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The Patriot Threat: (Cotton Malone, Book 10) by Steve Berry | Summary & Analysis
This is a Summary & Analysis of The Patriot Threat. Steve Berry’s The Patriot Threat continues the Cotton Malone series into its tenth volume and offers a fast-paced international thriller as it delves into long-standing political corruption and the effects debts owed amid tense chases and ongoing action. Readers of the series and of the genre will find much to enjoy in its pages, making obvious why Berry continues to be a best-selling author.
Steve Berry’s novel depicts the continued work of Harold Earl “Cotton” Malone as he follows a fugitive through Italy into Croatia. Along the way, that fugitive, Anan Wayne Howell, becomes embroiled in international intrigue tying back to his long-standing protest against the United States’ system of taxation, and his pursuit expands to include agents from several departments of the United States government as investigation of the story he tells reveals a century-long hoax perpetrated on the American people. Replete with high action and political drama, the novel is an entertaining, engaging read.
This companion to The Patriot Threat also includes the following:
• Book Review
• Story Setting Analysis
• Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel
• Details of Characters & Key Character Analysis
• Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed
• Thought Provoking /or Discussion Questions for both Readers & Book Clubs
• Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols…
• And Much More!
This Analysis of The Patriot Threat fills the gap, making you understand more while enhancing your reading experience.
This is a Summary & Analysis of The Patriot Threat. Steve Berry’s The Patriot Threat continues the Cotton Malone series into its tenth volume and offers a fast-paced international thriller as it delves into long-standing political corruption and the effects debts owed amid tense chases and ongoing action. Readers of the series and of the genre will find much to enjoy in its pages, making obvious why Berry continues to be a best-selling author.
Steve Berry’s novel depicts the continued work of Harold Earl “Cotton” Malone as he follows a fugitive through Italy into Croatia. Along the way, that fugitive, Anan Wayne Howell, becomes embroiled in international intrigue tying back to his long-standing protest against the United States’ system of taxation, and his pursuit expands to include agents from several departments of the United States government as investigation of the story he tells reveals a century-long hoax perpetrated on the American people. Replete with high action and political drama, the novel is an entertaining, engaging read.
This companion to The Patriot Threat also includes the following:
• Book Review
• Story Setting Analysis
• Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel
• Details of Characters & Key Character Analysis
• Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed
• Thought Provoking /or Discussion Questions for both Readers & Book Clubs
• Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols…
• And Much More!
This Analysis of The Patriot Threat fills the gap, making you understand more while enhancing your reading experience.
69 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 9, 2015
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August 21, 2018
I enjoyed The Patriot Threat. It is a very well structured educational novel, teaching the readers about a piece of American history regarding the 16th amendment along with an insight into current problems involving North Korea and China.
Whether true or pure fiction, the descriptions of North Korea prison life is so stark and dreary that this book should be read to understand any and all skepticism about life inside this isolated and impoverished nation. Hana Sung is the daughter of the lead character in the storyline who is a half brother to the present leader of the nation. She accompanied her father who is seeking vengeance against his brother by destroying America to regain his rule over North Korea. As it turns out, Hana spent her birth and youth in the prison yards of North Korea where she suffered deprivations, humiliations, and hunger that are inflicted on all who are imprisoned there. She is rescued by her father, Kim, when he learns that she is his so that she is thereafter dependent upon him for her survival. Her story is probably the most fascinating.
A secret about the ratification of the 16th amendment move the plot along. A man who has studied the amendment refuses to pay income taxes. He has learned that the ratification process has been flawed so he won’t pay his taxes. The govt wants to find him for his possession of information that both the US Treasury Department and Kim want to possess. If Kim can obtain it, he can use it to embarrass and blackmail the USA to become rightful ruler of North Korea. If the Treasury Department can find it, they can prove the truth about a long standing feud between Andrew Mellon and FDR.
In all of this, Cotton Malone is called to defuse the situation by finding the income tax evader, and the information that he has about the ratification of the amendment. Throughout all this, we learn much about George Mason, a Virginian responsible for the Bill of Rights and famous for his refusal to sign the Constitution. We even learn about an unpaid debt to the heirs of the financier of the American Revolution. A long known look at the twenty dollar bill is folded to reveal the resemblance to the events of 9/11.
