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The Apostle: A Thriller |  | Author: Brad Thor
Publisher: Atria
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Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 1831
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416586571
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416586579
ASIN: 1416586571
Publication Date: June 30, 2009
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Product Description
Master of suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his most riveting international thriller yet.A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America's enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job. But when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action. In a dangerous assignment that the United States government will deny any knowledge of, Scot Harvath must secretly infiltrate Kabul's notorious Policharki Prison and free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom - al-Qaeda mastermind, Mustafa Khan. But when Harvath arrives, he quickly learns that there is more to the kidnapping than anyone dares to admit. And as the subterfuge is laid bare, Harvath must examine his own career of hunting down and killing terrorists, and ask himself if he has what it takes to help one of the world's worst go free. Brimming with the kind of ripped-from-the-headlines authenticity Brad Thor's internationally bestselling novels are known for, The Apostle doubles down on the blockbuster success of The Last Patriot and reaffirms Thor's status as the master of the political thriller. Unabridged Compact Disk Includes a Bonus MP3 CD of Brad Thor's The Lions Of Lucerne
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 Not one of his best October 31, 2009
W. Wirtanen (St. Louis MO)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Scot Harvath, a staunch opponent of the current President, is called upon by this President to rescue a major donor's daughter from the Taliban.
The President has other problems with the fatal drunk driving accident of one his staff.
Thor interweaves these two plots seamlessly. He has good action scenes but the overall story does not live up to his previous works.
I kept waiting for a action packed plot twisting ending and it just seemed to fizzle.
Being a Brad Thor fan, I was not impressed. It was an ok read but not a page turner
 Brad Thor - The Apostle October 20, 2009
Robert C. Wheeler (Monterrey, Mexico)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Outstanding! The improved upon equivalent of Tom Clancy for our day and age. Soooo realistic it is worrisome!
Could not put the book down. Very little sleep during the 4 days that it took to finish the book off. GREAT READ!
Review of The Apostle October 16, 2009
Lydia Presley (Georgia)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was my first experience with a Brad Thor book, and I wasn't all that impressed. I was hoping for more of a James Patterson type thriller and instead got a more military minded story. For a book about action in Afghanistan, there really wasn't a lot of action, just a lot of preparation for action.
The sub-plot was not very interesting and I wasn't really sure why it was put in the book.
All that aside, it was still an interesting enough story to actually get me through the book, but not something that will prompt me to pick up another of Thor's books.
Glen Beck - REALLY? October 9, 2009
samuel clemmens (texas)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Enjoyed the book, but read the Acknowledgements, and I must say, I cannot believe you are "a good friend of Glen Beck". I thought I found another author to read and made a connection with, but I am really turned off by the fact you consider Glen Beck a good friend. Do you cry as often as he does on TV? Come on, Man up!!
The way it is October 5, 2009
David A. Spearman (Harbor Beach, Michigan United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
A very telling novel. The line is quite standard in the fact of a kidnaping followed by a rescue and a second plot lower with the President envolved. The main theme to me was the political statement that was made. Anyone that ever served exspecially during Vietnam can see the same thing forming. The graft, the training of the Afgans(which could go on forever as far as they are concerned) the payoffs for everything from a hello to classified info.Worse of all the control of the politicians to a war that none of them know a thing about having never served. It may be fiction but let us pray there are men like these in the book that now are serving. Without them we are lost, we are becoming a nation of scared deer. Try this book you will love it.
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