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Rising Tiger: A Thriller (The Scot Harvath Series Book 21) Kindle Edition

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Book 21 of 23: The Scot Harvath

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

Deadly operative Scot Harvath faces down democracy’s most powerful enemy in #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor’s white-knuckle thriller.

High in the Himalayas, armed with a host of barbaric, improvised weapons, Chinese troops ambush a contingent of highly decorated Indian soldiers. The brutal, hand-to-hand combat lasts for over six hours, destabilizing the already tenuous relationship between the two nuclear neighbors.

Fearful of the global consequences of engaging Beijing head-on, countless United States administrations have passed the buck. But when a covert American diplomat tasked with negotiating an Asian version of NATO is murdered on the streets of Jaipur, doing nothing is no longer an option. It is time to unleash Scot Harvath.

Thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture, with few he can trust, the danger begins to mount the moment Harvath lands in India. Amidst multiple competing forces and a host of deadly agendas, it is nearly impossible to tell predator from prey. With democracy itself hanging in the balance, Harvath will risk everything to untangle the explosive plot and bring every bad actor to justice.

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"Brad Thor is the greatest political thriller novelist ever. Trust me, don’t miss this book." — The Real Book Spy

"RISING TIGER is ripped from tomorrow’s headlines." — Wharton Journal Spectator

"An intense, eye-opening thriller that is head and shoulders above anything else like it on the market." — Bookreporter.com

“Un-freaking-believable – It’s now a word in Webster’s because of this book!” — The Crew Reviews

“Thriller fans of all stripes will devour this book!” — Best Thriller Books

“An amazing thriller!” -- Fred Burton

"A relentless and riveting page-turner." — Jon Land's The Thrill List

"A riveting, roller coaster ride unlike any you’ve been on." — The Epoch Times

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Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three thrillers, including Dead Fall, Black Ice (ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year), Near Dark (one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year), Backlash (nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller of the Year), Spymaster (named “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), and Blowback (one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” —NPR). Visit his website at BradThor.com and follow him on Facebook @BradThorOfficial, on Instagram @RealBradThor, and on X @BradThor.

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Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1
GALWAN VALLEY, WESTERN HIMALAYAS

The battle had been barbaric. Forbidden from using firearms in the disputed border region, the Chinese soldiers had crept across the “Line of Actual Control” in the middle of the night armed with spike-studded bats and iron rods wrapped with concertina wire. The brutal, medieval-style hand-to-hand combat had lasted more than six hours.

In the early light of dawn, a bitterly cold wind—like the breath of death itself—blew down the steep valley from the glaciers above. Bodies lay everywhere. The jagged stones along the banks of the chalky blue Galwan River were covered in blood.

Despite China’s gruesome surprise attack, the Ladakh Scouts had courageously charged into the fight. Known as the “Snow Warriors,” they were one of the Indian Army’s toughest, most fearsome, and most decorated regiments. They had only one primary objective—to guard against the Chinese invading India via this section of the Himalayas.

The Snow Warriors had succeeded in their mission, but their success had come at a devastating cost. Twenty Indian soldiers had been killed and almost twice as many Chinese. Amid escalating tension between the two nations, it had been one of their deadliest altercations yet. And once more, China had been the aggressor. The reason for the aggression, at least to those paying attention, was obvious.

Dramatically unpopular among its people and facing a myriad of social and economic problems, the Chinese Communist Party was weaker than it had ever been.

The CCP’s grip on power was increasingly tenuous. The panic of its members was palpable. Many in the party believed they were only one Tiananmen Square away from full-blown revolution. It was why they had crushed the prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong and why they continued to flex their military muscle over Taiwan. One more crack in their hull, one more leak in their sagging, waterlogged boat, and the CCP would slip beneath the surface of the waves and be dragged violently down to its death.

To prop up the party and prevent such a demise, Beijing needed to fog the minds of its people—to convince them that they were locked in an existential struggle, that the world was out to destroy China.

The course of action they decided to adopt was a form of virulent nationalism—the likes of which hadn’t been seen since the Italian Fascism and German National Socialism of the 1930s.

For their plan to take root and grow, Beijing needed bogeymen—both big and small, near and far. The United States and its Western allies were a natural fit. Another exceptional contender, however, lay right at China’s doorstep. India.

As the world’s largest democracy, not only were India’s ideas a threat, but so too were its growing economy, increasing military, and deepening ties with the United States. The CCP feared India’s burgeoning power and was willing to do whatever necessary to diminish it.

Coercive statecraft to drive wedges between India and its neighbors, bloody cross-border raids to capture and hold disputed territory—China was feeling weak, and that weakness made them dangerous. Anything and everything was on the table—including the most contemptible and horrific acts of aggression.

The Snow Warriors’ commander, Major Shaukat Banu, was a tall, sinewy man with a thick mustache. As he surveyed the carnage, his skin was still inflamed and sensitive to the touch. The weapon the Chinese had unleashed was unlike anything he had ever experienced.

