Enemy at the Gates: Volume 20 (Mitch Rapp Novel)

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I hope Mitch & Irene quit their CIA involvement and go to work for the 1st Trillionaire, as the politics in these books are often sad. I came int­o writing ­from kind ­of a stran­ge angle. ­When I gra­duated fro­m college ­in the lat­e eighties­, I had th­e same dre­am as ever­yone else ­at the tim­e—a corpor­ate job, a­ nice car,­ and a hou­se with lo­ts of squa­re footage­.

Kudos, Mr. Mills, for another great piece. I am eager to see where you will take us in the coming years!

Mitch Rapp has worked for a number of presidents over his career, but Anthony Cook is unlike any he’s encountered before. Cunning and autocratic, he feels no loyalty to America’s institutions and is distrustful of the influence Rapp and CIA director Irene Kennedy have in Washington. I was a little nervous as I got into this book, the first part of the book was a little slow. I was afraid that Kyle Mills had lost his touch with delivering a top notch novel within the series. The rest of the book made up for the slow start. It was an easy five star book and One of the best books I have read this year.

Irene and I are in the same business—we both want to keep people safe and healthy. That’s landed us at a few of the same conferences and participating on the same panels.” He flashed the everyman smile that he was known for. “I figure the fact that she hasn’t had me killed yet makes us friends.” Irene Kennedy – Irene Kennedy (introduced in Transfer of Power as Director of the Counter-terrorism Center) is Mitch Rapp’s recruiter, friend, and staunch supporter. She is the Director of the CIA.There is a wolf in the White House and mole in the CIA and only Mitch Rapp can stop them both in Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills' newest work, ENEMY AT THE GATES! There is a new president in the White House and Rapp, Irene Kennedy, and Mike Nash must navigate the political waters of Washington and prevent a president hellbent on power and greed from changing the world landscape. Not only does Rapp have to stop the president's influence abroad, but Rapp, along with Scott Coleman, are tasked with saving the richest man in the world and using him as bait to snuff out the traitor in the CIA. Can the #1 badass on the planet survive the jungles of Uganda, the desert of Saudi Arabia, and the thoughts of walking away from it all for good? Disclaimer: As a proud Mitch Rapp Ambassador, I was given an ARC of Enemy at the Gates for review purposes but all opinions are my own. Dr. Kennedy?” the president’s secretary said, glancing up from her monitor. “You can go in. He’s expecting you.”

The Cooks see democracy as interfering in their autocratic lifestyle. Irene Kennedy’s biggest problem and worry, is her Agency being manipulated for the power it holds. Mitch refuses to pledge loyalty to Cook. Irene Kennedy shares Rapp’s viewpoint that politicians are not trustworthy.Not at all. I’m just thinking out loud. In any event, I’m anxious to be introduced. If nothing else, it’ll be interesting to look into the eyes of a man like him.” Mitch Rapp has worked for several presidents over his career, but Anthony Cook is unlike any he’s encountered before. Cunning and autocratic, he feels no loyalty to America’s institutions and is distrustful of the influence Rapp and CIA director Irene Kennedy have in Washington. She nodded. “There’s opportunity here for us. The question is do we want to exploit it. So far, we’ve been fairly conservative in our actions. But we’re only three and a half years from the next election. At some point, we’re going to have to move forward.”

When Kennedy discovers evidence of a mole scouring the Agency’s database for sensitive information on Nicholas Ward, the world’s first trillionaire, she convinces Rapp to take a job protecting him. In doing so, he finds himself walking an impossible tightrope: Keep the man alive, but also use him as bait to uncover a traitor who has seemingly unlimited access to government secrets. Mitch Rapp’s high school sweetheart Maureen Eliot, who was attending Syracuse University with Rapp, was killed in the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. One year later he was recruited into the Central Intelligence Agency by Irene Kennedy. Fairly close friends, in fact. Their relationship had been cemented by a recent bioterrorism event that she’d had no choice but to bring him in on. The long days, long nights, and logistical nightmares they’d faced had given her a healthy respect and personal affection for the man. He was one of the most impressive people she had ever met and seemed to honestly have the good of mankind at heart. The fact that some of his views were a bit naïve was more than overcome by his enthusiasm and almost supernatural competence.One positi­ve aspect ­of this li­festyle is­ that you ­can’t help­ but ­absorb an­ enormous ­amount abo­ut the FBI­, CIA, Spe­cial Force­s, etc. Li­ke most yo­ung boys, ­I was endl­essly fasc­inated wit­h talk of­ chasing c­riminals and, of cou­rse, pictu­red it in ­the most r­omantic te­rms possib­le. Who wo­uld have t­hought tha­t all this­ esoteric ­knowledge­ would end­ up being ­so useful?­ Mitch Rapp has settled into a happy life with Claudia and her seven-year-old daughter Anna. His moments with Anna are some of the cutest and happiest in the book. He’s too valuable an asset and we both know this is a waste of time.” He stood again and it was Kennedy’s turn to be dismissed. “Keep my people posted of any developments and in the meantime, I’ll give this some thought. Until you hear from me, though, we’re staying out of it.” Narrator is a living legend, he is one of my favs and that says a lot as I've listened to 4,000 books. One of the secondary characters from the entire series is written way out of character, as author takes liberties with him that are unwarranted and ends in tragedy and a travesty. Through the diversion of maintaining power and privilege, ISIS take advantage of the situation and kidnap a brilliant French microbiologist; coercing him to begin manufacturing anthrax.