Brad Thor

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Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Spy Master, Use of Force, Foreign Agent, Code of Conduct, Act of War, Hidden Order, Black List, Full Black, The Athena Project, Foreign Influence (one of Suspense Magazine’s best political thrillers of 2010), The Apostle, The Last Patriot (nominated best thriller of the year by the International Thriller Writers Association and banned in Saudi Arabia), The First Commandment, Takedown, Blowback (recognized as one of the Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time by NPR), State of the Union, Path of the Assassin, and The Lions of Lucerne.

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