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The best military thriller book reviews. Military thrillers are action-oriented stories featuring military tactics and hardware, and include a variety of subgrenes, including terrorism thrillers, assassination thrillers and battle fiction.

Arctic Red is the Year’s Best Military Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Voted the Year’s Best Military Thriller in the 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. The fourth book in James Bultema’s Sea of Red series opens beneath the crushing ice of the North Pole in 2007, where Captain Viktor Melnikov commands the Russian icebreaker NS Rossiya as two submersibles descend to plant a titanium flag on the seabed. The triumphant act, staged under the watch of GRU Colonel Nikolai Orlov, […]

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The Healer, a Mesmerizing Psychological Thriller by Terence Hamilton

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The Bottom Line: A mesmerizing story of psychological suspense and moral reckoning. Hamilton writes with the grit of a soldier and the soul of a novelist. The Healer thrusts readers into the final phase of the Bosnian War, setting the stage for the moral and political darkness that shadows the entire novel. The book’s opening scene unfolds in the Hotel Panorama, perched high above Sarajevo.

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Brad Thor

Authors Like Brad Thor: If You Love Thor’s Scot Harvath Series, You Might Enjoy These Books

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Brad Thor is the author of an incredible Scot Harvath books. And since the debut of his first novel in 2002, Brad Thor has become the gold standard for fans of military fiction, terrorism thrillers and political thrillers. But what happens when ravenous fans polish off Thor’s terrific back catalogue? I’m often asked by fans: who are the best writers like Brad Thor? This list

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Viper Island, a High-Octane, Cinematic Thriller by Cameron K. Moore

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The Bottom Line: A relentlessly immersive, high-octane and cinematic thriller that readers won’t be able to put down.  In Cameron K. Moore’s excellent novel Fearless, top neurosurgeon Molly Jones realized that her curse – an inability to feel fear – could also be a superpower. As Moore’s third Trident thriller, Viper Island opens, Molly is now a Trident operative embarking on her first field operation. Despite all she’s learned,

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Fugitive Agent, a Taut, Scorchingly Funny Action Thriller by Dan J Ford

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The Bottom Line: A taut action thriller with scorchingly funny scenes, Ford delivers his best Agent Series book yet.    Dan J Ford’s Rogue Agent introduced us to Tom Wiseman, a one-man wrecking crew in an exceptional series debut. Ford’s second Agent Series book, Fugitive Agent, opens with a flashback that lays the groundwork for the book’s primary struggle. In a bar, we see former FBI boss and

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Operation Nightfall: The Web of Spies, a Must-Read Cold War Spy Thriller

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The Bottom Line: A sensational must-read cold war spy thriller inspired by true events.  Set in 1948, Operation Nightfall: The Web of Spies opens in Northwest Poland. As the country shifts toward Communist rule, the Polish Home Army has been dissolved, and its members face persecution in what can only be described as a purge. But in the shadows, and with the assistance of American and

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The Last Rival, a High-Stakes Espionage Thriller by Kyle Palmer

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The Bottom Line: A propulsive, high-stakes historical espionage thriller filled with cunning Nazis, patriotic heroes and intellectual banter.  The Last Rival begins in August 1946 – over a year after Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II. In Washington D.C., ex-American intelligence director, spy and veteran “Wild Bill” Donovan and General George Marshall are mysteriously summoned to the White House to meet with President Truman. In a momentous discussion in the Oval Office,

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Rescue Run, an Essential World War II Thriller by John Winn Miller

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The Bottom Line: Based on real World War II heroes, and profoundly researched from cover-to-cover, Rescue Run is every bit as riveting and essential as anything in Clive Cussler’s body of work.  Set during World War II, Rescue Run opens as American Captain Jake Rogers’ cargo ship comes under attack from a Nazi submarine. Despite the assistance of a B-24 bomber in fending off the U-boat attack, Rogers’ battered

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The Spear and the Sentinel, a Relentlessly Entertaining Military Thriller by J.L. Hancock

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The Bottom Line: A relentlessly inventive, entertaining and unpretentious military thriller about a terrifying new weapon of mass destruction – AI. Perfect for fans of Jack Carr and L.T. Ryan.  The Spear and the Sentinel opens in Russian-controlled territory north of Japan, as an awestruck Russian soldier informs his commanding officer that he has seen “a God.” After witnessing a blinding light, he saw a person who

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The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor, an Electrifying Action Thriller by D.R. Berlin

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The Bottom Line: An electrifying blend of secrets, sabotage and survival that sets the stage for a promising series.  Sophie Allard’s life has been anything but easy. She was adopted from an orphanage at age 10, only to suffer her mother’s death at a local farmer’s market two years later. From then on, her adopted father, Professor Milo Anderson, distanced himself from her, seeming to bury

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