well, he can’t exactly say who they were. To research both of the those views, Thor recently toured Afghanistan with a group of people who. “He reflects a lot of how I view my country and what I think is good about America and what is terrifying about the war on terror.” “He is my alter ego,” Thor says with a laugh. Like most writers, Thor has projected his own personality into his main character. At the end of the day, I want people to see a good protagonist struggle against serious odds and do so with courage and honor and integrity.” Still, he says, “My intent is not to inflame Muslims but to entertain readers of great thrillers. He consciously put “very positive Muslim characters in the book,” he says, but fears that “that won’t make a difference to radicals who want to make a big deal of it.” With its theory that the Koran is incomplete, and therefore imperfect, Thor says, the novel may offend some of the Muslim faith. But Harvarth and his fellow adventurers are on a mission to follow historical clues (and elude the bad guys) to find evidence of the (fictional) truth.
That final revelation - which could defeat militant Islam - has been suppressed for centuries. “You know, my publicist said maybe we should put the death threats on the back of the book as blurbs,” Thor says, sounding almost wistful that they haven’t done it. And they have engaged in “several other measures I don’t want to talk about,” he says.Īnd now, Thor is doing his best to get on with his life, which, just at the moment, includes a book tour. That left Thor, known for his best-selling novels such as “The Lions of Lucerne” and “The First Commandment,” embarking on a security plan worthy of Scot Harvarth, his fictional man of action. When the death threats started coming - months before “The Last Patriot” was published July 1 - author Brad Thor found himself between the proverbial rock and hard place.Īs an author, he felt strongly that “The Last Patriot,” a fictional thriller that claims Mohammed’s final revelation was not included in the Koran, should be published.īut, as even he concedes, hearing that some people believed his work was blasphemous - and therefore he should be killed - was a little alarming. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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