Yvonne “Seabass” Ralsky helped to deliver an amazing year for our company (and even pulled in her husband, Michael, to help answer some D.C.—related questions for this novel). Thank you for your enthusiasm, your professionalism, your talent, and vision. Here’s to some incredible “acceleration!”
I always save the best and most important acknowledgment for last. I couldn’t do what I do without the love and support of my beautiful wife, Trish, and our wonderful children. The countless meals you prepared and brought to me while I was writing helped remind me of how much I am loved. It is nothing, though, in comparison to how much I love all of you. Thank you for your unfailing support and for making me the proudest husband and father on the planet.
It’s time for me to get Scot Harvath and his team started on their next adventure. If you enjoyed this one, you won’t believe what I have coming for you next.
Here endeth the acknowledgments. Go read more great books!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Code of Conduct, Act of War, Hidden Order, Black List, Full Black (one of Suspense Magazine’s best political thrillers of 2011), The Athena Project, Foreign Influence (one of Suspense Magazine’s best political thrillers of 2010), The Apostle, The Last Patriot (nominated best thriller of the year by the International Thriller Writers Association), The First Commandment, ;Takedown, Blowback (recognized as one of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” by NPR), State of the Union, Path of the Assassin, and The Lions of Lucerne. Visit his website at BradThor.com.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thor, Brad.
Code of conduct : a thriller / Brad Thor.
pages ; cm.—(The Scot Harvath series ; 15)
1. Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Intelligence officers—Fiction. 3. Terrorism—Prevention—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3620.H75C63 2015
813'.6—dc232015015046
ISBN 978-1-4767-1715-9
ISBN 978-1-4767-1717-3 (ebook)
Contents
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Epigraph
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Acknowledgments
About the Author