Backlash

by Brad Thor

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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  BRAD THOR is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen thrillers, including: Spymaster (“One of the all-time best thriller novels”—The Washington Times), The Last Patriot (nominated Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers Association), Blowback (recognized as one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” by NPR), and Foreign Influence (one of Suspense Magazine’s best political thrillers of the year). Visit his website at BradThor.com and follow Brad on Facebook at Facebook.com/BradThorOfficial and on Twitter @BradThor.

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  ALSO BY BRAD THOR

  The Lions of Lucerne

  Path of the Assassin

  State of the Union

  Blowback

  Takedown

  The First Commandment

  The Last Patriot

  The Apostle

  Foreign Influence

  The Athena Project

  Full Black

  Black List

  Hidden Order

  Act of War

  Code of Conduct

  Foreign Agent

  Use of Force

  Spymaster

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  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

  Copyright © 2019 by Brad Thor

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Thor, Brad, author.

  Title: Backlash : a thriller / Brad Thor.

  Description: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 2019. | Series: The Scot Harvath series; 19

  Identifiers: LCCN 2019018645 (print) | LCCN 2019019228 (ebook) | ISBN 9781982104054 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781982104030 (hardback) | ISBN 9781982104047 (mass market)

  Subjects: LCSH: Political fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Political. | FICTION / Thrillers. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3620.H75 (ebook) | LCC PS3620.H75 B33 2019 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019018645

  ISBN 978-1-9821-0403-0

  ISBN 978-1-9821-0405-4 (ebook)