From the author of the New York Times bestseller Favorite Son come a mesmerizing thriller that's as real as today's headlines.
As the world steps back from Armageddon in the wake of the changes in Europe, a battle-scarred intelligence officer in Washington sets in motion a chain of assassinations and air strikes that will bring the world to its darkest destiny.
Patriots is an interesting novel set over 3 days in 1991; it's about a US President's plan to reduce the number of US soldiers in Europe dramatically and a small group within the US military who opposes such as the country would then be reliant on nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles alone.
It's a little slow to start and the chopping and changing of scenes like a TV show took a little getting used too however once the story warms up and gets going it's quite gripping and uses all of its 574 pages well.