State of the Union: A Thriller | 
 enlarge | Author: Brad Thor
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1638
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 3.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0743436784
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780743436786
ASIN: 0743436784
Publication Date: May 24, 2005
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Product Description
America's worst nightmare has just become a brutal reality. The most unlikely terrorist enemy of all now holds a knife against the country's throat. With both diplomatic and conventional military options swept from the table, the president of the United States calls upon America's only hope, Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath.With the fragile peace between the world's nations shattered, Harvath must unravel a brilliantly orchestrated, fiendishly timed conspiracy intent upon bringing the United States to its knees. Teamed with beautiful Russian Intelligence agent Alexandra Ivanova and a highly trained CIA paramilitary detachment, Harvath races from the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., to the streets of Berlin, the coast of Finland, and into the heart of Mother Russia herself before returning home for a final showdown with an enemy from America's past more sinister and deadly than has ever been seen before....
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 Great Read September 26, 2008
If you like suspence and spies Brad Thor mixes both very well. One of my favorite authors and characters.
 Not a thrill August 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first Thor book I have read. This book was too hard to become involved and it dragged. I thought I would never get to the end. But, I read another one of his books, The First Commandment and now am a fan.
Good Thriller July 14, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Brad Thor gave me exactly what I expected- a fast moving military and political thriller which was well written, mostly believable, and full of twists and turns. I read the entire story in one day (I was on vacation). I enjoyed every minute. The main character is unstoppable, hobnobs with the president, and has many miraculous escapes, but I am willing to tolerate that in a good thriller.
Dan Brown wrote a positive review on the cover of my edition, as well he might. Thor is a better writer in many ways. His characters are more believable, the action is more exciting, and the outcome was not easily predictable until near the end. There were no lengthy expositions of falsified history either.
Thor doesn't take pains to be politically correct, and I like that. This is a straightforward novel where the good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, and there is no ambiguity. It isn't deep or difficult, just plain entertaining.
 Didn't finish it July 12, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I took this on vacation and was looking forward to reading it. But I could only get about 1/2 way through. It was a little slow, with standard plot lines, nothing new here.
If I didn't have a couple of other books, I would probably have finished it, so who knows, maybe the 2nd half is better.
Enjoyable thriller March 13, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A friend recommended STATE OF THE UNION. I am glad he did. It is an intriguing story about nuclear blackmail by an old enemy. Lots of action. A good read.
I am not sure about the suitcase nukes. Scot Harvath say our backpack nukes have to be refreshed every seven years. The defense secretary replies that the Russians have been experimenting with hybrid fissile material. I goggled the term and found it referred to a type of fusion bomb. The author uses suitcase nukes as a prop and does not go into technical details.
I have recently read two very good novels written by a nuclear weapons expert: The Rings of Allah and Behold, an Ashen Horse. The latter book contains a simple description of a boosted nuclear warhead, a fission/fusion bomb. Both books center around nuclear devices and weapons.
STATE OF THE UNION is a spy thriller that kept me turning the pages. Reminds me of some of Clancy's cold war stories.
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