At the end of the battle, when it had become obvious that they were going to lose, the Chinese had called their soldiers into retreat, and had activated some sort of directed-energy device.

The weapon had heated up the water molecules beneath the Indian soldiers’ skin, causing them to vomit and experience excruciating pain. The Ladakh Scouts had been left with no choice but to abandon any pursuit of the Chinese and to pull back out of the range of the weapon.

With their retreat secure, the Chinese had fled, leaving their comrades to the mercy of the Indian Army. Banu directed two of his medical officers to attend to any of the enemy in need of care. Despite the brutality shown by the Chinese, it was the honorable thing to do and, at his core, Major Shaukat Banu was first and foremost an honorable man.

Both in his training from the Indian Army and as a guest of the United States military, he had been schooled in battlefield tactics and ethics.

The Snow Warriors had cross-trained with some of the United States’ best high-altitude, cold-weather experts, including the U.S. Army’s Tenth Mountain Division, the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, and the Naval Special Warfare Cold Weather Detachment.

Those men, like Banu, who had proven themselves exceptionally distinguished had been invited to further participate in special hand-to-hand training normally available only to America’s most elite operators. The major credited the edged-weapons portion of the program not only for the reason he was still standing, but also for why he had been able to slay so many Chinese.

On the left side of the belt encircling his bloodstained uniform hung an American-made tomahawk popular with the U.S. Navy SEALs. On the right hung a custom, hand-forged knife carried by many of America’s Delta Force operatives. Banu had been taught how to wield both, simultaneously—how to cut, and thrust, and strike his way through the enemy, which was exactly what he had done.

Eleven of the Chinese casualties had been at his hands. But as proficient as his skills had proven to be, they hadn’t been enough to prevent the slaughter and injury of so many of his own men. Never had he so heavily felt the burden of command.

But beneath his sense of loss lay something else—a deep sense of foreboding. China had raised the stakes dramatically. It was probing; testing what worked and just how much India would absorb. Once the Chinese had their answer, they would strike again.

And like the cold wind that blew through the valley, the next attack would be more chilling, more deadly, than anything that had come before.

Major Shaukat Banu’s only question was whether India would be able to stop it.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09JPJ4V8X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria/Emily Bestler Books (July 5, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 5, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3745 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 333 pages

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Welcome to my Amazon author page. My new thriller, DEAD FALL is now on sale.

I tell people that my books are like the James Bond movies, you don't need to have seen any of the prior films to hop right in and enjoy the latest.

If you're interested in a chronological list of my novels, it can be found under the "Books" section of my website, BradThor.com. While there, I hope you will enjoy the array of terrific bonus material I have created for you. From spotlights on exciting international locations to features on the guns, gadgets, and gear my characters use, there is something for everyone.

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margaret banta

DO NOT MISS THIS SUPER WONDERFUL READ!

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024

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This was the best book that I have read in a long while!!! It was immediate action which propelled you into the spell of the story. I gobbled this book up in hours...once you begin reading it is impossible to put down!! Brad Thor is now my number one author. I also appreciated learning about India and some of their traditions because, prior to this book, I knew nothing about the country. Now I will be looking for more regarding India, Pakistan and the rest of the area. GREAT book, can't say it enough. Thank you, Mr. Thor.

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024

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This book does a very good job of explaining the likely real tension between China and India. It was quite enjoyable to read.

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BT piano man

Interesting possibilities about perhaps a more up to date foe

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024

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New locales (South Asia) and new alliances. A refreshing difference from past books, which seemed fixated on Muslim extremism or Russian expansionism.

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C. GLASGOW

Wow how fortunate we are to be living in America!

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024

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Every day we are blessed with our sacred freedom that some are trying to take away. We must be vigilant every day to ensure our freedom remains secure. Thanks Brad Thor for educating us on how most other countries don’t cherish freedom that we have and Thanks to everyone who has paid the ultimate price for that freedom.

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024

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What can you say about a Brad Thor book? They just get better and better. If you enjoy a very good thriller, you can't go wrong with this series. The stories will all fall into place if you start with Book 1 and folow the series.

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024

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Love all the action scenes and how Brad Thor weaves multiple dramas together. However, Thor is getting a little verbose re unimportant side topics.

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Franklin A Graham

Rising Tiger

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024

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Keep this series rolling. Scot saves the day again.

