A review by cjbookjunkie
Backlash by Brad Thor

5.0

While Backlash is the 19th in the Scot Harvath series, it can be read as a stand alone book. If you have read the previous books, I recommended re-reading the last chapter of Spymaster, Book 18, to refresh your memory on the cliffhanger ending before reading Backlash. I don't want to write too much about this book because I want readers to be as captivated by the story as I am. This installment places an emotionally devastated Harvath in one of the harshest climate on Earth, without any support or communication with his team. He tests every survival skill he has acquired throughout his career. Readers will find themselves celebrating every minor success he has as he fights to survive. Will he survive, and how will the events in this book change the nation's top operative? Brad Thor overachieved in writing Backlash. For Harvath lovers, it will probably move to one of your top 2-3 favorites in the series.