Book Review: Spymaster by Brad Thor

After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 many people felt that the clock and dagger genre however It turned out that other real life conflicts such as the War on Terror would replace the Cold War as the source for Stories. However with such real life events as the Salisbury Poisoning bringing relations between Russia and the West back to Cold War levels so have thriller writers have gone back to that source of conflict. One such writer is Brad Thor, all but 1 of Thor's novels have as their lead character Scot Harvath ex US Navy Seal turned Secret Service agent turned Black ops man. Spymaster sees Harvath and his team on the trail of a terrorist organisation committing attacks in NATO countries. Harvath sees it nothing more than a Russian plot to destabilise NATO and of course he is right. Thor keeps a brisk pace as along with Harvath's investigation we get scenes of the terrorist attacks, diplomatic wrangling and the Russian mastermind keeping check on his operations. There an number of gunfights that keep the plot ticking along. Anyone who found Jack Bauer's interrogation techniques somewhat troubling then they are nothing compared to Harvath's. Anyone in the mood for a good old fashoned spy thriller can do no wrong with Spymaster.