Scot Harvath · Book 3

State of the Union

Published
27 January 2004
Pages
532
ISBN-13
9780743436779
Type
novel
Cover of State of the Union

About this book

State of the Union, the third Scot Harvath novel, arrived in 2004 as Brad Thor's annual release schedule was taking shape -- a pattern of roughly one Harvath thriller a year that has now run for more than two decades.

Key facts about State of the Union

State of the Union is a novel by Brad Thor. Readers have had it since 27 January 2004. It runs to 532 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of State of the Union. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780743436779 to find the main one.

State of the Union is book 3 of 26 in the Scot Harvath series. The series has 26 published books. However, the series starts with The Lions of Lucerne (2002). Choke Point is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 June 2026.

That series sits on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Choke Point is the latest published Brad Thor book on file, from 16 June 2026.

About Brad Thor

Brad Thor (born Bradley George Thor Jr., 1969) is an American thriller writer best known for the long-running Scot Harvath series, which follows a former Navy SEAL and Secret Service agent turned elite counterterrorism operative through more than twenty books since his 2002 debut, The Lions of Lucerne, winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel. See every Brad Thor book in order.

Its place in Scot Harvath

State of the Union is book 3 in the Scot Harvath series. It follows Path of the Assassin. It is followed by Blowback. See the full Scot Harvath reading order.

Scot Harvath is a former Navy SEAL turned covert counterterrorism operative, first for the Secret Service and then for a series of increasingly off-the-books agencies as Brad Thor's politics catch up with the real world. Each novel drops Harvath into a plot ripped from the defense-and-intelligence headlines — Islamist terror cells, rogue nuclear material, Chinese and Russian espionage, cartel violence, biological weapons — and follows him from Washington situation rooms to gunfights on four continents as he works…

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