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This latest pulse-pounding installment in Vince Flynn's #1 New York Times bestselling series takes Mitch Rapp back to his fledgling assassin days, completing the trilogy begun with American Assassin and Kill Shot.<BR><BR>The Central Intelligence Agency is in crisis.<BR><BR> Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Congress is questioning the organization’s necessity. Interim CIA director Thomas Stansfield is already on the back foot when things somehow get worse: a brilliantly run sting operation in Moscow has resulted in the arrest of America’s most prized Russian asset and the expulsion of his CIA handler.<BR><BR> With the Moscow Station now paralyzed, Stansfield seeks help from Mitch Rapp, a newly minted assassin in the secretive Orion program. But Rapp has problems of his own: when his Swiss girlfriend's grandfather receives a box containing the head of a former Cold War comrade along with a note promising that hers will be next, Rapp finds himself on the frontlines in a war between the American and Russian intelligence services.<BR><BR>To protect the woman he loves and save the CIA from destruction, Mitch Rapp must be willing to risk everything.<BR><BR>Praise for the Mitch Rapp series:<BR><BR> ‘Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets’ DAN BROWN <BR> ‘Literally takes no prisoners’ THE TIMES<BR> ‘Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead’ GUARDIAN

Mitch Rapp—“the most badass character in print today” (The Real Book Spy)—faces an Iranian foe bent on destabilizing the Middle East in this thriller from Vince Flynn’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, now written by Don Bentley.<BR><BR>April 2011: On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, Azad Ashani witnesses the successful demonstration of a new weapons system meant to upend the American-led war in Afghanistan. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy’s former back channel to the Iranian government, recognizes the demonstration’s true significance, and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke. Alone, Ashani stands no chance of preventing this rush to madness.<BR> <BR>But with the help of one man, he just might.<BR> <BR>In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden at his recently discovered compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan is rapidly closing. But before he’ll authorize a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden’s presence.<BR> <BR>Proof he trusts just one man to provide.<BR> <BR>Preventing a looming war in the Middle East while delivering justice for the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 would be a big ask for anyone, but Mitch Rapp isn’t just anyone in this high-octane thriller that is perfect for “action junkies” (Kirkus Reviews).

As war looms in the Middle East, only Mitch Rapp can deliver truth and justice.<BR><BR>2011. On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons programme, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America's war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy's former back channel to the Iranian government, recognises the demonstration's true significance and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke.<BR><BR>In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden is rapidly closing. But before he'll authorise a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden's presence.<BR><BR>Proof he trusts just one man to provide.<BR><BR> <BR>Praise for the Mitch Rapp series<BR><BR>'Grabs you by the scruff of the neck on page one and doesn't let you go until the end' Stephen Leather<BR><BR>'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown<BR><BR>'A cracking, uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times<BR><BR>'Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story . . . instantly gripping' Shortlist<BR><BR>'Action-packed, in-your-face, adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent<BR><BR>'Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' Guardian<BR> 

As war looms in the Middle East, only Mitch Rapp can deliver truth and justice.<BR><BR>2011. On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons programme, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America's war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy's former back channel to the Iranian government, recognises the demonstration's true significance and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke.<BR><BR>In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden is rapidly closing. But before he'll authorise a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden's presence.<BR><BR>Proof he trusts just one man to provide.<BR><BR> <BR>Praise for the Mitch Rapp series<BR><BR>'Grabs you by the scruff of the neck on page one and doesn't let you go until the end' Stephen Leather<BR><BR>'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown<BR><BR>'A cracking, uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times<BR><BR>'Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story . . . instantly gripping' Shortlist<BR><BR>'Action-packed, in-your-face, adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent<BR><BR>'Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' Guardian<BR> 

As war looms in the Middle East, only Mitch Rapp can deliver truth and justice.<BR><BR>2011. On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons programme, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America's war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy's former back channel to the Iranian government, recognises the demonstration's true significance and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke.<BR><BR>In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden is rapidly closing. But before he'll authorise a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden's presence.<BR><BR>Proof he trusts just one man to provide.<BR><BR> <BR>Praise for the Mitch Rapp series<BR><BR>'Grabs you by the scruff of the neck on page one and doesn't let you go until the end' Stephen Leather<BR><BR>'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown<BR><BR>'A cracking, uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times<BR><BR>'Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story . . . instantly gripping' Shortlist<BR><BR>'Action-packed, in-your-face, adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent<BR><BR>'Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' Guardian<BR>