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The Apostle

#8 in series

by Brad Thor
Armand Schultz
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From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Brad Thor, comes the white-knuckled thriller The Apostle.
A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America's enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job. But when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action.

In a dangerous assignment that the United States government will deny any knowledge of, Scot Harvath must secretly infiltrate Kabul's notorious Policharki Prison and free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom—al-Qaeda mastermind Mustafa Khan.

But when Harvath arrives, he quickly learns that there is more to the kidnapping than anyone dares to admit. And as the subterfuge is laid bare, Harvath must examine his own career of hunting down and killing terrorists, and ask himself if he has what it takes to help one of the world's worst go free.

Brimming with the kind of ripped-from-the-headlines authenticity Brad Thor's internationally bestselling novels are known for, The Apostle doubles down on the blockbuster success of The Last Patriot and reaffirms Thor's status as the master of the political thriller.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Scot Harvath

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 8, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780743579346
      • File size: 299706 KB
      • Duration: 10:24:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      With bad weather, primitive conditions, and a brutal terrorist at large, Thor depicts some of the extreme dangers of Afghanistan. When a highly connected young doctor is taken prisoner by radicals, the new president finds himself blackmailed into taking action. Narrator Armand Schultz brings some much-needed humanity to this story of wisecracking tough guys and endless inventories of high-tech weaponry. He clearly delineates each member of a privately funded group of professionals sent in to extract the prisoner. Bringing the covert soldiers alive as individuals, Schultz gives them dimension and maintains listeners' interest D.G. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 29, 2009
      At the start of bestseller Thor's less than convincing sixth Scot Harvath thriller (after The Last Patriot), Robert Alden, the new and naïve U.S. president, has just taken office with a landslide victory, due mainly to the assistance of strategist Stephanie Gallo, who "delivered the mainstream media for him on a silver platter." When Gallo's daughter, a doctor working in Afghanistan, is kidnapped, Gallo turns to Alden for help, and he, in turn, calls on Harvath, a former Navy SEAL and intelligence operative. Since the kidnappers are demanding the release of one of Osama bin Laden's lieutenants, Alden can't be seen to be negotiating with them. Thus Harvath must carry out his tricky assignment without official sanction. Meanwhile, Secret Service agent Elise Campbell, troubled by a conversation fragment she overheard indicating that Gallo has serious dirt on the president, launches an off-the-books inquiry into the pre-election death in a car accident of an attractive aide to Alden. The overseas rescue operation is more plausible than the stateside plot, but that's not saying much.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      George Guidall takes the listener on a danger-filled adventure in Afghanistan, where covert operative Scott Horvath, now working in the private sector, attempts to free an American doctor who has been taken hostage. Horvath has been hired by a wealthy and powerful consultant whose election strategies put the new U.S. president in office. It's her daughter who has been kidnapped. Guidall's authoritative delivery keeps the action at a fever pitch--he clearly relishes the thrills of the story. Further, his ability to assign accents from a variety of cultures and keep them all distinct and matched to the characters is an added--and impressive--bonus. S.S.R. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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