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Pursuit of Honor (Mitch Rapp #10)

by Vince Flynn

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Covert agent Mitch Rapp is in New York City on assignment, but he is preoccupied with other problems, most glaringly the recent Washington, D.C., terrorist bombing that killed 185 people. Three of the zealots who committed this savage act successfully fled the scene. Understandingly worried that this outlaw cell will strike again. Government officials have handed Rapp an o...more

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Published October 13th 2009 by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

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Sep 16, 2011

Mike (the Paladin) rated it

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Shelves: action

I like Vince Flynn and this is a good read. It starts out with an American traitor who's position and actions make him an extreme liability. So, Mitch (Rapp) needs to take, certain action.

Interesting spring board from which to start a story.

Flynn has a record for telling good, well constructed, fast moving (even breakneck speed) novels. If you've followed Mitch Rapp's "career" (and the book that follows this one is actually a "prequel" giving us Mitch...more

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Dec 09, 2009

Leo rated it

Shelves: cia

Mitch Rapp does it again. Can a terrorist cell enter the country? Yes, they did it before. In the book Mitch is investigationg a leak on information made by the Inspector General of the CIA. Naturaly he has to kidnap the guy and make it appear that he has left the country to Venezuela. Meanwhile he is investigating the assault of terrorist on the CTU (counter terrorism unit) and on a several reataurants in DC by a terrorist cell. In the attack there were terrorist captured by they were relea...more

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Nov 05, 2009

Elizabeth rated it

Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn (pp. 432)

Flynn delivers his 10th installment of political thriller series based on CIA covert ops bad-ass, Mitch Rapp. Taking place on US soil, Rapp and his band of black ops team chase after a group the terrorists who attack multiple high-profile government counter terrorism targets and high profile politico hot spots all while being vilified on Capitol Hill for some of his more questionable methods by some of the more left-leaning members of the Sen...more

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Oct 19, 2009

Kelley Anne rated it

Shelves: 2009, action, audiobooks, vince-flynn

Another fantastic Vince Flynn book! This is the 10th book in the Mitch Rapp series. In this one, Rapp is focused on finding the terrorists that planned and executed the attacks from book 9. At the same time, has has to deal with a few lose strings on the home front as well.

One of the things that I love about Vince Flynn is how he will jump from Mitch's perspective to the perspective of the terrorists. It's interesting to see how he believes their minds work! There wasn't as much...more

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Aug 03, 2011

Andrea rated it

Shelves: action-adventure

In July, 2011 I have read (or reread) all eleven Vince Flynn novels.

In Extreme Measures a terrorist cell of Saudis and Moroccans attacked three very popular restaurants in DC at the height of lunch hour, killing hundreds of diners and then rescue workers with a second bomb in one of the restaurants. The terrorist cell then put on uniforms of a quick response team and invaded the new Counterterrorism center. Thanks to the quick response of Mitch Rapp and Mike Nash, the six invaders w...more

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Feb 20, 2010

Tom rated it

Shelves: mystery-thriller, vince-flynn

Vince Flynn does not disappoint. This author has a way of making even congressional hearings seem life threatening. This book was a bit different from other Mitch Rapp adventures in that we see a lot of time spent dealing with people other than terrorists.

I did find myself questioning Mitch's actions more this time. Typically I have supported how he deals with situations, but this time I think some things were borderline. Maybe it is because he kidnaps a couple US citizens on US soil...more

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Nov 12, 2009

KarenC rated it

Recommends it for: Fans of 24 & Jack Bauer

Shelves: better_than_tv, spies, suspense

Continuation of Extreme Measures; the two should be read as close together as possible unless you have a really great memory. Time lapse between plots is only 6 days and there is definite continuity in characters and plot. Some situations left me wanting to return to the previous book and do a little fact checking, but it wasn't in my collection.

The much-mentioned ch. 50 is one reason I continue reading Flynn's books - through the fictional character of Rapp he does make you think about your ow

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The much-mentioned ch. 50 is one reason I continue reading Flynn's books - through the fictional character of Rapp he does make you think about your own moral convictions. Flynn again includes "propaganda" moments to support actions by the CIA & Rapp. But do those actions really get the results we read in a novel? Can they be justified? Can we really be so hypocritical and not think about the consequences of our positions?

