The voice of today’s postmodern thriller generation, Flynn has never been better” ( The Providence Journal) in this unforgettable novel of a young man primed to become an American assassin. It’s recommended that you read the books in publication order because you get the full effect of American Assassin having already known Mitch Rapp, and it’s a lot better book due to that. This is “a bold and brawny tale that never wavers or lets up.

The hunter is about to become the hunted, and Rapp will need every ounce of skill and cunning if he is to survive the war-ravaged city and its various terrorist factions. All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesn't know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap. Rapp then moves on to Hamburg with his team and across Europe, leaving a trail of bodies. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the terrorist attack. What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Six months of intense training have prepared him to take the war to the enemy’s doorstep, and he does so with brutal efficiency. Stansfield directs his protégée, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of command-men who do not exist. America must confront Islamic terrorism with full force. Cold War veteran CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. Two decades of cutthroat partisan politics have left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Mitch Rapp was one of them, but he was not interested in comfort. Two hundred and seventy souls perished on that cold December night, and thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. Terrorists attacked innocent American citizens, and Rapp’s girlfriend was among the murdered. Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world…and then tragedy struck. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn’s explosive and “captivating” (Glenn Beck) thriller, witness the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first assignment.

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