Brad Thor for the last two decades has launched a new installment in his Scot Harvath series each summer. So I was surprised when I went onto Amazon in the fall to pre-order his summer book to see that he had a winter release, too. Co-authored with another writer from the modern warfare thriller genre, Cold Zero tracks fierce competition above the Arctic Circle.

I wasn’t sure in the beginning, and at times the plot moved painfully slow. The dialogue was rougher than I was used to coming from Thor, feeling in many ways flat and predictable. Much of the plot was walking around, and it came off as monotonous without serving a greater purpose.

Now at the end, with the typical quick resolution in the final few pages, I think the overall story worked. I wished there was more meat on the bones, but this could work as a collaborative story telling with a little more refinement.

ISBN: 978-166866379