American Assassin
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0046XYGIO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesnt know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap. He wanted retribution. What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Kennedy finds him in the wake of the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the Pan Am attack. Six months of intense training has prepared him to bring the war to the enemy's doorstep, and he does so wi
Action and adventure worth the read! While awaiting the next David Balducci book, I read this author's first book, Term Limits , and was immediately hooked! American Assassin is the first in the series for the character, Mitch Rapp, and starts at the beginning of his career in the spy world. The story holds your interest and I was sad when I finished the book. For me, that's always the sign of a good book, when you don't want it to end. I have since read next book in the series for Mitch Rapp titled, Kill Shot, als. Patrick McHugh said I’m a Mitch Rapp fan and preconditioned to enjoy learning how it all began, but this wasn’t the best in the series.. The Mitch Rapp series first appeared on bookshelves in 1999 with the release of Transfer of Power. Most appropriately, that tale of America’s most skilled terrorist hunter began in media res and continued unabated for ten episodes. But then, based on reader urging, the author decided to go back in time and write two prequels to the original entry. And thus we now have American Assassin as the “new” first episode, and Kill Shot as the “new” second ep. El Guapo said Meh. This book is my first read in the Mitch Rapp series. I'm a bit disappointed. The character development just is not terribly deep. There are good bones on the characters, just really not much meat. Tons of cliche - like the young badass rule-breaker butting heads with the aging mentor because the former reminds the latter of himself Blah. In novels, I don't necessarily mind hopping from one scenario to another, but it doesn't work well when an author stops in the middle of a high