Summary of Brad Thor's Cold Zero

Summary of Cold Zero

When a passenger jet crashes in the Arctic, the disaster proves far worse than just an accident. The wreckage of Hemisphere Airlines Flight 777 hides a breakthrough AI military device that could shift the global balance of power. As the US, China, and Russia rush toward the crash site, the frozen Arctic becomes the stage for a dangerous geopolitical race.

Cold Zero (2026), by bestselling novelist Brad Thor and co-writer Ward Larsen, follows CIA operative Kasey Sheridan and the jet's co-pilot Brett Sharpe as they struggle to protect both the AI device and its creator while surviving brutal conditions and hostile forces. Stranded on drifting ice with time running out, they must act carefully—one wrong move could ignite an international crisis.