I was glad to see Rapp take center stage again; I was a little worried it was going to become the "Mike Nash series." I hope & expect their relationship will continue so readers can have at least a sense of what is required of those who work for the CIA, FBI, and other alphabet soup agencies & military who make a commitment to protecting the rest of us. I don't think that Nash is as well-drawn as a character as Rapp, although he could be. He does provide a contrasting view of the life of an agent.

The plot moved along and kept me turning the pages. I do hope that real-life terrorists are as dumb and egotistical as these guys - it made them easier to catch. Some of their moves were even predictable.

It is a coincidence that I finished this book on Veterans' Day, but I wonder how much that has influenced my sympathies for Rapp & his colleagues, protrayed as doing a really tough job?

I dislike the concept of torture, especially when the outcomes on innocent people are considered. A recent newspaper article about a mistake made by the Canadians in identifying a man that resulted in the U.S. taking him into custody and torturing him for an extended period of time and learning nothing, since he knew nothing, makes the process questionable. Should one man have all the responsibility as arresting officer, judge, & jury? There needs to be balance between judgment and the need for immediacy when trying to get information. As always a thought-provoking read.

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Apr 23, 2011

R Bartel rated it

Shelves: intrigue

Mitch Rapp, special agent to the CIA, has just helped protect the United States from a terrorist attack on Washington DC (his last book, Extreme Measures). Three of those terrorists, however, escaped and are now threatening the release of a dirty bomb in our nation’s capital in retribution for their comrades who were killed. Mitch must find them before they can unleash their destruction.

But Mitch’s partner seems unwilling or unable to handle the situation and Mitch fears that he will...more

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Aug 11, 2011

Jason rated it

Shelves: thriller

Vince Flynn is a GOP loving, Glenn Beck ball licking, Fox News hounding, ULTRA-Conservative asshole of the highest degree & yet, I love his thrillers. Flynn's character, CIA counter-terrorist agent, Mitch Rapp, makes Jack Bauer look like a girl scout. He makes Brad Thor's counter-terrorist agent, Scot Harvath, look like a cub scout. Rapp's method is brute force--politics & red tape be damned!--kill 'em all because anything un-American deserves to be taking a dirt nap. It's so laughable it ma...moreVince Flynn is a GOP loving, Glenn Beck ball licking, Fox News hounding, ULTRA-Conservative asshole of the highest degree & yet, I love his thrillers. Flynn's character, CIA counter-terrorist agent, Mitch Rapp, makes Jack Bauer look like a girl scout. He makes Brad Thor's counter-terrorist agent, Scot Harvath, look like a cub scout. Rapp's method is brute force--politics & red tape be damned!--kill 'em all because anything un-American deserves to be taking a dirt nap. It's so laughable it makes you want to cry. Why? Because it's obvious Flynn believes in his character--he believes the right-wing nutcase prose he writes as fiction.
& it's scary.
Flynn preaches through his character, Mitch Rapp, that torture works & abortion is murder all in the same paragraph of dialogue. He preaches that the ULTRA-conservative faction of the U.S.A. is the answer to saving the country from itself. He believes it is the liberals who are allowing the terrorists to win--no--they WANT the terrorists to win!
PURSUIT OF HONOR starts with Rapp trying to decide if he should turn in a CIA dept. mgr. for being a traitor (something he's judged entirely on his own), saving the taxpayers money by putting a bullet in the man's head without due process or blackmailing him into into being his snitch for the rest of his life. All this after killing a butt-load of terrorists from the previous novel in the Rapp series (book #9)--he's a busy man. But now he has bigger fish to fry because 3 of the wanted terrorists from the previous novel escaped & are at large in the the heart of america & Mitch Rapp can't allow this to continue--they must DIE! Bullets fly, innocent NRA loving Americans are murdered (& must be avenged!), CIA operatives become turncoats, torture gains important intelligence, democratic senators become villains who are no match for Rapp's ideology & Muslim terrorists get sent to Allah via Mitch Rapp's gun! Does our hero ever get wounded? Hell no. Awesome.
You don't have to read the novel before this one & if you like counter terrorism/espionage/CIA thrillers, then you should give him a try. As I've said (especially about Brad Thor's thrillers), if the card carrying GOP nut jobs are good at anything, they write good thrillers & pile the action on. Lots of good action & if your a liberal, good for laughs. I intend to read more of Flynn's novels because they are great fun. (less)

