Path of the Assassin
Ratings12
Average rating3.8
15
Ratings12
Average rating3.8
After rescuing the president from kidnappers, Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath shifts his attention to rooting out, capturing, or killing all those responsible for the plot. As he prepares to close out his list, a bloody and twisted trail of clues points toward one man - the world's most feared, most ruthless terrorist, Hashim Nidal. Only one person can positively identify Harvath's quarry - Meg Cassidy, a beautiful hijacking survivor. Together, Scot and Meg must untangle a maddening web of global intrigue stretching across four continents. Written with an uncanny knowledge of the spy's craft and the world's distant places, PATH OF THE ASSASSIN proves why Brad Thor is the author everyone's talking about. Look out for the adrenaline-fuelled new Brad Thor novel, Code of Conduct, published in July 2015!
Featured Series
14 primary books16 released booksScot Harvath is a 16-book series with 14 primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Brad Thor.
Reviews with the most likes.
Another fun ride
Two things stood out to me in this book: Firstly, it felt a lot less like we were constantly being thrown into action for the sake of action and there was better story-telling with deeper characters building. Secondly, I bloody loved the female character in this. I always concentrate on female characters in books to see if the author actually gives them a purpose or if they're just the love interest. But this one was a really strong character who helped Scot Harvath with no real sexual or romantic intentions.
A lot of events in the book are presented as plausible yet aren't. An example. In the scenes involving the plane hijack, after the female character is able to struggle from her would be rapitst, and is about to shoot him, two other hijackers come from behind her and two shots are heard. They both missed and instead of firing again, they ran towards her. She had enough time to turn around, drop to the floor, and kill them both. Later we find out the hijackers were highly trained terrorists.... OK.
