New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with his
most exhilarating political thriller to date, a pulse-pounding tale of
espionage that introduces fans to the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on
his first, explosive assignment. Before he was considered a CIA
super-agent, before he was thought of as a terrorist’s worst nightmare,
and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol
Hill, Mitch Rapp was a star college athlete with an untapped instinct
for violence.
Tensions in the Middle East are simmering
when CIA Director Irene Kennedy pays a visit to Syracuse University,
where she hopes to recruit none other than Mitch Rapp, a student who has
quickly climbed up the academic and athletic ranks. Tragedy entered
Mitch’s life a year before, when thirty-five of his classmates,
including his girlfriend, perished in Pan Am flight 103. Since then,
Mitch has grieved for their senseless deaths and has felt helpless in
his desire for revenge. When Kennedy arrives on campus, his career path
is suddenly laid out for him.
Nine months later, after
grueling training, Mitch finds himself in Istanbul on his first
assignment, which is to assassinate the Turkish arms dealer who sold the
explosives used in the Pan Am attack. Mitch hits his target, but
quickly sees, for the first time, what revenge means to the enemy. When
Mitch’s mentor and a fellow recruit are kidnapped and tortured by a
dangerous group of Islamic jihadists, he must stop at nothing to save
them.
Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author, will release AMERICAN ASSASSIN, his 12th book, tomorrow. Its a Mitch Rapp prequel--the story of how Mitch Rapp became Mitch Rapp. This morning, he appeared on Imus in the Morning on the Fox Business