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Jan 11, 2010

Mike rated it

I bought this book on the recommendation of Glenn Beck. I thought if anyone as busy as Beck took the time to read a 400 page fiction book it must be pretty good. As it turns out, it's more than pretty good, it's excellent. I read it in two days. Flynn reminds me a bit of Tom Clancy minus all the military details.

Pursuit of Honor is the latest in Flynn's series of books featuring Mitch Rapp, a US Antiterror agent. It's hard to say too much about the plot without giving too much a...more

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Jan 02, 2010

Chuck rated it

Vince Flynn's novels have to come under the category of guilty pleasures--novels whose politics I disagree with and yet whose narratives are so engaging that I read them quickly, like a starving man hungry for a stead who just got a gift certificate to the Outback Steakhouse. Kind of like Tom Clancy when he was actually writing novels and not farming out his name to other writers.

Flynn's hero is Mitch Rapp (an aside--if you want a good action hero, he or she should have one syllab...moreVince Flynn's novels have to come under the category of guilty pleasures--novels whose politics I disagree with and yet whose narratives are so engaging that I read them quickly, like a starving man hungry for a stead who just got a gift certificate to the Outback Steakhouse. Kind of like Tom Clancy when he was actually writing novels and not farming out his name to other writers.

Flynn's hero is Mitch Rapp (an aside--if you want a good action hero, he or she should have one syllable first and last names). His milieu is counter terrorism; he is the one who "goes in" and mixes it up with the terrorists. His back story is that his fiancee was killed in the infamous bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbee, Scotland, and that dastardly act galvanized him, changing him from a happy go lucky college athlete to a committed agent against the enemies of the state.

In this narrative, which directly follows an attack in the States which, fortunately, has not happened, he is trying to track down the terror cell that caused the attack. His target is a man known as the Lion (not the Lion that Nelson Demille created in another, similar novel, but a totally different Lion). Lots of action and near misses. Good, fast read.

The thing that I really like about this book is it deals with the cost that fighting the war on terror extracts on men like Rapp. Unlike other novels of this type (Nick Carter tales come to mind), Mitch Rapp isn't static. He is aware of what his work costs him personally, and his team. He has come to the conclusion that he is more or less beyond saving, but his men is not. His psyche, and his morality, are played out interestingly in a series of conversations with Dr. Irene Kennedy, who is the director of the Agency Which Must Not Be Names.

The thing that I don't like about this book is that it implies that anyone who questions the use of "special measures" with detainees is unamerican, a hypocrite, stupid, or a snob. Although Flynn tries to avoid naming political parties, his liberal bashing is pretty obvious.

Although his website says that Flynn tried to get into the military but was "stymied," the fact is he's never served in the military. What you have is a guy whose only jobs have been working as an accountant and as a realtor (before he began full time writing) who writes about espionage and counterterrorism. Again, his writing is very good.

But in some way he reminds me of a generation of Politicians Who Must Not Be Named, the so called War Hawks who executed and planned a war, sending in thousands of out troops into a situation that had not been through. You had a bunch of people who have never done anything more dangerous than DUI crying havoc and letting loose the dogs of war.

This offends me for a number of reasons. First, I served six years in the US military, which is more than a thousand days more than Vince Flynn did on active duty and more than two thousand days that he spend in the service, and yet were I to publicly question the ideas Mitch Rapp spouts, I would be named called and be accused of being a leftie and in some way soft.

I am also offended because a number of my family members have served in the current conflicts overseas, and the child of one of my high school friends was killed. Many of the people who sent them over had never served in the military, and none had actually seen any combat.

So I will add that Vince Flynn writes great escapist thrillers, as Clancy did. I will continue to buy his books and will encourage others to do so. He will remain safe in the Twin Cities writing his books, while people like Josiah Vandertulip, KIA 14 Oct 2004, go over, fight, and lay down the ultimate sacrifice.

