Now you might be wondering who this Scot Harvath is. He is no political analyst – he is the protagonist of Brad Thor’s “The First Commandment” which I recently finished reading. I briefly glanced through the storyline on the back cover before bringing the book home and later wondered if I should have scrutinized it more thoroughly. With the daily headlines screaming about the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir I was in no mood for reading more about Islamic terrorism and Jihad. So I wasn’t very enthusiastic as I started reading the novel.

Scot – a Department of Homeland Security operative – has his world turned upside down when his near and dear ones like his fiancée and his mother start getting systematically targeted. Scot finds out that this is somehow related to the 5 dreaded terrorists who have been unconditionally released from the Guatanamo Bay. But he is puzzled when US President Rutledge orders him to stay well out of it. Scot just cannot because he knows that someone from his past is out to serve the dish that is served best when cold – revenge!

My advice – go for this book if you are looking for a thriller drama in which good always triumphs over evil and the bad guys always get their comeuppance. But if you have had enough of the likes of Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toyba and other assorted terrorists-e-Islam – take President Rutledge’s advice and sit this one out :-)