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Crighton Allen

A Weaker Entry in the Scot Harvath Series

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022

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I am an avid reader of the Scot Harvath series. This is one of the poorer efforts. My gripes are all isolated issues that independently aren't a big deal but in the aggregate hurt this book. First, while I liked Asha as a character, there was far too much focus on her rather than on our hero. Second, I was disappointed how Thor handled the character of the top agent the Chinese sent to Nicholas' home. Thor has multiple paragraphs where the Chinese intelligence director mulls the consequences of unleashing the best, most terrifying asset in the Chinese secret service, but this asset is dispatched fairly easily by two random federal agents and Nicholas. Thor baits you into thinking that this guy and Scot are going to have some epic showdown, and that would have been awesome if this asset is as good as Thor says that he is. I don't understand why Thor builds this antagonist up only for him to go down so easily. If Thor intended him to meet his fate at Nicholas' home, just make him another random asset and don't have this build up that makes him sounds like he's on par with Scot. Third, the ending felt very rushed and left substantial meat on the bone. If Thor carries the loose ends into subsequent books, that's fine, but otherwise, the real masterminds behind the book's events aren't even known, let alone brought to justice, by the end. This is unsatisfying. Fourth, could we have gotten a little more background on why Scot feels personally invested in solving the mystery of the guy who is killed in the opening pages? There is reference to how Scot knows the guy and thinks he does good work for the U.S. but not much else. Yet Thor expressly says that this mission is personal to Scot. If that's the case, Thor should have given us more on these characters' background/history to help us understand why Scot feels that way. Otherwise, just have it be a mission like any other. But to have it be this weird middle ground between "just another mission" and being personal for Scot like how Thor did it feels half-baked. Finally, the title of the book is odd to me. The "Rising Tiger" is the nickname of an Indian politician who gets literally two lines of mention in the closing pages. Surely he cannot be the basis of the title? Again, maybe the India plot is carried over into later books and this politician will become an important character later on. I guess the title could also refer to India itself rising as a global power but that would be an odd artistic choice by Thor. I will still eagerly look forward next summer's release because I love the series overall but Thor has some ground to make up with the next book.

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Thom

Great

Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2024

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Again as I finish the Rising Tiger I thoroughly enjoyed this the latest book in this series I wish to congratulate the Author on his success in the series and I hope that the next book will be as exciting.

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Good reading

Reviewed in India on December 8, 2023

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Terrific plotline. Fast paced and lucid. And the geopolitical setting really bought in intense action into the whole plot. Kudos to the writer for this excellent book.

Thomfire

Rising Tiger

Reviewed in Spain on October 11, 2023

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Los seguidores del protagonista principal, Scot Havarth, conocen bien el tipo de los trabajos que realiza. En este libro hay muchas enlaces a acontecimientos actuales en directo en el mundo de hoy especialmente la guerra Ruso Ucraniana, los problemas con la Talibán en Afganistan y las inestabilidades regionales formentadan por China.

En este libro viaje Scott hacia la Asía y hiciera la que haga bien. ¡Disfrútate!

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David Makya

Ein absolut direkter rasanter Einstieg ...

Reviewed in Germany on July 17, 2023

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in eine sehr complexe Story, die eine noch complexere, teilweise failed Politik in Afghanistan, miteinander zu einem vielschichtigen Plot verknüpft und mit einem Scot Harvath, der zwischen Politik und harter action nicht nur um sein Überleben, auch das von India kämpft. China ist der neue, sehr dangerous und niemals zu unterschätzende Gegner, der ohne Rücksicht auf alles, was nicht Chinese ist, seine Interessen skrupellos realisiert, sie mit allen Mitteln wahrt. Das Ziel einer welt - und marktbeherrenden Dominanz, das keine Rivalen um die alleinige Krone zulässt, ist die Religion eines menschenverachtenden Regimes, das nicht nur über Leichen sondern auch über Staaten geht.
Das bekommen Harvath und seine indischen Kollegen mit aller Härte und Consequence zu spüren. Ein übermächtiger Gegner, der smart und im Dunkeln agiert, und nicht nur Harvath, auch die Carlton Group, insbesondere Nicolas, den Troll, attackiert.
Wie gesagt, der Beginn ist rasant, direkt, hart und mit einem Harvath, der an "Backlash" erinnert, danach wird es ruhiger, aber das heißt nicht, langweiliger. India ist faszinierend in seiner Vielfalt, voller Spannungen und politischen Intrigen und ein extrem gefährliches Pulverfass, das sich China zu nutzen macht, um Unruhe und Spaltung in die größte Demokratie der Welt zu bringen.
Neuland für Carlton's Top Spy.
Aber Harvath lernt schnell, findet neue Partner und neue Ressourcen und neue Freunde, und Feinde natürlich, in einem tödlichen Katz-und Maus- Spiel. Ob Harvath diesen Gegner überleben wird, um seine LIebe Solvi heiraten zu können? Wer weiß. Es gibt immer einen, der besser ist.

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Mike Duncan

Awesome yet another Scott Havath page turner

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2022

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Brad Thor fans and action fans will love this book.
A real page turner I got through it innate couple of sittings.
If you have been following the Scott Horvath series or like a high octane real, I recommend this.
Can't wait to the next one in the series.

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