As long as he writes his books and dares not question my patriotism, I shall support his writing efforts. This does not constitute an endorsement of his views.(less)

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Nov 07, 2009

Jeffrey rated it

Recommends it for: Jack Bauer fans and anyone else who thinks America should stand tough

Shelves: read-in-2009, thriller

Its Vince Flynn again and Mitch Rapp. I have a love hate relationship with this author and his books, on the one hand the books are really fast read, highly entertaining and the US usually triumphs over nasty terrorists.
On the other hand, Flynn fills his novels with right wing diatribes, allows the torture of not only, terrorists but anyone -- be they American civilians or officers of the government who are dirty and uses anyone who gets in his way. Instead of arresting people and turning ...moreIts Vince Flynn again and Mitch Rapp. I have a love hate relationship with this author and his books, on the one hand the books are really fast read, highly entertaining and the US usually triumphs over nasty terrorists.
On the other hand, Flynn fills his novels with right wing diatribes, allows the torture of not only, terrorists but anyone -- be they American civilians or officers of the government who are dirty and uses anyone who gets in his way. Instead of arresting people and turning them over to the rightful authorities, Rapp and his team, kidnap, and decide who to kill. Rapp does not even talk to his boss Kennedy, who is merely a paper tiger at this point.

In this novel, Rapp and his guys start out by kidnapping and torturing the Chief Inspector of the CIA, his crime, he was using dirty methods to track the misdeeds and violations of the law that Rapp was using in America, and was thinking of writing a tell all book about Rapps deeds and other secret missions. Lock him up send him to jail is not good enough for Rapp. Better, throw him into isolation threaten to kill him etc.

Later Rapp kidnaps and tortures an ex CIA agent who was bugging for the Chief Inspector the offices of psychologists treating wives of CIA agents. Again Rapp shoots the guy to get him to talk.

In a third scene, a Senator who believes that Rapps methods are repugnant dresses him down in a Senate hearing and Rapp responds by critiquing her support for abortion rights by constantly talking about the worst episodes of late term abortion propaganda using all of the buzzwords from the anti abortion playbook.

It almost seems at some point that the whole purpose of the novel is too take pot shots -- that torture works, that American politicians who stand in the way of real men who do America's dirty work are the enemy.

Of course, if you can get past these political POV, the rest of the book about how Rapp tracks down the terrorists. led by Karim, a sick guy who constantly kills innocent Americans for no reason at all hiding in the USA is a fast paced exciting adventure.

But its not as good as others in the series because there are less and less action scenes, which is why I read Flynn, to begin with and more and more political messages about the effectiveness of torture, and the ends justify the means. I think if Flynn jettisoned that the book would be 150 pages shorter, but you have to take the good and the bad if you read his books.

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Jul 15, 2011

Drick rated it

Shelves: fiction, murder-mystery

Mitch Rapp is a CIA operative working undercover in the anti-terrorism effort. A series of bombs and an attack on the CIA anti-terrorism offices has left many dead and Rapp is seeking the three terrorists who got away. Those three (Hakeem, Kareem & Ahmed) are holed up on a farm in Iowa when Kareem the hot-headed leader gets scared and begins a killing spree thru the Midwest as they seek to escape. Hakeem defers from his leaders na dis nearly beaten to death yet escapes. Rapp and company thru a c...more

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Jan 25, 2011

Jason Fleming rated it

Shelves: thriller, epub-editions

This would be one of Flynn's best, except...

I first began this one in the mistaken belief that it preceded "Extreme Measures", and I was rather impressed at the leap in Flynn's jump in narrative maturity. Coming to it cold, you feel like you dropped right in the middle of a complicated story, and have to piece some things together as you go along, which was fun.

Then I looked again at the copyright date, set this one aside, and read the preceding book first before co...moreThis would be one of Flynn's best, except...

I first began this one in the mistaken belief that it preceded "Extreme Measures", and I was rather impressed at the leap in Flynn's jump in narrative maturity. Coming to it cold, you feel like you dropped right in the middle of a complicated story, and have to piece some things together as you go along, which was fun.

Then I looked again at the copyright date, set this one aside, and read the preceding book first before continuing.

