Dead Fall

By: Brad Thor

Narrated by: Armand Schultz

Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1New York Timesand #1Wall Street Journalbestselling author Brad Thor’s pulse-pounding thriller.

In the war-ravaged borderlands of Ukraine, a Russian mercenary unit has gone rogue. Its members, conscripted from the worst prisons and mental asylums across Russia, are the most criminally violent, psychologically dangerous combatants to ever set foot upon the modern battlefield.

With all attention focused on the frontlines, they have pushed deeper into the interior to wage a campaign of unspeakable barbarity. As they move from village to village, committing horrific war crimes, they meet little resistance as all able-bodied men are off fighting the war.

Simultaneously, a team of Russian soldiers has been dispatched by the Kremlin to loot truckloads of art and priceless cultural treasures hidden away in a host of churches, museums, and private homes.

When multiple American aid workers are killed, America’s top spy, Scot Harvath, is sent in to settle the score. But in a country so vast, will Harvath be able to find the men in question and, more importantly, will he be able to stop them before they can kill again?

Disappointing

My beach reading this summer was The Collector by Daniel Silva and this novel (Dead Fall by Brad Thor. The two authors, Silva and Thor, disappointed me by making unnecessarily commenting on current US politics. One is progressive and the other conservative so their political perspectives are very different but both detract

Massive fan, but this one leaves me wanting

Way too much propaganda. The Ukrainian government is about as corrupt as it gets and this book paints them in the light of angels. Listen, the Russian government is terrible and everything said about them is likely true. But Ukraine is just as bad.

I look at a book like Foreign Influence(book 9) or Black Ice(book 20) as masterpieces in alternating plot lines in regards to chapter placement and chapter length. This book just doesn’t make the cut. Chapters either ran too long or too many chapters without revisiting an adjacent plot line so that when you came back to them you’re like wait, what’s going on? I don’t even remember this.

A character from one of the sub plots is an FBI agent who(as is Thor’s custom) is always referred to by his last name. Problem is this man’s last name is a female first name. And it just created confusion a lot of times when he was referred to.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve grown quite accustomed to having Harvath’s team(and more recently Solvi) to be mainstays in the story. And just like Rising Tiger they were more or less nonexistent in this book. I didn’t much care for that.

About a half hour of this book is useless talk about procedure that most of us could have sorted out very easily, and combined with this book already being on the shorter side, it just left me unfulfilled with the amount of dialogue and development.

It was a good book and worth the credit, and certainly worth getting my Harvath fix. Just don’t get your hopes up. I’d rate this one alongside Foreign Agent, Rising Tiger or Use of Force. Kind of fun, but lackluster overall.

Another hit

If only there were real Harvaths in UA right now. As Scott is ageing I’ve been wondering how that will be handled. It was done well here. Crap hurts more lol.

Pure excellence! Another home run

Brad Thor does it again. Although a fictional tale. Brad expertly weaves in real geopolitics and international conflicts to craft an intense narrative with Scot Harvath. From the beginning I was hooked. If your a fan of his work this will not disappoint. A must read for everyone!

Worth the Wait!

Loved this storyline - up to date with what is going on in the media headlines! Recommend to start over a weekend, as it is difficult to put down even for sleep! Please keep Scott coming back, the world needs him!