Order to Kill begins with Mitch Rapp facing a threat that is diffuse, fast-moving, and potentially catastrophic: Pakistani nuclear weapons may be slipping beyond state control and toward terrorist hands. Official descriptions frame the novel as a globe-spanning chase in…
The Survivor picks up directly after The Last Man, with the CIA still reeling from Joe Rickman’s betrayal. Although Rickman is dead, the real damage is only beginning: he stole a huge cache of the agency’s most sensitive classified material,…
The Last Man sends Mitch Rapp to Afghanistan after Joe Rickman, the CIA’s head of clandestine operations there, disappears and his bodyguards are executed. Rickman is not just another missing asset. He is one of the agency’s most valuable operators,…
Kill Shot follows directly from American Assassin and keeps Mitch Rapp in the raw, early phase of his CIA career. After months of hunting down the men connected to the Lockerbie bombing, Rapp is sent to Paris to eliminate a…
American Assassin serves as the origin story for Mitch Rapp, showing how an ordinary young man is transformed into the covert operative who becomes central to Vince Flynn’s series. Official descriptions frame the novel around personal loss and vengeance: after…
Pursuit of Honor picks up less than a week after the devastating attacks in Washington, D.C., with the capital still reeling and senior officials bitterly divided over how to respond. In that chaos, Mitch Rapp is once again forced into…
Extreme Measures finds Mitch Rapp facing a more diffuse but no less dangerous threat than the earlier books. US intelligence has already intercepted two terrorist cells, but a third is believed to be active and preparing to strike inside America.…
Protect and Defend drops Mitch Rapp into a geopolitical crisis triggered by the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities, an act that pushes the region toward open conflict and leaves Washington bracing for retaliation. As the fallout spreads, CIA leaders know…
Act of Treason begins in the final stretch of a US presidential campaign, when candidate Josh Alexander’s motorcade is hit by a devastating car bomb in Washington. Alexander survives and the attack appears, at first, to be the work of…
Consent to Kill turns the series inward in a brutal way by making Mitch Rapp himself the target. After the events of the previous book, the wealthy father of a dead terrorist demands revenge, and that demand quickly grows into…