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Synopsis:
In the tradition of bestselling authors such as Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler, a new
voice in thriller writing has emerged to rival any of the masters. When the president is
kidnapped during his ski holiday in Colorado, disavowed Secret Service Agent Scott
Harvath is his only hope of rescue. As the FBI and CIA chase a string of
dangerously false clues across the Middle East, Agent HarvathтАЩs investigation leads
him to Switzerland. Throughout the picturesque towns of Bern, Interlaken and
Lucerne, Harvath plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with the real kidnappers, as
well as rogue factions within his own government that want him terminated before he
can save the president. With only the ambitious Claudia Muehler of the Swiss
Federal AttorneyтАЩs Office to assist him, the pair are forced to go it alone as they
realise the kidnapping plot reaches some of the highest levels of the Swiss
Intelligence community. In a race against time, they must scale the treacherous
heights of Mt. Pilatus, uncover a hidden military fortress secreted beneath its peak,
and defeat the formidable force that stands between them and the safe return of the
president тАФ the deadly men known as the Lions of Lucerne.




THE LIONS OF LUCERNE
By
BRAD THOR
The first book in the Scot Harvath series
Copyright ┬й 2001 by Brad Thor


This book is for my beautiful wife, Trish тАФ
my life, my love, and my best friend.


For reasons of national security, certain names, places, and tactical procedures have
been changed within this novel.


Fortes Fortuna Adjuvat.
 Fortune favors the brave.




Prologue
тАЬSenators,тАЭ said Fawcett as he strode across the polished floor in his
monogrammed Stubbs and Wooton opera slippers, тАЬIтАЩm so very pleased you could
make it.тАЭ
The study was lined from floor to ceiling with beautiful leather-bound books, most
of them first editions. Velvet draperies were drawn tight against the windows,
obscuring from view the frigid waters of southern WisconsinтАЩs famed Lake Geneva.
The industrialistтАЩs eagerly awaited guests sat in two leather club chairs by the
fireplace.