coolreads # Retro Books # Shadow War

Shadow War 

Author: Sean McFate & Bret Witter
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780062403704
Year Published: 2016

Unlike many new authors trying to make a name for themselves in the political and military-thriller genres, Sean McFate has actually lived the life he is now writing about.

coolreads# The Omega Factor @definitelybooks

The Omega Factor

Author: Steve Berry

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN: 9781399706353

In this intriguing new standalone novel, The Omega Factor, Steve Berry introduces us to the resourceful Nick Lee, a Unesco investigator who, after heading to Belgium to meet up with his ex-fiance, art restorer and catholic nun Kelsey Deal, becomes swept up in the centuries-old conflict and mystery surrounding one of the world’s most important works of art from the early 15th century, the Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert & Jan van Eyck.

coolreads # Retro Books # Foreign Influence

Foreign Influence

Author: Brad Thor

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN: 9781444712353

Year Published: 2010

In Foreign Influence, Brad Thor once again takes the readers on a political thriller ride. His hero, Scot Harvath, now 40 and a veteran of the SEALs, the Secret Service and a black ops government agency called The Apex Project, is now working for The Carlton Group. While decompressing from his last mission, he’s tapped by Reed Carlton to investigate the bombing of a busload of American college students in Spain.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Demon Crown

The Demon Crown

Author: James Rollins

Publisher: William Morrow

ISBN: 9780062381743

Year Published: 2018

The book opens in December 1903, where travelling by night under the cover of darkness, Alexander Graham Bell led a team of scientists to Geno, Italy for a top secret mission. There, they searched for the remains of James Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institute. After weeks of going about obtaining Smithson’s remains the right and legal way, they encountered problems with the Italian government who repeatedly shut down their efforts. Then the group decided to act on their own.

coolreads # Retro Books # Split Second

Split Second

Author: David Baldacci

Publisher: Pan Books

ISBN: 9780330411721

Year Published: 2003

For Split Second, David Baldacci set out two plot strands for the novel. Two Secret Service Agents whose service are either terminated or suspended when their charges, both presidential candidates - one assassinated and another kidnapped - decided to team up to investigate both cases.