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American assassin : a thriller / Vince Flynn.
Two decades after the Cold War, Islamic terrorism is on the rise, and CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield forms a new group of clandestine operatives - men who do not exist - to meet this burgeoning threat abroad before it reaches America's shores. Stansfield's protégée, Irene Kennedy, finds the ideal candidates in the wake of the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Among the thousands grieving the victims is Mitch Rapp, a gifted college athlete, who wants only one thing: retribution. Six months of intense training prepare him to devastate the enemy with brutal efficiency, leaving a trail of bodies from Istanbul and across Europe, to Beirut. But there, the American assassin will need every ounce of skill and cunning to survive the war-ravaged city and its deadly terrorist factions.
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- ISBN: 9781451641929 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781416595199 (pbB)
- Physical Description: x, 435 p. ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Pocket Books, 2011, c2010.
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| General Note: | "Includes an excerpt from Kill shot, Vince Flynn's crackling new Mitch Rapp thriller"--Back cover. |
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| Subject: | Rapp, Mitch (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Intelligence officers > Fiction. Terrorism > Prevention > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Suspense fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
A young Mitch Rapp excels at Syracuse University, but secretly broods over the deaths of his girlfriend and 34 other classmates on the bombed Pan Am Flight 103, until he is recruited by the CIA, undergoes a grueling training and receives his first assignment--to kill the Turkish arms dealer who sold the bomb that killed his friends. Reprint. - Baker & Taylor
Mitch Rapp broods over the deaths of his girlfriend and other classmates on Pan Am Flight 103, until he is recruited by the CIA and receives his first assignment--to kill the arms dealer who sold the bomb that killed his friends. - Simon and Schuster
Now a major motion picture
#1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn introduces the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first covert assignment.
Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world&;and then tragedy struck. Terrorists attacked innocent American citizens, and Rapp&;s girlfriend was among the murdered. Two hundred and seventy souls perished on that cold December night, and thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. Mitch Rapp was one of them, but he was not interested in comfort. Now he wants retribution.
Two decades of cutthroat partisan politics have left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Cold War veteran CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. America must confront Islamic terrorism with full force. 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.
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. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the terrorist attack. Rapp then moves on to Hamburg with his team and across Europe, leaving a trail of bodies. 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. 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.
Behind the steely gaze of the nation's ultimate hero is a young man primed to become an American assassin.
