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Hard Target: A Novel [Hardcover]

Howard Gordon (Author)
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January 3, 2012
From the executive producer of 24 and co-creator of Homeland, the exciting follow-up to Gideon’s War involves a harrowing attempt to stop a homegrown terrorist plot to destroy the U.S. government.

Gideon Davis has settled into the quiet life of an academic and is weeks away from being married when he discovers evidence of an impending terrorist attack on U.S. soil. He brings his suspicions to his ex-girlfriend, FBI Agent Nancy Clement, but her bosses are leery of Gideon’s source: a meth-head informant affiliated with a white supremacist group. Both Gideon and Nancy become increasingly convinced that a serious plot exists, but their informant is murdered before they can get more details from him. So Gideon enlists his brother, Tillman—newly sprung from prison through a presidential pardon— as an undercover operative to infiltrate a group of white supremacists who may be involved.

Eventually, Gideon and Tillman get on the trail of the real conspirators and uncover their audacious plan to eliminate the entire top tier of the U.S. government during a high-value, mass-casualty attack. With only Nancy’s support, Gideon and Tillman go rogue to stop the powerful titan behind the conspiracy before the entire government is toppled.

With nonstop action and ticking time-bomb suspense, Hard Target will keep readers turning pages and their hearts pumping fast.


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About the Author

Howard Gordon has been a writer and producer working in Hollywood for more than twenty years. He is the executive producer of the hit television show 24. Prior to his involvement with 24, Gordon was a writer and executive producer for The X-Files. This is his first novel. He lives with his family in Pacific Palisades, California.

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone (January 3, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439175829
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439175828
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gideon's War was not a fluke!, January 6, 2012
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A man with a grudge against the United States government, because his son came back from the war with amputated limbs, concocts a plan to avenge his son. He is going to take out the highest levels of government at the President's State of the Union address. A meth addict with some information about the plan confronts Gideon Davis to try to "sell" him the information. When the addict disappears, Gideon begins to believe it is all for real.

Hard Target is not as outlandish as some moments of Gideon's War but is every bit the roller coaster ride.

Hard Target is a huge success! This is a page turner, even more so than Gideon's War. Hard Target is very exciting and suspenseful.

Howard Gordon has become a "must read" author for me. I can't wait for his next book! Thanks for an exciting ride!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Hard Target, January 7, 2012
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Gideon Davis learns of a possible attack on the US government by a militia group and with the assistance of his brother and fiancé, they try to convince the powers that be. Thwarted by the FBI and others, the two brothers go on their own to stop the impending attack.

This action packed suspense is slowed down by lengthy narratives and the climax is somewhat predictable. It is what it is; reads like a television movie plot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars High-Powered Thriller, January 27, 2012
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In Pocatello, Idaho, a white supremacist group headed by Dale Wilmot is performing deadly experiments in their quest to wipe out high level U.S. government officials in a terrorist attack. Wilmot is angry because his only son, a handsome, popular athlete in high school, came back from Iraq and Afghanistan with major injuries including the loss of several limbs and a severely burned face.

Former State Department official Gideon Davis received news about the impending attack through an informant. He asked a friend of his to help him get the info to the FBI. When the informant disappeared, and the Bureau refused to take Gideon seriously, he enlisted the help of his brother Tillman, asking him to go underground to infiltrate the terrorist organization.

With time running out and the most important people in the upper echelon of politics gathering for a special event in Washington, D.C., Gideon and Tillman go underground in a death defying attempt to stop the slaughter.

Hard Target is the second Gideon Davis novel by Howard Gordon, following Gideon's War. Executive producer of the highly popular television show 24 and writer and executive producer of the X-Files and Homeland, Gordon is well equipped to write action-packed thrillers.

Although Gordon is well-known for his thrillers, he is also adept at building his characters and their relationships with one another; in this case especially the growing bond between the two brothers, Gideon and Tillman.
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