BUYING GUIDE. At the start of bestseller Thor's less than convincing sixth Scot Harvath thriller (after The Last Patriot), Robert Alden, the new and naïve U.S. president, has just taken office with a landslide victory, due mainly to the assistance of strategist Stephanie Gallo, who "delivered the mainstream media for him on a silver platter." When Gallo's daughter, a doctor working in Afghanistan, is kidnapped, Gallo turns to Alden for help, and he, in turn, calls on Harvath, a former Navy SEAL and intelligence operative. Since the kidnappers are demanding the release of one of Osama bin Laden's lieutenants, Alden can't be seen to be negotiating with them. Thus Harvath must carry out his tricky assignment without official sanction. Meanwhile, Secret Service agent Elise Campbell, troubled by a conversation fragment she overheard indicating that Gallo has serious dirt on the president, launches an off-the-books inquiry into the pre-election death in a car accident of an attractive aide to Alden. The overseas rescue operation is more plausible than the stateside plot, but that's not saying much.
Beginning with a rough rhyming style that GaGa is well known for in the beginning of her songs, Bad Romance quickly turns into the kind of electronic, back-alley beat that's becoming more and more common in her vocal styling. The song, like many of her songs, relates back to relationships or other kinds of love. But unlike mainstream music, GaGa's has the edgier, more unique feel. Whenever you hear a song on the radio, you can immediately tell if it's her or not because of the sound of her voice. It's the individuality of her voice that really helps set Bad Romance off from her older stuff. It's not as electronic as it used to be, which, hopefully, means the music industry is taking her seriously and is planning on toning down the editing on her voice.
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