Black List
A stunning masterwork of action, intrigue, and ingenious plot twists.
#1
New York Times
bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his most explosive thriller ever.
Somewhere
deep inside the United States government is a closely guarded list. Members of Congress never get to see it—only the President and a secret team of advisers. Once your name is on the list, it doesn’t come off… until you’re dead.
Someone
has just added counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath’s name.
Somehow
Harvath must evade the teams dispatched to kill him long enough to untangle who has targeted him and why they want him out of the way.
Somewhere, someone, somehow
can put all the pieces together. The only question is, will Harvath get to that person before the United States suffers the most withering terrorist attack ever conceived?
An intense, page-turning novel that is action-packed and frighteningly real,
Black List
blurs the line between fiction and reality and once again reaffirms why Brad Thor “is arguably the best thriller writer of our time” (
Suspense
Magazine
) and “America’s favorite author” (KTTX).
“Anyone who thinks the only thing to fear is fear itself should meet Brad Thor.”
—
Newsweek
“The Master of Thrillers.”
—
Bookreporter.com
Click below to watch Brad Thor discussing the inspiration behind
Black List.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/hEnlyejMx7Q?rel=0
BRAD THOR
is the #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Full Black
(one of
Suspense Magazine
’s best political thrillers of 2011),
The Athena Project
,
Foreign Influence
(one of
Suspense Magazine
’s best political thrillers of 2010),
The Apostle
,
The Last Patriot
(nominated best thriller of the year by the International Thriller Writers Association),
The
First Commandment
,
Takedown
,
Blowback
(recognized as one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” by NPR),
State of the Union
,
Path of the Assassin
, and
The Lions of Lucerne
.
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Path of the Assassin
State of the Union
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Takedown
The First Commandment
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The Apostle
Foreign Influence
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Full Black
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thor, Brad.
Black list : a thriller / Brad Thor.—1st Emily Bestler Books/Atria books hardcover
ed.
p. cm.
1. Terrorism—Prevention—Fiction. 2. Intelligence officers—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3620.H75B56 2012
813’.6—dc23
2012014513
ISBN 978-1-4391-9298-6
ISBN 978-1-4391-9306-8 (ebook)
To Barrett Moore
An exceptional visionary, patriot, and friend
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