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    First Commandment
    First Commandment
    First Commandment
    Audiobook10 hours

    First Commandment

    Written by Brad Thor

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor, the explosive international thriller featuring Navy SEAL turned Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath, who somewhere, somehow, has left the wrong person alive.

    Six months ago: in the dead of the night, five of the most dangerous detainees in the war on terror are pulled from their isolation cells in Guantanamo Bay, held at gunpoint, and told to strip off their orange jumpsuits. Issued civilian clothes and driven to the base airfield, they are loaded aboard a Boeing 727 and set free.

    Present day: covert counterterrorism agent Scot Harvath awakens to discover that his world has changed violently—and forever. A sadistic assassin with a personal vendetta is wreaking havoc of biblical proportions. Unleashing nightmarish horrors on those closest to Harvath, the attacker thrusts everything Harvath holds dear—including his life—into absolute peril.

    Ordered by the president to stay out of the investigation, Harvath is forced to mount his own operation to uncover the conspiracy and to exact revenge. When he discovers a connection between the attacks and a group of prisoners secretly released from Guantanamo, Harvath must ask himself previously unthinkable questions about the organizations and the nation he has spent his life serving.

    A renegade from his own government, Harvath will place his life on the line as his search for the truth draws him into a showdown with one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth.

    Brad Thor roars through this nonstop adventure full of international intrigue, twisted betrayals, and ultimate revenge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMar 8, 2011
    ISBN9781442342286
    First Commandment
    Author

    Brad Thor

    Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three thrillers, including Dead Fall, Black Ice (ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year), Near Dark (one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year), Backlash (nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller of the Year), Spymaster (named “One of the all-time best thriller novels” —The Washington Times), The Last Patriot (nominated Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association), and Blowback (one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” —NPR). Visit his website at BradThor.com and follow him on Facebook @BradThorOfficial, on Instagram @RealBradThor, and on X @BradThor.

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    • 3/5
      This was an okay Scot Harvath outing, but nothing special, and with some gratuitous "torture porn" (again--Thor seems to really enjoy including some of this) in the first half of the book that was particularly off-putting. This time around, revenge is the theme as someone goes after the people close to Harvath in retaliation for a past event between Harvath and the baddie in question. I wouldn't recommend it as the starting point for someone new to Thor's work, but it's solid enough to recommend to existing fans of the series.

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    • 3/5
      Good, fun read. This was my first Brad Thor Novel. I liked it enough to read another
    • 3/5
      This was a very different Harvath book. It was all about Scot from the very start. Since there was no major terror plot from the beginning that Scot was trying to prevent, it seemed very slow in the beginning.
    • 5/5
      READ THIS BOOK!!! It is damn good!
    • 3/5
      Not bad. Typical super agent stuff. Where’s the beef?
    • 4/5
      At the risk of giving spoilers, I'll just say the ending left me nonplussed as far as who man behind the curtain was. Especially considering how action packed Takedown was First Commandment just couldn't quite deliver the same punch. That's the bad part about writing page turning fiction novels - you can still write a solid book but it'll seem like a letdown if it doesn't measure up. Would recommend for any fans of Thor or Vince Flynn type thrillers.
    • 5/5
      A very scintillating book. The plot is well designed and kept the reader’s interest all along
    • 3/5
      While I liked The First Commandment, it wasn't anything special. In fact, the book cemented my view that Scot Harvath is, essentially, the Junior Varsity version of Mitch Rapp.
    • 4/5
      Takedown raised the bar for political-thrillers, left readers in a state of shock and had critics wondering if Thor could possibly write another novel of equal quality. Well, he satisfied readers beyond their wildest dreams and silenced the critics with ?The First Commandment.? The foreword is comprised of a single sentence: ?Do not wish ill for the enemy, plan it.? With less than ten words the author set the tone, constructed the stage and prepared the audience for an adrenaline infused novel, fully loaded with international intrigue, brilliant prose and thought provoking scenarios so real they could easily be reported on the six o?clock news. Homeland Security agent, Scot Harvath is a born leader, selfless, strong, dedicated and intelligent? willing to do whatever it takes to protect his friends, family and country?not necessarily in that order. With his extensive resources, both in and outside the government, elite special forces training and having saved the country and the president, on more than one occasion, he is the embodiment of a modern-day patriot. So, it is only natural when his family and friends begin being systematically targeted, the assaults mimicking the biblical plagues, that Harvath turns to those in power for assistance. Refusing to be dismissed by a third party, Harvath meets with the President face to face, demanding an explanation. Within a few minutes it becomes clear the only answers he will be privy to, are those he discovers on his own, he is officially out of the loop.Why would the best counter-terrorism agent be ordered to stand down? Harvath found himself in an unfamiliar role, that of spectator and he felt helpless. Now, sitting by his girlfriend Tracy?s bed, he was truly helpless?unable to rescue her from the coma that held her captive. He knew what he had to do and understood the ramifications of his actions.By disobeying a direct executive order from President Rutledge, Harvath, is not only being hunted by one of the most dangerous men on earth, he?s been catapulted into the cross-hairs of the very government he vowed to protect. It doesn?t take long for the former Navy Seal to unearth a secret so disturbing, that questions and scenarios which had once been unthinkable, were now plausible. Six months ago, America?s ?First Commandment? was broken, when the President, persuaded by his advisers that the use of isotope technology gave them the ability to track the men, authorized the release of five, high value Guantanamo detainees. Lulled into a false sense of security, the government was ill-prepared and caught off guard, again.The First Commandment is a brilliantly woven web of excitement, in which Brad Thor leaves no terrorist stone unturned, capturing the reader with a single sentence, he delivers his most electrifying and realistically frightening novel to date. Thor?s pen is firing on all cylinders and I eagerly anticipate his next novel.
    • 4/5
      Another good Scot horvath novel. Starting to see too many repeated themes tho.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely love Brad Thor and his books!! They are some off the best book I have read!!!
    • 4/5
      "Thou shalt not negotiate with terrorists..." - - - Scot Harvath is stalked by a terrorist who was released, and now everyone he loves is in danger. Great book that takes you around the world and into all the security acronyms - FBI, CIA, DHS, and on and on.
    • 4/5
      I've read most of the Scott Harvath books. I found this one to be a good "read" and will definitely look for others like it