by Vince Flynn
Part of Mitch Rapp, book 13
First published 2012
Four guards lie dead, but their absence troubles Mitch Rapp less than the missing man they died protecting. Joe Rickman ran CIA black operations in Afghanistan for eight years, moving over $250 million through networks of unsavory contacts across the Islamic Republic. When Rickman vanishes, it appears he was kidnapped. Rapp suspects something darker. CIA Director Irene Kennedy sends Rapp to find Rickman at any cost. Afghanistan fractures around him as Taliban fighters, Iranian agents, Pakistani operatives, and Russian forces position themselves to seize territory in the collapsing state. Rapp must match his enemies in brutality and his own government in deception. The mission will test every skill he possesses as soldier and spy. In a land where alliances shift like sand and trust kills, Rapp races against time to locate his old friend before the country tears itself apart.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, spy, thriller
Setting: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Russia
Period: 21st-century
448 pages · Hardcover · Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books
Content warnings: violence