Still, while this book follows on about a week after the climax of "Extreme Measures", and continues the story threads that remained open, it DOES add some new elements that you have to work a little to figure out how they affected the previous book. (And it's not ret-conning, it was clearly intended in both books.) So while it's not so much of a "here you are in the middle of events, work it out for yourself" scenario as I first thought, it remained satisfying.

Except.

Flynn makes use of one scene to make an anti-abortion statement. To be fair, he clearly does not think that is what he is doing. Flynn's hero, Mitch Rapp, is confronted by a California senator over the morality of torture, and calls her out for hypocrisy since she supports late-term abortion. Since Rapp is (obviously) pro-torture, and since he explicitly has no opinion on abortion, he is "just pointing out the hypocrisy" of the senator. And, for Rapp the character, I can accept that.

But author Flynn clearly has an agenda. He sets up the confrontation to ensure that the reader is in great anticipation. He fails to treat the pro-choice side with any seriousness at all. The senator makes no attempt to explain that her position proceeds from the right of a woman to her own body (or if she does, it's so weak as to come off as forgettable sophistry). As far as Flynn is concerned, she is for killing innocent babies, and there can be no other way of looking at it.

I have no problem reading books from authors who hold opinions contrary to my own (as this opinion clearly is), but it leaves a bad taste when said author justifies his side with the thinnest of straw men.

It's only one scene (and a very brief moment earlier in the story). It doesn't ruin the book. But it does bring it down a notch, because it's such a false note. And an unnecessary one. If he had just dealt with the conflict of different ideas (and the premises from which they proceed) honestly, it might have even elevated the book quite a bit.

On the positive side, Flynn's portrayal of the destructiveness of narcissism is excellent. There are (at least) two full-blown narcissists in the story, and their characterizations are almost completely different. The effects of their psychology, and the actions they take, are widely divergent, but completely believable and, in one case, terrifying.

Overall, a pretty good entry in the Mitch Rapp series, which would have been one of the best if not for the author cheating in advocating one of his political opinions.(less)

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Jan 10, 2010

Michael rated it

Shelves: action-thriller, al-qaeda, new-york-times-best-seller, read-in-2010, reviewed, series, thriller

In "Extreme Measures," Mitch Rapp and Mike Nash stopped a group of terrorists before they could destroy the National Counterterrorism Center. 185 people were killed but it could have been much worse.

There are still three terrorists missing. These men have cut their ties to al Qaeda and are wroking as an independent cell. This makes catching them, more difficult. In addition, Mitch finds that he is having to explain his actions to politicians who don't seem to realize what i...more

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Dec 26, 2009

Bob rated it

Mitch Rapp is caught up in another hunt after terrorists attack downtown Washington DC and a number of government workers including some from the CIA and Congress. Some of the terrorists are still at large and being hunted, meanwhile Rapp and fellow agent have to contend with certain members of Congress who want them prosecuted and fired for being too rough on a captured terrorist. They have to tread carefully with using information acquired from the terrorist and from sources in England and F...more

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Oct 02, 2010

Dawn rated it

Shelves: 2010, adult-fiction, bookclub, waste

I didn't care for this book. It's a bookclub book for me, and I haven't read any other books of the series. Consequently, Mitch Rapp was a new character for me, and not one that I particularly liked. I though he was pretty douchey, and seemed a lot like Glen Adams: breaking rules when it benefited him and thinking he was always in the right. Maybe he is really admirable in previous books, so if you have a history with the character you can let his bad actions slide...

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Nov 14, 2009

Ryan Mac rated it

Recommends it for: Mitch Rapp fans

This Mitch Rapp book picks up where Extreme Measures left off and I would recommend reading that one first. In this book, Mr. Flynn continues to have the debate around CIA tactics (not always being legal, exactly) vs. following the law. Don't be too alarmed--Rapp finds ways to break the rules and get things done so that whole debate thing gets dashed aside. There was a bit more politics in this book but overall, a good quick page-turner. Like the last book, there were a number of groan-induc...more

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Dec 06, 2009

karl rated it

So I have read nearly all of Flynn's books. This is his latest. I am in the middle of slogging through 2, long, nonfictions, and for a "treat" thought I would tear through HONOR. I did, but not a great treat.

