Brad Thor is an American thriller novelist. He is the author of Path of the Assassin, State of the Union, The Apostle, The Athena Project, Full Black, and Black List. In July 2014, he released his most recent novel Act of War. His novels have been and are published in countries around the world. The International Writers Association nominated years ago his novel The Last Patriot for “Best Thriller of the Year”. He is mostly known for his Scot Harvath series novels.