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| Title | : | The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone #10) |
| Author | : | Steve Berry |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 386 pages |
| Published | : | March 31st 2015 by Minotaur Books |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Suspense |
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The 16th Amendment to the Constitution is why Americans pay income taxes. But what if there were problems associated with that amendment? Secrets that call into question decades of tax collecting? In fact, there is a surprising truth to this hidden possibility.Cotton Malone, once a member of an elite intelligence division within the Justice Department known as the Magellan Billet, is now retired and owns an old bookshop in Denmark. But when his former-boss, Stephanie Nelle, asks him to track a rogue North Korean who may have acquired some top secret Treasury Department files—the kind that could bring the United States to its knees—Malone is vaulted into a harrowing twenty-four hour chase that begins on the canals in Venice and ends in the remote highlands of Croatia.
With appearances by Franklin Roosevelt, Andrew Mellon, a curious painting that still hangs in the National Gallery of Art, and some eye-opening revelations from the $1 bill, this riveting, non-stop adventure is trademark Steve Berry—90% historical fact, 10% exciting speculation—a provocative thriller posing a dangerous question: What if the Federal income tax is illegal?
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| Original Title: | The Patriot Threat |
| ISBN: | 1250056233 (ISBN13: 9781250056238) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Cotton Malone #10, Cotton Malone (chronological) #11 |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense (2016) |
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I have been a fan of Steve Berrys Cotton Malone Series for a very long time. I really like this series but its one of those hit and miss for me. His latest, The Patriot Threat, the 10th book in that series was sadly a bit of a miss!The main plot in this book asks the question What if the 16th Amendment of Americas Constitution that allows the government to collect federal taxes was illegal? What would the consequences be if the government was forced to give back all the taxes paid by Americans?I can not even begin to imagine the amount of research that Steve Berry must do before even begins to write. History fans will love his books as he intertwines actual historical events and characters with his fictional plot... and he does so in a very convincing manner. In this one he attacks the dreaded income tax that was enacted due to the 16th Amendment. He brings in the North Koreans and the Chinese just to make life more difficult for Cotton Malone and Stephanie. The 3.5 stars came about
First half was a bit slow, your average action/spy novel. Second half got quite a bit better with the history stuff, similar to national treasures or da Vinci code. First half took a couple days but second half I couldn't put down and stayed up until 330 am to finish.
Berry returns with another explosive novel in the Cotton Malone series. Full of interest and intrigue, it will keep the reader pondering key questions well after closing the book's cover. During their only face-to-face meeting on December 31, 1936, Andrew Mellon and FDR discussed their growing animosity towards one another. As the conversation disintegrated, Mellon shared that he possessed a few shocking secrets that might stun Roosevelt and cause havoc to the Republic. Mellon left the President
2.5* Steve Berry is back stirring yet another political plot with The Patriot Threat. The story revolves around the legitimacy of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, and stolen top secret files from the Treasury Department supporting the theory that not all is as it seems. Various interesting morsels are revealed and deemed to be true concerning Andrew Mellon who served more than ten years as Secretary of Treasury and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, there was repetitive detail
Well-Researched, Decent Plot Concept Saddled By Mediocre Execution!Let me start by saying that I have not, to-date, been a big fan of Steve Berry, as I've found him to be one of those "hit or miss" authors; with more of his books being misses than hits for me. However, because I mostly enjoyed Berry's last book, The Lincoln Myth, I decided to give The Patriot Threat a read. Overall, I found it, in typical Berry fashion, to be well-researched with an interesting plot concept -- but, also typical,
First half was a bit slow, your average action/spy novel. Second half got quite a bit better with the history stuff, similar to national treasures or da Vinci code. First half took a couple days but second half I couldn't put down and stayed up until 330 am to finish.
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