by Kyle Mills
Part of Mitch Rapp, book 17
First published 2018
Russian President Maxim Krupin receives a death sentence from his doctors. Inoperable brain cancer will kill him, but not before he loses everything he has built. Krupin decides to eliminate domestic threats first, then create the ultimate distraction from his weakness. He will drag NATO into a war that could destroy Europe. CIA Director Irene Kennedy recognizes the danger immediately. A dying dictator with nuclear weapons has nothing left to lose. She sends Mitch Rapp into Russia with orders that amount to a suicide mission. He must penetrate the Kremlin's security network and kill the most protected man on earth. Every Russian intelligence service hunts him as he moves closer to his target. Rapp knows the mathematics of his situation. Success prevents millions of deaths across Europe. Failure triggers a nuclear exchange between superpowers. Both outcomes require him to survive long enough in a country where everyone wants him dead.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, high-stakes
Setting: Russia, Europe, Kremlin
Period: 21st-century
370 pages · Hardcover · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Content warnings: violence