Cotton's latest adventure takes him to Russia and Canada and then back to the US. This time all his helpers are involved and it takes several of them to piece the entire story together and get the job done. It took me a little while to get into the book but it flows like the rest and is fairly predictible.

Great history and pacing. This one had a lot of plot holes that jumped out to me. And I’m typically one to suspend disbelief when reading or watching for entertainment.

Even though I'm already a fan of Steve Berry's books, I was very intrigued with the hypothesized prologue of the conversion between President Reagan and Pope John Paul II that occurred in 1982. I found it fascinating that the U.S. had considered invading Canada on several occasions in our history and Mr. Berry has a way of finding issues of historic significance to present day threats to our way of life. I also enjoyed reading critiques of how our 20th Amendment to our Constitution was written and that it is open to interpretation in the effect that a President and Vice President Elect are both unable to be inaugurated. If you're a fan of U.S. Historical fiction, you won't waste your time reading it.

A lot going on.

Steve berry never disappoints. Nuclear terrorism, presidential succession, action, all in one - who could ask for more?

This installment in the series didn't grab me quite as much as the others. In some ways, the title was misleading. The 14th Colony is Canada, and, according to the story, at a few times in US history, there was a plan to annex Canada. OK, but that's not what the story was about. The story were these Russian suitcase nukes that were hidden in the US during the Cold War--then more or less forgotten about, but now some rogue Russians want to detonate them at the presidential inauguration and throw everything into chaos. That's kind of cool too, but there was never any connection between the two--other than one of the Russian agents had been living in Canada.

A lot of the book was also not focused on Cotton--Stephanie and Luke were the primary players, and that also took away a bit. Cassiopeia was back, and she and Cotton resolved their differences, so that is good. Danny Daniels' term as president is over, so there is hope for him and Stephanie. It seemed kind of like the last book of the series--let's tie up all the lose ends and all that.

In exchange for getting an ARC of this book in preparation for an author interview I agreed to not post a review until the book's release date. But I think a simple "WOW!" wouldn't be considered an actual review.

It's an okay book; not a page turner, but okay.

I've never been a history buff, but I do enjoy learning about U.S./world history through Berry's books, even though history is embellished upon. (That's why he explains at the end of each Cotton Malone book what is real history & what is fictional history.) I must say, however, that I've learned more about U.S. history through these books than I ever did in high school!

I think one reason I found it just okay is because I prefer to listen to the Cotton Malone stories. Whoever it is that Steve Berry uses to record his Cotton Malone books, he's very good, and is able to infuse excitement into the narrative.

Book 18 of 40 in 2016

I've never read anything by Steve Berry before and this was recommended to me from my Dad.

I really enjoyed it the combination of American history and a thriller and recommend it to all my history geek friends. I'm defiantly going back to read some more of his books.