Flynn's books all have Rapp as the CIA operative who is incredible at defending America (and getting it done quickly), but pisses off liberals who want protocol and believe strongly in prisoner rights.

This is just another novel of bad Islamic Al Queda type ...more

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Nov 05, 2011

Kevin Allmaras rated it

An OK novel. First one of Vince Flynn's that I have read. Somewhat formulatic to me. Plot was also fairly predictable. Still was a quick read and I will read some more of his I think there is a lot of ways for him to go with these characters. After a horrible bombing in Washington Mitch Rapp one of the CIA's lead agents in counter terrorism is told he must track down the three terrorists that escaped. At the same time he is also being investigated by the Senate for torturing American citizens.He...more

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Mar 13, 2010

Toni Osborne rated it

Book 10 in the Mitch Rapp series

Strap yourself in; the story moves rapidly, lots of thrilling action, no dull or sluggish moments. This latest installment puts Mr Flynn at the top of his game, making him one of the kings in this genre of writing.

“Pursuit of Honor” follows “Extreme Measures” in it a series of cataclysmic events occurred and Rapp and Nash managed to thwart the terrorist attack with grave consequences to the first responders. In the aftermath, Rapp’s priorit...more

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Nov 12, 2009

Bill rated it

Another great read in the Mitch Rapp series. It took me a while to figure out Pursuit of Honor took off where the previous book left off--with three of the terrorists who killed over 200 citizens in Washington DC successfully escaping. With a global hunt underway Mitch is distracted by a CIA top official deciding his colleagues are all vigilantes who he plans to expose through illegal wiretaps. The short book chapters alternate between the CIA official being illegally held hostage and interrogat...more

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Mar 20, 2010

Georgia rated it

Recommends it for: Glenn Beck followers only

Recommended to Georgia by: NA

I have been a big Vince Flynn fan until Pursuit of Honor. This book deviates from Flynn's other Mitch Rapp books and ends up almost being a neocon rant, preaching Rapp's almost arrogant disregard for the rule of law. Rapp is stating throughout the book that he can kill with impunity and that the President is giving him carte blanche to do just that if he thinks it is merited. He also basically preaches very biased anti-choice sentiments (within a committee context) and I think Flynn comes off a...more

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Oct 19, 2009

Jackrapp rated it

Flynn seems to be taking a back seat to the original thrill of the first 8 or so Mitch Rapp books. No longer do you see Mitch in the field, going to foreign countries tearing it up. Now it seems Flynn is constricting Rapp to the politics of what he does, keeping him constrained in D.C. I want to see more of the spy vs spy, hunting down of terrorists he used to. I thought the dull adventures of Rapp would be over with Extreme Measures, which seemed to cut away all the political restraints of Rapp...more

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Oct 13, 2010

Cathy rated it

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This is one of the ultimate CIA-American hero-kicks B _ _ _ novel against Muslim terrorists and drug cartel leaders who successfully attack sites in the Washington DC area, including the CIA counter terrorism unit. (sounds like "24") There is NO sex, NO profanity, but lots of healthy? fight back violence, and curse words (F word, etc.) that CIA secret ops folks would use in putting these terrorist types down. Also interesting is the interaction between Mitch Rapp, protagonist, and the ...more

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Feb 17, 2010

Olivia rated it

Vince Flynn....a much anticipated yearly indulgence. This is one of those books that can't come into the house unless we have 2 copies, so Tom and I can read it simultaneously. Luckily, Tom's folks gave us one for Christmas and my Dad got one, so we waited to borrow Dad's and then kicked back for some good reading.

The story was great. Mitch Rapp and company did some serious terrorist butt kicking and flipped off the Washington political establishment at the same time.

