author did not give the characters much "character" but concentrated on their actions. There really has to be a happy medium between "action" and "character."

- Amazon Customer Review

 • Satisfying Diversion Or ....
24 November, 2009

Read so many of Brad Thor's books. This was as entertaining as I expected but somehow shallow. Fast but not very good once it's all done.

- Amazon Customer Review

 • Thor's Best Thus Far
14 January, 2010

I've read a few of the previous novels in this series and think that this was the best so far. I don't think Thor is a great writer, kind of a lesser version of Vince Flynn, but I hope that with this title he is improving and perhaps can become better in future novels. Harvath is the typical super soldier hero, beats all the terrorists by himself and ignores all the rules along the way because the end justifies the means. In this story I actually feel like I'm getting a sense of some reality with Harvath and while his pain and frustration is understandable his handling of beating up the bad guys in this one don't exactly jive with the end justifying the means. This story is filled with bad guys and worse guys, an almost untenable situation of potential bad that allows the powers that be to write of the minor sufferings along the way. But our favorite hero seems willing to accept putting others into greater risk because he believe he has to settle the score with the novel's great villian and can just send along his intel to his scores of trusted contacts that are still in the decision circle. I enjoyed the interaction with the Troll and found him to be about the best character in the book because he is a bad SOB but doesn't try to hide behind anything--he's just out to make money, and will harm anyone that screws him. He points out that Scot can't keep riding off on the white horse when he spends so much time getting his hands filthy and that dialogue with Harvath and the end of the book have me interested in finding out where the hero goes next in life, and how he is going to be able to reconcile his humanity (the relationships with loved ones he can't always protect) with the humanity of those that want the same things as him (defeat of terrorists) and the humanity of the evil enemy that actually has calculated reasons for doing things and cannot always just be written off as a power hungry sociopath because power hungry sociopaths tend to hide behind men and women just trying to live a better life. I don't know if Thor will ever be considered a great writer but works like this definately are worth me spending money on other novels.

- Amazon Customer Review

 • Too Verbose In Descriptions
07 February, 2010

I really like Brad Thor's work and have read many of his books but this one was a bit of a drag, too much detailed description deterred from the plot and adventure.

- Amazon Customer Review


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