Brad Thor


Bradley George Thor Jr. is an American thriller novelist. He is the author of The Lions of Lucerne, The First Commandment, The Last Patriot, and other novels. His latest novel in the Harvath series, Backlash, was released in June 2019. Thor's novels have been published in countries around the world. He also contributed a short story entitled "The Athens Solution" to the James Patterson-edited anthology, Thriller. Thor also makes frequent appearances on Fox News and The Blaze.
The Last Patriot was nominated for "Best Thriller of the Year" by the International Thriller Writers Association. His novel Blowback was voted by National Public Radio listeners as one of the "100 Best Ever" Killer Thrillers.

Early life

Thor was born and raised in Chicago, and lived in Park City, Utah for eight years.
Thor is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Schools, the Francis W. Parker School, and the University of Southern California, where he studied creative writing under author T.C. Boyle.

Career

Thor is a member of The Heritage Foundation and has spoken at their national headquarters on the need for robust missile defense.

Media

Thor is a regular contributor to the Glenn Beck television program and has appeared on other Fox News Channel shows, as well as on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and PBS to discuss terrorism and parallels between his novels and real threats facing the world today.
In May 2016, he made speculative comments on the Glenn Beck radio show about Donald Trump that appeared to offer conditional support for violence against him if Trump were elected and did something that he felt endangered the country. Thor denied the comments were a call for assassination.

Politics

2020 Presidential campaign

Thor announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2020 election but on July 5, 2018, Thor decided against running and left the Republican Party, becoming an independent, citing frustration with the Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump.

Scot Harvath Series

  1. The Lions of Lucerne
  2. Path of the Assassin
  3. State of the Union
  4. Blowback
  5. Takedown
  6. The First Commandment
  7. The Last Patriot
  8. The Apostle
  9. Foreign Influence
  10. Full Black
  11. Black List
  12. Hidden Order
  13. Act of War
  14. Code of Conduct
  15. Foreign Agent
  16. Use of Force
  17. Spymaster
  18. Backlash
  19. Near Dark

    The Athena Project Series

  20. The Athena Project