Cold Zero
A Thriller
Atria/Emily Bestler Books · Print & ebook · February 10, 2026
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor and USA TODAY bestselling author Ward Larsen, comes a heart-pounding thriller of survival, espionage, and global brinkmanship, where the frozen Arctic becomes the deadliest battlefield on Earth.
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- Who it’s for
- A stranded flight, a race among superpowers, and an Arctic survival crisis make for high-stakes momentum.
- Themes
- Arctic survival, Espionage, Superpower rivalry
- Pacing
- Fast
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor and USA TODAY bestselling author Ward Larsen, comes a heart-pounding thriller of survival, espionage, and global brinkmanship, where the frozen Arctic becomes the deadliest battlefield on Earth. A vanished plane. An earth-shattering secret. A countdown to World War III. Hemisphere Airlines Flight 777—the most advanced jetliner ever built—disappears without a trace over the North Pole.
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Crippled by sabotage, it crash-lands on the ice, stranding the surviving passengers in a wasteland of frigid cold and chaos. The real storm, however, is still coming. Hidden inside the wreckage is the prototype for a revolutionary piece of technology that could upend the balance of world power. Now Washington, Moscow, and Beijing are racing to be the first on scene to retrieve it—at any cost. Trapped in the middle of the world’s most dangerous flash point are CIA operative Kasey Sheridan and former fighter pilot turned first officer, Brett Sharpe. Hunted by enemy forces, they must spirit both the device and its creator across the ice to safety—before rival superpowers turn the Arctic into a war zone. With the clock ticking and the temperature dropping, the fate of the free world is about to be decided at the top of the globe.
Cold-Weather Brinkmanship
A stranded flight, a race among superpowers, and an Arctic survival crisis make for high-stakes momentum.
Come here for
- Espionage and global brinkmanship at the top of the world
- A collision of survival pressure and military-political suspense
Expect
- A ticking-clock struggle across a hostile Arctic landscape
- Rival powers pursuing technology that could shift the balance
Where it sits
| Spy Fiction | 80% |
|---|---|
| Political Thrillers | 62% |
| Suspense | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Spy Fiction
- Suspense
- Political Thrillers
- Authors
- Brad Thor
- Publisher
- Atria/Emily Bestler Books
- Published
- February 10, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Arctic survival · Espionage · Superpower rivalry
- Reading lane
- Spy Fiction