Either way, their choices will not only impact who they are, but will reflect upon the sacrifices of those who came before them. As a hurricane barrels down, each resident must make a life-altering choice - stay and fight it out, or head inland, maybe never to return. Thor called this 2022 book "a beautifully written, emotionally compelling debut novel set on the Texas coast." The book "follows a tight-knight community of Mexican and Filipino American families who live in a part of Galveston known as 'Fish Village,' which most of the sun-and-sand seeking tourists never see. Best read for Hispanic Heritage Month 'The Last Karankawas' by Kimberly Garza Cross 'Murder On the Orient Express' with 'Smokin’ Aces' and layer in a healthy dose of the humor from 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,' and you wind up with 'Bullet Train,' which is as brilliant on the page as it is on the screen," he said.
When five unique assassins board a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka, anything can (and does) happen as they’ve all been given the same assignment - to locate a briefcase filled with money and get off at the next stop. In “Bullet Train,” now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock, best selling Japanese author, Kotaro Isaka has done just that. "As a thriller writer, I am in awe when an author can pull all of the pieces together - a super cool plot, fantastic characters, tons of tension, high stakes, and just the right amount of humor.
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And if you’re looking for exciting historical novels, check out Top 10 historical mysteries and thrillers reviewed here (plus 100 others).Īnd you can always find my most popular reviews, and the most recent ones, plus a guide to this whole site, on the Home Page.Thor recommended "Bullet Train," which inspired the recent Brad Pitt and Bad Bunny movie. If you enjoy reading history in fictional form, check out 20 most enlightening historical novels (plus dozens of runners-up). 20 good nonfiction books about espionage and.The 10 top espionage novels reviewed on this site.The only problem is that Thor, a member of the Heritage Foundation, clearly has an axe to grind, and grind he does. The book is tightly plotted, and the information Thor throws around about weapons and spy craft is engaging. Spymaster (Scot Horvath #18) by Brad Thor (2018) 337 pages (4 out of 5) And somehow this manages to stay under the radar screen. In the process, they kill a lot of people, including dozens of Russian soldiers. Leading a small team of special forces soldiers, Harvath foils the plot, and all is right in the world. Naturally, Scot Harvath, Thor’s hero, isn’t fooled at all. All this action is meant to distract the leadership of NATO from Russia’s true intent: to invade the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
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In the novel, an evil senior officer in the GRU (Russian military intelligence) has masterminded a series of murderous events across Europe disguised as terrorist attacks. Spymaster is built on the shaky assumption that Russia’s seizure of Crimea and other cross-border attacks in Ukraine are just the beginning of the country’s effort to rebuild the Soviet empire. The author’s anti-Russian perspective is evident on every page So was #18, Spymaster, a showcase for Thor’s right-wing politics and anti-Russian perspective. The 19th entry in his Scot Harvath series of thrillers was published this year, and like most if not all the other books in the series it was a bestseller. But there’s no disputing Thor’s success as a writer. Judging from the list, that may mean very little. Brad Thor has achieved the dubious distinction of reaching #25 on the Richtopia list of the “Top 200 Most Influential Authors” in the world.
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