by Vince Flynn
Part of Mitch Rapp, book 19
First published 2020
Mitch Rapp captures ISIS's leading technology specialist, who reveals he was traveling to meet someone claiming he can destroy America's electrical grid. Rapp sets out to eliminate this mysterious cyber terrorist, but the CIA's operation goes wrong. ISIS operatives then help the hacker accomplish exactly what he promised. The entire country goes dark. With computers dead, communications severed, and fuel pumps useless, America faces collapse. Water systems fail. Food supplies dwindle. The government has no idea how the attack succeeded or how long repairs might take. Months, possibly years. Rapp and his team launch a frantic hunt for the only people who understand the damage well enough to fix it. The attackers themselves. But Rapp operates in conditions unlike anything he has faced. No technology. No infrastructure. No backup systems. America slides toward total breakdown as Rapp races to restore power before the country destroys itself.
Genres: fiction, adventure, crime, contemporary, action, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: race-against-time, save-the-world
Setting: America, United States
Period: 21st-century
384 pages · Hardcover · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Content warnings: violence