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The Apostle

78.6% complete
2009
2024
1 time
Qaida (Organization) - Fiction
Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character) - Fiction
Intelligence officers - Fiction
Kidnapping - Fiction
Terrorists - Fiction
Afghanistan - Fiction
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1 - Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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3 - Kandahar Province Monday (Three Weeks Later)
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5 - McLean, Virginia Wednesday (Two Days Later)
6 - Rockwood, Maine Thursday
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9 - Kabul, Afghanistan Friday
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11 - Alexandria, Virginia
12 - Afghanistan
13 - Kabul
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16 - Washington, D.C.
17 - Northeastern, Afghanistan
18 - Kabul
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20 - East Hampton, New York
21 - Afghanistan Saturday
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25 - East Hampton, New York
26 - Afghanistan
27 - Two Hours Later
28 - Kabul
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32 - Town Tavern, Washington, D.C.
33 - Springhar Mountains, Afghanistan Sunday
34 - Butkhak, Afghanistan
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40 - Washington, D.C.
41 - Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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46 - The White House, Washington, D.C.
47 - Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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50 - Washington, D.C.
51 - Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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53 - Annandale, Virginia
54 - Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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61 - Washington, D.C. Two Days Later
62 - Kabul, Afghanistan
63 - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
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Copyright © 2009 by Brad Thor
For James Ryan,
Warrior
Next to a stream of icy snowmelt from the Hindu Kush, a small caravan unloaded its contraband.
May contain spoilers
With that, all the men in the room raised their bottles and in unison said, "To the United States of America."
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They splashed through the streets past drab Soviet-era buildings, mud-walled compounds, and stores fronted by pushcarts and wheelbarrows filled with cheap merchandise from Pakistan.

Afghan men squatted in groups alongside the road or shuffled slowly through the cold air that still clung to the six-thousand-foot-high city, their hands clasped behind their backs in the Afghan fashion while women in cornflower-blue burkas filled ratty shopping bags with their marketing or carried large plastic jugs of water.  Children ran everywhere.

The late-morning traffic was thick and was accompanied by a cacophony of car horns.  The only person who wasn't honking was Baba G, who was busy answering Harvath's questions.

"You're absolutely sure?" asked Harvath one more time.

Baba G nodded as he downshifted and maneuvered his Land Cruiser around one of Kabul's many traffic circles.  At the top of the circle were two trucks filled with Afghan National Army soldiers, all of them armed with heavy weapons, as well as 7.62mm machine guns mounted to the roll bars of their vehicles.

Harvath didn't know what he liked less, the close proximity of so many cars - any number of which could be carrying al-Qaeda or Taliban militants - or the fact that Mustafa Khan was no longer being kept at Policharki Prison.  "Why'd they move him?"

Gallagher smiled and rubbed his left thumb and forefinger together.  "For the same reason we thought we'd be able to get him out."

"Baksheesh."

"Welcome to Afghanistan."

Harvath was familiar with the ancient adage that "you can't buy an Afghan, you can only rent one," and Policharki wasn't immune from this long-standing Afghan tradition of trading money for favors.  In fact, Policharki was infamous for being able to hold anyone but a rich man.  Bribe the right guard, the right family of a guard, or the right elders of the village the guard was from and anyone could be sprung from Policharki.

Harvath hadn't expected freeing Khan to be a walk in the park.  He and Gallagher had assumed that the al-Qaeda operative would have been kept away from the general population and that it was going to take big money not only to get the two of them inside, but also to get back out again with Khan in their custody.

What had bothered Harvath from the start, though, was that if he was thinking this way, then al-Qaeda had to be as well.  They would be willing to spend a lot of money to get him back, and this must have been exactly what the Afghan government was worried about.  They had come to the conclusion that Policharki couldn't hold him, so they had moved him.  The question was, where?

"So how do we find him?" asked Harvath.

