The Patriot Threat: Cotton Malone

This is a great story and Scott Brick, as always does an excellent job performing the story. But I found the that giving all the author notes at the end of each chapter a total distraction and finally after about 5 chapters I had to switch over to the other format. I do like authors that recap the highlights of writing and any interesting tidbits about the story at the end, such as Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child do at the end of their books. I do want to emphasize that this a another great book by Steve Berry and Scott Brick is one of a handful of story tellers that I really love. In fact I have listened to authors that I was not familiar with simply because he was the narrator.

I was fascinated by the story and drawn in by the characters. I liked the commentary, it was good to hear the author's thoughts. I hope Malone and Cassieopia (I'm sure the spelling is wrong) will find their way back together.

Steve Berry is a great historical novelist, and can spin a great yarn. My review is against the backdrop of his excellence - and I think that this offering, while strong, was not his best. The central conflict of the story in terms of an existential threat to the US is unconvincing - it is not really a spoiler to indicate that this conflict is whether the income tax amendment was properly ratified, and if it was not, the premise that the US and Chinese economies would collapse. Perhaps because I saw that as something other than the existential threat it was considered to be, the story lost some verve. Our government is not exactly one that adheres to its own laws, and there are a dozen workarounds to having an improperly ratified amendment. But otherwise, and if you can make that leap of faith, the novel was very well done. I wish the North Korea Hana character was more fully developed, but as it was, she was just a great part of the story. Lots of good interpersonal twists. And once you read it, you'll smile at the mention of Chik-Fil-A man.

The story is great as always with Steve Berry but with Mr Berry adding his narrative at the end of chapters made this story even better!

Scott Brick is my FAVORITE narrator. I have found new authors because he has narrated their book

I sure would. The Berry/Bick team have hit it again! Not the best either have done by any stretch, but a classic ,well researched and unique offering which captures the best of both performers

Some of the Croatia scenes are memorable.

Hah good question. Malone is an all time fave but in this one its Stephanie Nell, as always, that works best for me.

I almost did!

All good, classic Berry/Brick, but could they stop using the word " DEVOID". as frequently as they do? My only irritatiion, but a real one.<br/><br/><br/>Steve?

Once again Mr. Berry takes us on an adventure infusing fact and fiction in a perfect balance. The addition of the authors notes was a great addition for the incites to the story. After listening to Scott Brick narrating the Cotton Malone series I can't imagine anyone else doing it.

Patriot Threat, like Steve Berry's other 9 novels in Cotton Malone series, deals with questions of history. This book takes on the issue of whether the Sixteenth Amendment to the US Constitution which was ratified in 1913 was properly ratified. If it were not properly ratified the income tax would not be legal. Like all of his Cotton Malone novels Patriot Threat is thoroughly researched.

Scott Brick does his usual outstanding job of narration.

struggled with the narrator because he used the same choice between dialog... very hard to tell who is saying what.This really puts you behind in understanding the story. to make it worse, I couldn't help but roll my eyes because of the story conspiracy to cover up. but it was very educational that many facts were used. I wish the author would have given more insight to his story... it was a good idea, just under utilized.

The constitutional details, although somewhat interesting to American readers I'm sure, are perhaps slightly tedious for non Americans. Other than that trifle, this is a good adventure story which incorporates many current (2015) issues. A fine summer read !

Gotta love a good conspiracy theory, especially when the historical context is as well researched as it is in this book. The author commentary definitely added an interesting dimension. The only way to improve the author commentary would be if it were read by a woman with a smolderingly sultry voice. Sorry, Steve, truth is truth ;)