Pursuit of Honor (Mitch Rapp) - Hardcover

Flynn, Vince

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416595163 ISBN 13: 9781416595168

Publisher: Atria Books, 2009

Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR VINCE FLYNN RETURNS WITH HIS MOST EXHILARATING POLITICAL THRILLER TO DATE, A PULSE-POUNDING TALE OF ESPIONAGE, COVERT INTELLIGENCE, AND COUNTERTERRORISM.

The action begins six days after a series of explosions devastated Washington, D.C., targeting the National Counterterrorism Center and killing 185 people, including public officials and CIA employees. It was a bizarre act of extreme violence that called for extreme measures on the part of elite counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his trusted team member, Mike Nash. Now that the initial shock of the catastrophe is over, key Washington officials are up in arms over whether to make friends or foes of the agents who stepped between the enemy's bullets and countless American lives regardless of the legal consequences. Not for the first time, Rapp finds himself in the frustrating position of having to illustrate the realities of national security to politicians whose view from the sidelines is inevitably obstructed.

Meanwhile, three of the al Qaeda terrorists are still at large, and Rapp has been unofficially ordered to find them by any means necessary. No one knows the personal, physical, and emotional sacrifices required of the job better than Rapp. When he sees Nash cracking under the pressure of the mission and the memories of the horrors he witnessed during the terrorist attack, he makes a call he hopes will save his friend, assuage the naysayers on Capitol Hill, and get him one step closer to the enemy before it's too late. Once again, Rapp proves himself to be a hero unafraid "to walk the fine line between the moral high ground and violence" (The Salt Lake Tribune) for our country's safety, for the sake of freedom, for the pursuit of honor.

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"Fantastic." -- GLENN BECK

"Flynn demonstrates that he truly understands the psyche of the enemy.... Really scary, so realistic." " -- BOOKREPORTER.COM"

From the Back Cover:

CIA Operative Mitch Rapp had traveled to New York City to decide the fate of a man, though he had debated the wisdom of handling it himself. In addition to the inherent risk of getting caught, another, more pressing problem had arisen. Just six days earlier, a series of explosions had torn through Washington, D.C., killing 185 and wounding hundreds.

Three of the terrorists were still at large, and Rapp had been unofficially ordered to find them by any means necessary. So far, the investigation had been painfully complicated and had not yielded a single solid lead. The three men had literally disappeared, suggesting a level of sophistication that had, so far, been rare for the enemies of the U.S. Following the Washington attack, the last thing Rapp expected was that he would still be dealing with the New York problem.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1416595163
• ISBN 13: 9781416595168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 431