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When diplomacy has failed and military intervention is deemed inappropriate, our leaders often turn to a silent and dark community for results. This is a course of action not always taken by wise and honorable men. In certain circles it is known as "the third option."

Top-secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off in Vince Flynn's New York Times best-selling series.

For years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless Americans. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero to many, and an enemy to countless more. In the tangled, duplicitous world of espionage, there are those, even among America's allies, who want to see Mitch Rapp eliminated. They have decided the time has come.

Top-secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off in Vince Flynn's New York Times best-selling series.

The four dead guards didn’t concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they’d been paid to protect. Joe Rickman wasn’t just another foot soldier. For the last eight years Rickman had ran the CIA’s clandestine operations in Afghanistan. It was a murky job that involved working with virtually every disreputable figure in the Islamic Republic. More than a quarter billion dollars in cash had passed through Rickman’s hands during his tenure as the master of black ops and no one with a shred of sense wanted to know the details of how that money had been spent.

The four dead guards didn’t concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they’d been paid to protect. Joe Rickman wasn’t just another foot soldier. For the last eight years Rickman had run the CIA’s clandestine operations in Afghanistan. It was a murky job that involved working with virtually every disreputable figure in the Islamic Republic. More than a quarter billion dollars in cash had passed through Rickman’s hands during his tenure as the master of black ops and no one with a shred of sense wanted to know the details of how that money had been spent.

The action begins six days after a series of explosions devastated Washington, D.C., targeting the National Counterterrorism Center and killing 185 people, including public officials and CIA employees. It was a bizarre act of extreme violence that called for extreme measures on the part of elite counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his trusted team member, Mike Nash.

The action begins in the heart of Iran, where billions of dollars are being spent on the development of a nuclear program. No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel launches a creative and daring operation that leaves a radioactive tomb in the middle of Iran's second largest city. An outraged Iranian government publicly blames both Israel and the United States and demands retribution.

Returning from a covert mission, Mitch Rapp was publicly hailed by the president for his role in the fight against terrorism. After years of working in the shadows, Rapp was caught in the media spotlight - and marked for death by virtually every terrorist in the world. Now a CIA advisor, Rapp is ready to battle terror far from the front lines. But when a Navy SEAL team in the Philippines is ambushed, all evidence points to a leak within the U.S. State Department. And a greater threat lurks....

For months, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. With each kill, the tangled network of monsters responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians becomes increasingly clear. He is given his next target: a plump Libyan diplomat who is prone to drink and is currently in Paris without a single bodyguard. Rapp finds him completely unprotected and asleep in his bed. With confidence in his well-honed skills and conviction of the man’s guilt, he easily sends a bullet into the man’s skull. But in the split second it takes the bullet to leave the silenced pistol, everything changes.

The action begins in the heart of Iran, where billions of dollars are being spent on the development of a nuclear program. No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel launches a creative and daring operation that leaves a radioactive tomb in the middle of Iran's second largest city. An outraged Iranian government publicly blames both Israel and the United States and demands retribution.

It's a gorgeous autumn day in Georgetown. The Democratic candidates for president and vice-president of the United States are dutifully glad-handing voters and the media outside a grand estate where a national security conference has just been held, bringing together the world's greatest minds to discuss the issues that are threatening the country. It's American politicking at its best. That's when all hell breaks loose.

A group of terrorists invades the White House, driving the president into an underground bunker, where he can't communicate with his government. Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counter-terrorist operative, sneaks into the executive mansion to take control and finds that the terrorists are the least of the president's and the nation's problems.

With action that sizzles and true-to-life insider detail, Separation of Power showcases best selling author Vince Flynn ( The Third Option) at his shell-shocking best.

It's just seven days before Memorial Day, and a spike in CIA intelligence has pointed to a major terrorist attack on the United States. Now it's up to counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp to pull out all the stops. Rapp immediately leaves for Afghanistan, where he leads a special forces unit on a daring commando raid across the border into a remote Pakistani village. Their target: an al-Qaeda stronghold. Rapp and his team soon discover plans for a catastrophic nuclear attack on Washington, DC.

It's a gorgeous autumn day in Georgetown. The Democratic candidates for president and vice-president of the United States are dutifully glad-handing voters and the media outside a grand estate where a national-security conference has just been held, bringing together the world's greatest minds to discuss the issues that are threatening the country. It's American politicking at its best. That's when all hell breaks loose.

Vertrauliche Informationen über den US-Billionär Nicholas Ward werden aus den Datenbanken der CIA entwendet. Direktorin Irene Kennedy vermutet einen Spion in den eigenen Reihen und setzt den Terrorabwehr-Experten Mitch Rapp auf den Schutz des wohltätigen Unternehmers an. Für Rapp wird der Einsatz zum Drahtseilakt: Er muss die zunehmend bedrohlicheren Angriffe auf Ward abwehren und gleichzeitig herausfinden, wer in dem undurchsichtigen Spiel die Fäden zieht.

Antiterror-Spezialist Mitch Rapp zieht einen Techniker des IS aus dem Verkehr, der mit Hilfe eines Experten das komplette Stromnetz der Vereinigten Staaten lahmlegen will. Doch Rapps Einsatz erfolgt zu spät: Amerika versinkt in völliger Dunkelheit. Landesweit bricht Chaos aus. Wasserversorgung und Lieferketten brechen zusammen, die Bevölkerung droht zu verhungern, es kommt zu Plünderungen und Revolten. Rapp muss den Verantwortlichen finden und ihn zwingen, die Sabotage rückgängig zu machen. Gelingt es Rapp, bevor hunderttausende Menschen sterben?

Da entführen IS-Terroristen einen Mikrobiologen und zwingen ihn, Anthrax zu produzieren. Internet-Videos, die mit der Freisetzung des Kampfstoffs drohen, versetzen die Bevölkerung in Hysterie. Mithilfe eines mexikanischen Drogenkartells soll die biologische Waffe nach Amerika geschmuggelt werden. In Wahrheit jedoch handelt es sich um ein Ablenkungsmanöver. Der Terrorist Sayid Halabi ist im Jemen auf ein tödliches Virus gestoßen und will damit eine Pandemie entfesseln und die westliche Welt entvölkern. Einmal mehr kann nur CIA-Terrorabwehrspezialist Mitch Rapp den Wahnsinn stoppen.

Beim russischen Präsidenten wird ein unheilbarer Hirntumor diagnostiziert. Statt seinen Rücktritt zu erklären, klammert er sich verzweifelt an die Macht. Zu Anfang begnügt er sich damit, seine Gegner töten zu lassen, doch als sich sein Gesundheitszustand verschlimmert, greift er zu drastischeren Mitteln: Er erklärt dem Westen den Krieg.