Product Description

In the tradition of bestselling authors such as Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler, a new voice in thriller writing has emerged to rival any of the masters. When the president is kidnapped during his ski holiday in Colorado, disavowed Secret Service Agent Scott Harvath is his only hope of rescue. As the FBI and CIA chase a string of dangerously false clues across the Middle East, Agent Harvath's investigation leads him to Switzerland. Throughout the picturesque towns of Bern, Interlaken and Lucerne, Harvath plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with the real kidnappers, as well as rogue factions within his own government that want him terminated before he can save the president. With only the ambitious Claudia Muehler of the Swiss Federal Attorney's Office to assist him, the pair are forced to go it alone as they realise the kidnapping plot reaches some of the highest levels of the Swiss Intelligence community. In a race against time, they must scale the treacherous heights of Mt. Pilatus, uncover a hidden military fortress secreted beneath its peak, and defeat the formidable force that stands between them and the safe return of the president - the deadly men known as the Lions of Lucerne.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53305 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 544 pages

About the Author
Brad Thor studied Creative Writing at the University of Southern California under renowned author T.C. Boyle. He created and hosts an MTV-style travel series called 'Travelling Lite'. It debuted in 1997, and 23 episodes and two seasons later, the show now appears worldwide, including UK, France, Spain, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Brazil and the US. His Emmy Award-winning company, Thor Entertainment, has recently won a Platinum "Best of Show" Aurora Award and a Communicator Broadcast Award of Distinction and his programs are also part of Quantas Airlines' in-flight entertainment.

Customer Reviews

Nothing original but still a well written page turner
Lone survivor of Secret Service team hunts down the kidnappers who have got away with the US President while he himself is framed and hunted....
Quite like a Ludlum book this, and I did keep thinking that there were many elements of the story that I have read elsewhere, but having said that..
This is a very well told action thriller and while it is not overly original in concept, it is delivered very well, has a good pace to it and it is action packed.
Brad Thor will be a name to watch out for I suspect.

Suffocating Tension Brilliant Read
Ok whilst Matthew Reilly has the edge on excitement this guy hits you square on with the tension from chapter one. This is Thor's greatest novel and his first novel. The hero is cross between James Bond, Indianna Jones and John McLane. With an early chapter starting with the kidnapping of the presidents daughter with amazing ski-sets and shoot outs that wipe out near enough every special force commando but one this book really makes you chilly, the scenes running upto the end are so breathtaking that you feel that any minute you are going to fall off a mountain yourself. This is just amazing writing and anyone who loved the movie of the Eiger Sanction on the edge of the mountain should snap this up. Jack Ryan EAT YOUR HEART OUT.
If you liked this then get Takedown too.

Gripping from beginning to end
Brad Thor is a name to be reckoned with in the genre of political thrillers and this book lives up to expectations. Secret Service Agent Scott Harvarth finds himself in more than enough trouble when the President of the United States is kidnapped, and from there the plot moves along thick and fast. I found myself reading long after I should have put the book down and finished it in record time. I would recommend anyone to buy this, or any other Brad Thor book as you will not be disappointed.