The Apostle by Brad Thor
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

‘The Apostle’ is a standard action novel of Brad Thor’s hero, Scot Harvath, but with an odd anchor attached.

The book starts very well with a nice set up for a potential novel of intrigue and solving a hostage issue involving a very interesting character with even more interesting ties to the President. All of that is quickly and then thoroughly squandered as still another repetitive tale of Harvath to the rescue. There was so much to play with that was earlier presented. Why Thor didn’t construct a better story is a stronger mystery than how Harvath will solve the kidnapping.

How the problem is solved involves still another team attached to Harvath that has a highly unbelievable rate of success in all ways to solve the problem. Again, if the earlier start of the book wasn’t to be used, why not, at least, make Harvath’s job more difficult and interesting.

The anchor in the book is a side story that is nearly entirely unrelated to the main plot of the book. Why Thor tacked it on is still another mystery hard to figure than how Harvath will end a story. Here’s the really odd part: The side story is more interesting than the main plot. Thor should have duped the whole Harvath plot and just focus on the side story..

Characters are OK and are either returning or rehashed older characters. Settings are particularly good throughout the book.

Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 4 out of 10 points.

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