The Lions of Lucerne is a 2002 spy novel by Brad Thor.

Thor’s first novel with the character of Scot Harvath, an ex-Navy SEAL and current U.S. Secret Service agent, The Lions of Lucerne relates how Harvath survives an attack which leaves 30 of his fellow agents dead and the president of the United States kidnapped. Harvath then begins a search for those responsible and attempts to rescue the president.

Spy novel?

I’d call this a thriller. And I don’t like thrillers.

Thrillers are where one hero saves the world. No attempt at anything remotely realistic. Think Tom Clancy

Publishers Weekly wrote “it’s hard to get past the novel’s many graceless shortcomings, clichéd language […], cartoonish scenes and a protagonist whose superhero character desperately needs fleshing out.”

I did enjoy some scenes set in Europe. But that’s about it.

Today Thor is some kind of political junkie. He announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2020 election.

I will read no more Thor.