I found this book very enthralling since it was published in 2015. Two years later, a half brother of Kim Jung Il was killed. The book explains the purpose of such killings. I have wondered about the timing of these events.
The use of cameras, microphones, eavesdropping devices is used to understand why the ongoing Russian intrusion into our elections is an overblown joke on the American public and probably world at large. Hatred is exploited in this book to such an extent that it helps to understand the divide between the very rich and the impoverished workers. The plot of the book is based upon the real enmity between Mellon and FDR. Interesting perspective on what saved America in the 30’s and 40’s.
This novel is a good one to use for thoughtful discussion. I liked its juicy tidbits of gossip that give us a different insight into FDR and politics of the time.
Not giving anything away as a spoiler. Rewarding book to read!
Whether true or pure fiction, the descriptions of North Korea prison life is so stark and dreary that this book should be read to understand any and all skepticism about life inside this isolated and impoverished nation. Hana Sung is the daughter of the lead character in the storyline who is a half brother to the present leader of the nation. She accompanied her father who is seeking vengeance against his brother by destroying America to regain his rule over North Korea. As it turns out, Hana spent her birth and youth in the prison yards of North Korea where she suffered deprivations, humiliations, and hunger that are inflicted on all who are imprisoned there. She is rescued by her father, Kim, when he learns that she is his so that she is thereafter dependent upon him for her survival. Her story is probably the most fascinating.
A secret about the ratification of the 16th amendment move the plot along. A man who has studied the amendment refuses to pay income taxes. He has learned that the ratification process has been flawed so he won’t pay his taxes. The govt wants to find him for his possession of information that both the US Treasury Department and Kim want to possess. If Kim can obtain it, he can use it to embarrass and blackmail the USA to become rightful ruler of North Korea. If the Treasury Department can find it, they can prove the truth about a long standing feud between Andrew Mellon and FDR.
In all of this, Cotton Malone is called to defuse the situation by finding the income tax evader, and the information that he has about the ratification of the amendment. Throughout all this, we learn much about George Mason, a Virginian responsible for the Bill of Rights and famous for his refusal to sign the Constitution. We even learn about an unpaid debt to the heirs of the financier of the American Revolution. A long known look at the twenty dollar bill is folded to reveal the resemblance to the events of 9/11.
I found this book very enthralling since it was published in 2015. Two years later, a half brother of Kim Jung Il was killed. The book explains the purpose of such killings. I have wondered about the timing of these events.
The use of cameras, microphones, eavesdropping devices is used to understand why the ongoing Russian intrusion into our elections is an overblown joke on the American public and probably world at large. Hatred is exploited in this book to such an extent that it helps to understand the divide between the very rich and the impoverished workers. The plot of the book is based upon the real enmity between Mellon and FDR. Interesting perspective on what saved America in the 30’s and 40’s.
This novel is a good one to use for thoughtful discussion. I liked its juicy tidbits of gossip that give us a different insight into FDR and politics of the time.
Not giving anything away as a spoiler. Rewarding book to read!
June 4, 2015
I used to love this series but the last three books have been only blah. Maybe it's the subject matter. I really didn't care about Henry VIII or Lincoln and the freeing of the slaves because those topics have been over done. With this one it was the same. I really don't care if income tax is illegal in the US nor do I care if people are working with Kim Jong Un's half brother to overthrow him (as wonderful as that would be).
I didn't finish it. I hope Steve Berry goes back to the original formula for his books, otherwise he'll be off my list.
I didn't finish it. I hope Steve Berry goes back to the original formula for his books, otherwise he'll be off my list.
November 19, 2015
The essence of this book is the historical accuracy, proving truth stranger than fiction for what would otherwise be another "too far out" conspiracy theory. The action and characterization seems a very thin cover for conveying the history within.
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August 2, 2015berry writes very interesting stories
March 12, 2016
Thrilling read. Nice premise for the book.
June 4, 2016
Interesting IRS mystery...
June 3, 2016
Not What I Thought.
Character name misspellings, grammar errors and an overly concise summary, plus hardly an in-depth analysis made this a bad purchase.
Character name misspellings, grammar errors and an overly concise summary, plus hardly an in-depth analysis made this a bad purchase.
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