When the bounty on your head is the most expensive ever, you either resign yourself to your fate... or... you have to find a reason to want to survive at all costs.
Whether it's starting off the book just south of me in the Florida Keys or across the pond at one of the most beautiful building on the planet, Brad Thor leads his readers on an epic journey filled with twists and turns, ups and (serious) downs on a mission the likes of which Harvath hasn't seen.
Everyone from The Real Book Spy to The Crew Reviews kept saying that this was Brad Thor's best novel, I was almost expecting the hype to overshadow the book. How could he possibly out do Spymaster or Backlash?
I. WAS. WRONG!
The term "lean" has been thrown around a lot in regards to this book. This is also an accurate description. Near Dark is written in a tight, no nonsense, strictly business style that is heavy on the best parts of we've come to love in a Scot Harvath book. Action, strategy, intrigue, and a cast of characters we love to root for.
In Near Dark, Thor also dives much deeper into the emotional and mental state of his protagonist than previous novels and that is what makes us connect to and sympathize with Scot all the more. When he in facing impossible situations, we know that they're that much more difficult than they have ever been.
With any author, I struggle to say that any particular novel in a series is their "best"... but anyone saying Near Dark is Brad Thor's best novel will not hear a word of contradiction from me.
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