Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

by Brad Thor

Anna Royko, who had been at the orphanage for only

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”

given to Harvath and his team at the Carlton Group—a private intelligence agency named after its founder, Reed Carlton. A legendary maverick at

the only thing that mattered was the Al-Masri operation. The plan was unconventional,

Quick Silver had been created to root out Russian influence operations inside the United States that were designed to advance Russia’s goals in Ukraine. It was a broad purview that had the potential to reach into almost every facet of American life—the military, the media, the government… The

politicians, the media grifters and digital con artists were the worst in his book. These people made their living not by telling people the truth, but by telling them anything and everything they wanted to hear. No lie was too outrageous. No conspiracy too corrosive. Collectively, there was no bottom with them, no line they wouldn’t cross.

was slow-motion cultural suicide; an arms race of weapons-grade stupid, which tens of millions of people were lapping up daily. Carolan worried for his grandchildren and what the country

generation’s responsibility to do everything they could to make sure the next generation coming up was handed a freer, more prosperous, more secure United States than had

No other country on earth empowered the individual the way America did. Nowhere were the rights and liberties of citizens so well protected. There were times he shuddered

“LZ.”

“Landing Zone,” a macabre law enforcement

Jennifer Fields was one of the youngest and most accomplished agents at CROS. When Carolan had inherited Quick Silver, she

Harlem.

dad had been a cop and her mother a nurse.

push the perimeter back. If you want to get

War, it sent the value of operatives like Leonid Grechko soaring. The Kremlin was willing

diplomat turned full-time presidential advisor, Oleg Beglov knew better. Being a member of the Kremlin’s

happening fast enough. That was why Leonid Grechko and Oleg Beglov were meeting.

Kyle Paulsen stepped into the kitchen and reached around his wife for the coffeepot. He

kicked in the front door, made entry, and swept

name was Joe Nistal. He was a handsome man in his early forties—tall, with broad shoulders and a thick head of

enough, the Black Sea happens to be one of NATO’s most underdeveloped strategies. The Americans realize this and are pushing to reposition the Black Sea as the center of NATO’s