The Lions of Lucerne (Scot Harvath, #1)

The Lions of Lucerne is a 2002 spy novel by Brad Thor. Thor's first novel with the character of Scot Harvath, an ex-Navy SEAL and current U.S. Secret Service agent, The Lions of Lucerne relates how Harvath survives an attack which leaves 30 of his fellow agents dead and the president of the United States kidnapped. Harvath then begins a search for those responsible and attempts to rescue the president.