Post about foreign influence

content/2019-02-17-foreign-influence.md

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-[*Foreign Influence*][book-amaz]
+[*Foreign Influence*][book-amaz] is the next entry in the Scot Harvath series from Brad Thor. An
+indulgent page turner from the get go, this one falls in the middle of the pack among the books in
+this series.
+
+I started to get the impression that the author realizes he blew too much of Scot's time in the
+first few books and is making up for it now. The first couple books spanned some time and major life
+changes. At this point, to be able to make the series go on for a while, he is having to compress
+both the time within the book and the time between books. This is not altogether bad, but this one
+really ended pretty abruptly with some major happenings all crammed into the end.
+
+I wouldn't pick up the series with this book, but if you have been following along then this one
+will not disappoint. The one aspect that is starting to grate on me is the incessant need to talk
+about how "America's enemies don't play by the rules, so why should we?" I get the sentiment of the
+character and who he is supposed to be, but even then it is starting to be a bit of a stretch.
 
 [book-amaz]:      https://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Influence-Thriller-Scot-Harvath-ebook/dp/B003BHM87C