The Patriot Attack by Robert Ludlum

Why read the book?

In Robert Ludlum’s The Patriot Attack, co-authored with Kyle Mills, tension between Japan and China reaches breaking point after the Fukushima crisis. Covert-One's Jon Smith goes in search of a missing agent and finds a Japanese metallurgy programme that could change the balance of war in a single step.

Favourite quote

Pride is the slowest fuse, and the longest burning.

What I Loved

The Patriot Attack has Jon Smith working close to the bone, often alone. Kyle Mills keeps the pace high and the science clean. The tension between honour, history and modern weapons gives the book real weight. Japan and the East China Sea read as alive and uneasy.

Key Takeaway

National pride, left to grow in the dark, can pull whole regions into war.

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