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Oct 26, 2009

Jay Connor rated it

If Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh had a love child who was rasied by rabid wolves and later adopted by Dick Cheney, CIA counter-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp would seem extreme in comparison. Where Daniel Silva has taken the mantel from Robert Ludlum for a thinking man's espionage writer, Vince Flynn is a re-imagined Tom Clancy. But boy what fun when the good and the bad guys are so clear. This is a great follow-up to the very exciting "Extreme Measures." If you haven't been a Mitc...more

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Jan 23, 2011

Linda rated it

As much as I like most of the story, I would almost give this book a 1 star for it's blatant agenda pushing. I enjoyed the pace of the story and the intrigue, but Mr. Flynn puts in too much of his right wing agenda into this story. One chapter in particular where Mitch has to go before a senate committee to explain his involvement with certain activities. Flynn uses this scene to 'soap-box' about his view about abortion and California liberals. This chapter added nothing to the story and near...more

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Oct 18, 2010

Gary Ellefson rated it

Entertaining enough read during my vacation. Plugs from Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh gave me a heads-up on the right wing agenda pushed in the book. Anti-Muslim, anti-abortion, I guess Flynn missed a statement about gay marriage destroying the fiber of our country. One scene made me realize this was pure fiction - the main character is at his co-workers house, the family having breakfast. The kids are doing kid stuff, then the wife "is out the door with the kids in 30 seconds". I hardl...more

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Nov 16, 2009

Isaac Bailey rated it

I'd really give this a 3.5 I probably rate all of my books too high. No room for the really great ones. My friend Jarad turned me on to Vince Flynn. His protagonist Mitch Rapp will do anything to protect America. Supposedly Jack Bower of 24 is based on Mitch Rapp. This book is a light fast read with little ambivalence about good and evil--and little compunction for crushing whatever is perceived as evil. If you like politics and thrillers this is an entertaining crime tale, with a theme straight...more

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The fifth of seven children, Vince Flynn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1966. He graduated from the St. Thomas Academy in 1984, and the University of St. Thomas with a degree in economics in 1988. After college he went to work for Kraft General Foods where he was an account and sales marketing specialist. In 1990 he left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate s...moreThe Vince Flynn Story

The fifth of seven children, Vince Flynn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1966. He graduated from the St. Thomas Academy in 1984, and the University of St. Thomas with a degree in economics in 1988. After college he went to work for Kraft General Foods where he was an account and sales marketing specialist. In 1990 he left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate slot with the United States Marine Corps. One week before leaving for Officers Candidate School, he was medically disqualified from the Marine Aviation Program, due to several concussions and convulsive seizures he suffered growing up. While trying to obtain a medical waiver for his condition, he started thinking about writing a book. This was a very unusual choice for Flynn since he had been diagnosed with dyslexia in grade school and had struggled with reading and writing all his life.

Having been stymied by the Marine Corps, Flynn returned to the nine-to-five grind and took a job with United Properties, a commercial real estate company in the Twin Cities. During his spare time he worked on an idea he had for a book. After two years with United Properties he decided to take a big gamble. He quit his job, moved to Colorado, and began working full time on what would eventually become Term Limits . Like many struggling artists before him, he was a bartender at night and wrote during the day. Five years and more than sixty rejection letters later he took the unusual step of self-publishing his first novel. The book went to number one in the Twin Cities, and within a week had a new agent and two-book deal with Pocket Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.

Term Limits hit the New York Times bestseller list in paperback and started a trend for all of Flynn's novels. Since then, his books have become perennial bestsellers in both paperback and hardcover, and he has become known for his research and prescient warnings about the rise of Islamic Radical Fundamentalism and terrorism. Read by current and former presidents, foreign heads of state, and intelligence professionals around the world, Flynn's novels are taken so seriously one high-ranking CIA official told his people, “I want you to read Flynn's books and start thinking about how we can more effectively wage this war on terror.”

October 2007 marked another milestone in Flynn’s career when his ninth political thriller, Protect and Defend, became a #1 New York Times bestseller. A few months later, CBS Films optioned the rights for Flynn’s Mitch Rapp character with the intention of creating a character-based, action-thriller movie franchise. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who previously launched the Harry Potter and Matrix films as head of production at Warner Bros., and Nick Wechsler (We Own the Night, Reservation Road) will produce the films.

Flynn lives in the Twin Cities with his wife and three children.

Works by Flynn include Transfer of Power, The Third Option, Separation of Power , Executive Power , Memorial Day, Consent to Kill, Act of Treason, and Extreme Measures.
-- Atria Books (2008)

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