Memorial Day Mass Market Author: Visit Amazon's Vince Flynn Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0743453980 | Format: PDF
Memorial Day Mass Market Description
From Publishers Weekly
The latest entry in Flynn's popular Mitch Rapp series (after 2003's
Executive Power) offers a gripping look at what could transpire if a terrorist group were to sneak a nuclear weapon into the U.S. Rapp, the relentless, marble-hearted CIA assassin and terrorist hunter, would never let that happen, of course, and Flynn's description of the process of bringing a nuke ashore and the lengths to which the government's counterterrorism force will go to prevent harm to U.S. citizens add up to another page-flipping extravaganza. Rapp, back in the field after a long stint on desk duty for insubordination, unearths the bomb plot during a daring commando raid on an al-Qaeda stronghold in Afghanistan. A U.S. strike force manages to intercept and disarm the nuke moments after it arrives by freighter in Charleston, S.C. Everyone, including series stalwart President Robert Hayes, congratulates themselves on a job well done, but Rapp isn't convinced; he believes al-Qaeda leader Mustafa al-Yamani has smuggled a second nuke into the country and plans to detonate it in Washington, D.C., during Memorial Day celebrations. Rapp, a ruthless terrorist pursuer by temperament and training, turns it up several notches this time around, following al-Yamani's scent with feverish abandon. Flynn trots out his usual assortment of characters to keep the action tense—wishy-washy cabinet members, political climbers, invective-spewing terrorists and a selected assortment of ice queens who use sex as a weapon. Yet his skillful use of converging plots, particularly the panic created by having a nuke on the loose, is enough to keep Flynn's growing fan base more than willing to overlook the formulaic components.
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"The king of high-concept political intrigue."
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- Mass Market Paperback: 574 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Star (July 19, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743453980
- ISBN-13: 978-0743453981
- Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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