The Last Second

Catherine Coulter · J.T. Ellison

Mar 2019 · A Brit in the FBI Book 6 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The New York Times bestselling Brit in the FBI series continues with this thrilling “popcorn movie in print form” (Associated Press) pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against a private French space agency that has the power to end the world as we know it.

Galactus, France’s answer to SpaceX, has just launched a communications satellite into orbit, but the payload actually harbors a frightening weapon: a nuclear bomb that can trigger a massive electromagnetic pulse (EMP).

When the satellite is in position, Galactus’s second-in-command, Dr. Nevaeh Patel, will have the power to lay waste to the world. A former astronaut, Patel believes she is following the directions of the Numen, aliens who saved her life when she space-walked outside the International Space Station. She is convinced that with the Holy Grail—just discovered by the owner of Galactus, eccentric treasure hunter Jean-Pierre Broussard—she can be reunited with the Numen, change the world’s destiny, and become immortal with them.

The countdown has begun when Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine are thrown into the pending disaster. They must stop the EMP that would wreak havoc on communication and electronic systems on Earth, resulting in chaos and anarchy.

With their high-octane and suspenseful prose, “Coulter and Ellison are a thriller writer’s dream team, and The Last Second is some of their best work yet” (The Real Book Spy).

Ratings and reviews

4.5 Stars Review by Heather Late Night Reviewer Up All Night w/ Books Blog The Last Second by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison is a science-fiction thriller. Nicholas Drummond and Michaela (Mike) Caine are back (introduced in The Sixth Day) and trying to save the world from a nuclear EMP. Dr. Neveah Patel is a brilliant woman and the biggest mistake NASA ever made was to ground her. She actually accomplished the goal of space travel, to communicate with an interstellar species, the Numen, and NASA doesn’t want to hear about it or for anyone else to either. Dr. Patel is then forced to show NASA and the world how wrong they have been and to make the Earth silent. Silent, so we can all hear the Numen for ourselves. Nike and Mike are in a breathless race against time to stop the deployment of the EMP and capture Dr. Patel before she wreaks such havoc on Earth that we might never recover from. The regular characters (Michaela and Nick and Grant and Kitsune Thornton) are likable and we are definitely rooting for them to succeed, but Dr. Neveah Patel is probably my favorite character. Is she mentally ill? And, if so, was she before she went to space or did something happen on her space walk? If she’s not mentally ill, is she evil? Part of me, really wanted her to be right, but as the book progresses she becomes harder and harder to identify with. As with some science-fiction, a certain suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy this book. The idea that someone could launch such a catastrophic device (nuclear EMP) into space even via a private space company is ridiculous, but once you get past that the story is fast-paced and engaging. I highly recommend The Last Second, it will definitely keep the pages turning until the end.

Warning! Don't start this one at night if you expect to go to sleep. This is a fast paced read you will not be able to put down until you finish it, at least that was the case for me. I picked it up late Saturday afternoon and finished it early Sunday morning before I was able to finally go to bed. Sleep, no way! This is a thought provoking and spine tingling thriller and crazy, crazy fast paced. It takes place over only 4 days (I think) and WOW, a lot happens through these pages. Dr. Nevaeh Patel, a former astronaut is convinced she was saved by aliens while on a space walk and now she must release an EMP that was launched on a satellite and that along with the Holy Grail that was recently discovered can save her and give her immortality (seriously). This brings in FBI Special Agents Dummond and Caine and it is their job to stop this and they are at their best in this one. Hang on to your bits as you are reading this one! This one thrill ride after another and a fast one too! **Received this ARC for review from the publisher via NetGalley**

fast paced. storms. bad guys. bad woman. all the letters get involved, even the pres and vp. hacking at its finest. the good guys win! yay!

About the author

Catherine Coulter is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eighty-four novels, including the FBI Thriller series and The Brit in the FBI international thriller series, cowritten with J.T. Ellison. Coulter lives in Sausalito, California, with her Übermensch husband and their two noble cats, Peyton and Eli. You can reach her at [e-mail] or visit Facebook.com/CatherineCoulterBooks.

New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison writes dark psychological thrillers and pens the Brit in the FBI series with #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. With millions of books in print, her work has won critical acclaim, prestigious awards, and has been published in twenty-seven countries. She is also the Emmy Award–winning cohost of the premier literary television show A Word on Words. Ellison lives in Nashville with her husband and twin kittens. Visit JTEllison.com for more information, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @ThrillerChick or Facebook.com/JTEllison14.