BOOK REVIEWS BY JOAN G. SMITH JGS 357 BLACK LIST BY: BRAD THOR

My last Brad Thor review was in 2011 so here is his latest thriller, just out in July 2012.

This author brings the reader up to date with the latest technology based on systems currently deployed, or in the final stages of development, by the United States government and its partners.

Black List is a closely guarded list deep inside the USA government only seen by the President and a secret team of advisors. The trick is once your on the list you don’t get off off it until you are dead.

Scot Harvath is a counterterrorism operative whose name has been added to the list. Teams are out to get him and he doesn’t know who or why they want him dead. There are only a few people Scot can trust completely, and Nicholas was one of them. He is a dwarf and his best friends are his dogs Arpos and Draco.

Harvath’s Carlton Group is the target and Reed Carlton and Harvath are the only members left to stop the worst terrorist attack ever against the USA.

Nicholas is a computer whiz and its up to him to break into a computer drive that the terrorists would kill to get.

The female version of the Carlton Group is also a target, and one member has already been killed. Caroline, was her name and her computer drive is what the terrorists want. Her sister appears on the scene, Nina. Nina and Nicholas find and get into her hard drive and it is a file called Blue Sand. It is the key to understanding what exactly the terrorists group is up to and just how horrible the results could be.

Black List is an intense novel, that combines reality and fiction in a way that makes the reader aware of what could occur. Brad Thor is one of the best thriller writers of our time.

Published: ATRIA BOOKS a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright: © 2012 By: Brad Thor Reviewed: 09/11/12 – 357 Copyright: © 2012 by Joan G. Smith 357