''The First Commandment'' is a 2007 spy

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written by

Brad Thor Bradley George Thor Jr. (born August 21, 1969) is an American thriller novelist. He is the author of '' The Lions of Lucerne'', '' The First Commandment'', '' The Last Patriot'', and other novels. Thor's novels have been published in countries ...

. It was Thor's sixth book preceded by Takedown, and was followed by '' The Last Patriot''. It features his fictional character Scot Harvath. It was first published by

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in the United States in July 2007, in hardback and paperback.

Plot

This novel starts with five highly dangerous detainees pulled out from their cells in

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, stripped off their jumpsuits and changed into civilian clothes. That includes a dangerous man named Phillipe Rousard. Six months later, Rousard attempted to murder Scot Harvath's girlfriend, Tracy, but left her severely incapacitated. and uses blood to paint his house door red. After the president's order to stay away from this case, Scot plans his own mission to kill Rousard. As time passes by, Rousard slowly harms the people closest to Scot using his own version of the

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'' called ''The First Commandment'' "Incessant action and artless narration for G. Gordon Liddy fans." while ''

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'' wrote "It's a long, violent, shoot-'em-up, blow-'em-up pulse-pounder that will leave Thor's fans cheering and begging for more." The ''South Utah Independent'' noted it "is eerily prescient of the

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prisoner exchange" and "All in all, it is an excellent mystery/thriller, and definitely worth your time."

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