false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172679048m/206195.jpg 206195 8 From the national bestselling author of <I>The Lions of Lucerne</I> and <I>Path of the Assassin</I> comes another electrifying international thriller featuring all-American hero Scot Harvath, as he plunges into the frigid heart of the Russian tundra to save the fragile state of the union.<P>On a cold January morning, the United States awakes to discover that an old enemy, one long believed dead and buried, has crawled out of its grave to lay siege to the world's only superpower. <P>With the stunning discovery that enhanced Soviet-made suitcase nukes have been secreted in America's major cities, President Jack Rutledge gathers his National Security Council to weigh the feasibility of a first strike against the Russian Federation. There's only one problem. For over two decades, the Russians have been funneling international aid money into a top secret air defense system, which has just been brought on-line and which will render any conventional attack upon their country utterly ineffective.<P>After exhausting all of his other options, and with Soviet sleeper agents preparing to detonate their deadly payloads across the United States, the president turns to the nation's final hope, ex-Navy SEAL and Secret Service Agent Scot Harvath. <P>Assigned to a covert section of the Department of Homeland Security and charged with defending the nation against all foreign aggressors by any means necessary, Harvath finds himself hand-picked by the president to unravel a brilliantly orchestrated, fiendishly timed conspiracy that has already shattered the fragile peace between the world's nations and which, if successful, will leave the United States in smoldering ruins. <P>With family friend and former Deputy FBI Director Gary Lawlor nowhere to be found and suspected of betraying his country, Harvath embarks on an adventure that will test the bonds of loyalty and reveal a nation's deepest secrets. <P>As high-voltage and timely as they come, State of the Union is a frighteningly real, headline-ripping tale of espionage and intrigue that will keep readers guessing until the last tantalizing piece of the puzzle locks into place.<P>With exotic international locales, hair-raising suspense, and scenes of pulse-pounding action, Brad Thor has once again reaffirmed his position as the thriller writer readers and critics alike have hailed as Clancy, Cussler, and Ludlum all rolled into one. 702577 2004 State Of The Union (Scot Harvath, #3) total:427|5:128|4:178|3:107|2:9|1:5| 427 1696 575 28 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:12:33 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 06:42:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Nov 03 11:02:54 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:05:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 07:35:39 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 13:46:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 14:36:06 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:07:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 11:23:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 08:09:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 16:56:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 16:58:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 10:27:38 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 10:07:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 01 04:26:42 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 04:27:25 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 07:35:43 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 13:37:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 11:44:23 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 11:44:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 13:18:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:19:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 07:28:32 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:02:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 24 15:31:39 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 22 13:12:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 06:50:33 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 09:30:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 11:35:15 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:35:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 17 06:09:35 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 14:41:38 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 06:09:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 13:20:51 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 11:12:56 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Sep 14 13:34:05 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 13:36:49 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 27 08:02:53 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 07:11:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 20:31:26 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 20:32:53 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=206195