Red War (17) (A Mitch Rapp Novel)

ISBN: 1501190601

Author: Flynn, Vince

Condition: New

This instant #1 New York Times bestseller and modern techno-thriller (New York Journal of Books) follows Mitch Rapp in a race to prevent Russias gravely ill leader from starting a full-scale war with NATO.When Russian president Maxim Krupin discovers that he has inoperable brain cancer, hes determined to cling to power. His first task is to kill or imprison any of his countrymen who can threaten him. Soon, though, his illness becomes serious enough to require a more dramatic diversion-war with the West.Upon learning of Krupins condition, CIA director Irene Kennedy understands that the US is facing an opponent who has nothing to lose. The only way to avoid a confrontation that could leave millions dead is to send Mitch Rapp to Russia under impossibly dangerous orders. With the Kremlins entire security apparatus hunting him, he must find and kill a man many have deemed the most powerful in the world.Success means averting a war that could consume all of Europe. But if his mission is discovered, Rapp will plunge Russia and America into a conflict that neither will survive in a timely, explosive novel that shows yet again why Mitch Rapp is the best hero the thriller genre has to offer (The Real Book Spy).