"I've got some feelers out," said Gallagher as they passed another heavily armed Afghan National Army checkpoint.

Harvath watched the picture recede in his side-view mirror.  "I don't remember seeing so many soldiers the last time I was here."

"The government is trying to exert more control over Kabul.  Attacks and suicide bombings have been going through the roof.  Everybody's all keyed up."

 

Added: 29-Jul-2022
Last Updated: 05-Nov-2024

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 30-Jun-2009
Atria Books
Hardback
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Date Issued:
30-Jun-2009
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Hardback
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354
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ISBN:
1-416-58657-1
ISBN-13:
978-1-416-58657-9
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1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Jan Cobb - Photographer
Alan Dingman - Cover Design
Alan Dingman  - Cover Artist
Davina Mock-Maniscalco - Designer
Front flap:

Every politician has a secret.  And when the daughter of a politically connected family is kidnapped abroad, America's new president will agree to anything - even a deadly and ill-advised rescue plan - in order to keep his secret hidden.

"Quite possibly the next coming of Robert Ludlum."
- Chicago Tribune

Master of suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his most riveting international thriller yet.


A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America's enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job.  But when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action.

In a dangerous assignment that the United States government will deny any knowledge of, Scot Harvath must secretly infiltrate Kabul's notorious Policharki Prison and free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom - al-Qaeda mastermind Mustafa Khan.

But when Harvath arrives, he quickly learns that there is more to the kidnapping than anyone dares to admit.  And as the subterfuge is laid bare, Harvath must examine his own career of hunting down and killing terrorists, and ask himself if he has what it takes to help one of the world's worst go free.

Brimming with the kind of ripped-from-the-head-lines authenticity Brad Thor's internationally bestselling novels are known for, The Apostle doubles down on the blockbuster success of The Last Patriot and reaffirms Thor's status as the master of the political thriller.

Back flap:

"Stunning."
- Publishers Weekly, on The Last Patriot

"As riveting as it is relentless, here is a story that cuts to the bone and stirs our deepest fears.  A must-read for our times."
- James Rollins, on The First Commandment



BRAD THOR, a graduate of the University of Southern California, has served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Analytic Red Cell Program and is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Lucerne, Path of the Assassin, State of the Union, Blowback, Takedown, The First Commandment, and The Last Patriot.  Visit his web-site at www.BradThor.com.
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 30-Jun-2009
Simon & Schuster
Book on CD
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Date Issued:
30-Jun-2009
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Length:
10 hrs 24 min (348 pages)
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978-0-743-57933-9
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Jan Cobb - Photographer
Alan Dingman  - Cover Artist
Alan Dingman - Cover Design
Karen Pearlman - Director
Karen Pearlman - Producer
Armand Schultz  - Narration
INCLUDES A BONUS MP3 CD OF BRAD THOR'S
THE LIONS OF LUCERNE

Master of suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his most riveting international thriller yet.


Every politician has a secret.  And when the daughter of a politically-connected family is kidnapped abroad, America's new president will agree to anything - even a deadly and ill-advised rescue plan - in order to keep his secret hidden.

A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America's enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job.  But when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action.  In a dangerous assignment that the United States government will deny any knowledge of, Scot Harvath must secretly infiltrate Kabul's notorious Policharki Prison and free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom - al-Qaeda mastermind, Mustafa Khan.

But when Harvath arrives, he quickly learns that there is more to the kidnapping than anyone dares to admit.  And as the subterfuge is laid bare.  Harvath must examine his own career of hunting down and killing terrorists, and ask himself if he has what it takes to help one of the world's worst go free.

Brimming with the kind of ripped-from-the-headlines authenticity Brad Thor's internationally bestselling novels are known for, The Apostle doubles down on the blockbuster success of The Last Patriot and reaffirms Thor's status as the master of the political thriller.

"Quite possibly the next coming of Robert Ludlum." - Chicago Tribune
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Atria Books
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