Rising Tiger by Brad Thor is book #21 in the Scot Harvath Series.
There's a new weapon used after an attempt to slaughter a particular group known as the Snow Warriors. Due to an age-old tradition, the battle is fought with brutal hand to hand combat. The weapon is unleashed by the losing effort to make sure their remaining people can escape.
Scot Harvath is fresh off a rescue mission in Afghanistan that tried every which-way to go south and waited until the last possible moment to be successful.
American Eli Ritter comes out of retirement after being summoned by the POTUS for one final shadow diplomacy mission to Jaipur, India.
The Indian Air Force helicopter carrying 14 passengers including the chief of Defense Staff of the Indian Armed Forces lost all contact with the Sulur Air Base while en route to Wellington in Tamil Nadu.
Nicholas (aka The Troll to his enemies) is relaxing at his secluded home after his very pregnant wife Nina is visiting friends one more time before giving birth and after getting Harvath back safely from his harrowing mission.
Scot is summoned immediately by his boss at the Carlton Group to go to Jaipur, India.
How all of these tie together are made clear in pieces as a U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National/Investigator and ex-Indian Police Service officer Vijay Chabra swaggers into Harvath's life to assist him in what becomes an occasionally fun but mostly dangerous adventure. They unintentionally meet up with a beautiful woman (Asha Patel) on a black ops mission which coincides directly with theirs. Eventually, through the interrogations, they learn of one of the targets which gives the title to this novel its significance.
There are many things happening throughout the chapters in this story which move back and forth establishing the villains, their perversions, their hatreds, and their unscrupulous acts for power, money, thrills, and just plain evil. Keeping the characters straight can be a challenge, but not to worry because the good guys (and gal) have only one intention: to make the bad guys pay one way or another.
Harvath is a focused, calmer version of himself. His emotional state is stabilized, quieted, more or less it seems because of his engagement. He has a more peaceful demeanor in this story while being no less formidable.
Rising Tiger will keep you entertained while informing you of important and troublesome liaisons in the world today.
Father, as I've said so many times, only you know hearts and minds, only you save souls, only you. Please continue to bless Brad as he creates poignant thrillers about today's world. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.