coolreads# The Last Kingdom @definitelybooks

The Last Kingdom 

Author: Steve Berry

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN: 9781399706377

The Last Kingdom offers readers some surprises, a myriad of mysterious moments, and a combination of historical events. And Steve Berry manages to create an exciting thriller with the fusion of the authentic and the absurb. His ability to connect and create seemingly random events of the past into an exciting treasure hunt of the present, continues to entertain his legion of fans.

coolreads# The Treadstone Transgression @definitelybooks

The Treadstone Transgression

Author: Joshua Hood

Publisher: Zeus Head

ISBN: 9781803285788

Joshua Hood’s third contribution to this spin-off series from the late Robert Ludlum’s legendary Jason Bourne franchise opens in Haiti, where gutsy DIA agent Dallys Carver is on a mission to acquire an encrypted flash drive from a disgruntled bank manager, Toussaint, proving that the director of the Haitian intelligence service is working with a foreign conglomerate to skirt international sanctions.

coolreads # Retro Books # High Treason

High Treason
Author: Sean McFate
Publisher: William Morrow and HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062843661
Year Published: 2020

High Treason is a realistic tour through political intrigue mixed with plenty of excitement from the frontline operators. It is a story of a military contractor who must unravel the mysterious assassination of the US vice president.

coolreads# Omega Rules @definitelybooks

Omega Rules

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Publisher: Head of Zeus

ISBN: 9781803282107

Evan Ryder returns in Omega Rules, the third and latest instalment. It is a continuation of her two previous adventures - The Nemesis Manifesto and The Kobalt Dossier - all by Eric Van Lustbader. So you’ll need to read these earlier two books in order to understand the characters’ relationships and how each individual relates to the others.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Target

The Target
Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: MacMillan
ISBN: 9781447225294
Year Published: 2014

In The Target, David Baldacci picks up where he's left off, featuring CIA assassins Will Robie and Jessica Reel in this no-holds-barred tale of perfidy and murder sanctioned at the highest level.

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.