Audiobook10 hours
Protect and Defend: A Thriller
Written by Vince Flynn
Narrated by George Guidall
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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An action-packed and all-too-realistic vision of nations navigating the minefield of international intrigue, Protect and Defend is Vince Flynn's most explosive political thriller yet. 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.
Enter Mitch Rapp, America's top counterterrorism operative. Rapp convinces President Josh Alexander to sign off on a risky operation that will push Iran to the brink of revolution. But when Iran recruits Hezbollah master terrorist Imad Mukhtar, and a CIA effort goes disastrously wrong, Rapp and Mukhtar are set on a collision course that threatens to engulf the entire region in war. With the clock ticking, Rapp is given twenty-four hours, no questions asked, to do whatever it takes to stop Mukhtar, and avert an unthinkable catastrophe.
Enter Mitch Rapp, America's top counterterrorism operative. Rapp convinces President Josh Alexander to sign off on a risky operation that will push Iran to the brink of revolution. But when Iran recruits Hezbollah master terrorist Imad Mukhtar, and a CIA effort goes disastrously wrong, Rapp and Mukhtar are set on a collision course that threatens to engulf the entire region in war. With the clock ticking, Rapp is given twenty-four hours, no questions asked, to do whatever it takes to stop Mukhtar, and avert an unthinkable catastrophe.
Reviews for Protect and Defend
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The premise of this novel is that Iran is building a nuclear weapons facility, something that reflects our current reality, and Israel bombs the facility, creating major damage. Iran demands retribution on the United States and Israel. CIA director Irene Kennedy goes in a diplomatic mission to Iran, and she is kidnapped. In order to stop Iran from enacting revenge, the United States sends counter-terrorist agent Mitch Rapp, one of the most compelling CIA type character I have come across in my fiction readings, to diffuse the situation, get back Kennedy, and cripple the Iranians.I always enjoy reading Mitch Rapp novels because of his no-nonsense, take no prisoners, willing to do anything attitude about getting the job done. I’m not sure if real life people like Mitch Rapp exist, but we could certainly use people like this. He’s the furthest thing from a diplomat and has little tact. When CIA director Kennedy is kidnapped, tortured, and raped by the Iranians, then the gloves really come off of Mitch. This novel has a good pace, loads of tension, and a compelling storyline. Definitely a must read.Carl Alves – author of The Invocation
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mitch Rapp fights the Iranians and their stooges, Hezbollah, after the Israelis destroy Iran's nuclear facility, and Iran decides to retaliate against 'Big Satan' first.Irene Kennedy, working behind the scenes tries to broker a deal beneficial to Iran and the US with her Iranian counterpart before Iran does something to provoke the U.S. into destroying Persia. Things escalate when a Hezbollah terrorist kidnaps the CIA Director and the U.S. President declares the kidnapping as an 'act of war' giving a short time to release Kennedy before attacking. Rapp has to track down the enemy and save his mentor from torture and death. Some in the intelligence game feel Rapp has gone way off the reservation with his brutal techniques, however, the President has given him carte blanche, so Rapp is truly unleashed to do what he does best - track down and terminate the terrorists....
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A decent enough Mitch Rapp outing, but quite a bit light on the plot side of things. Essentially, the Iranians are getting chippy and kidnap Rapp's boss, which sets the stage for the majority of the story. There is some Israeli involvement early on in the form of the destruction of an Iranian nuclear facility, but that potentially very interesting side of the equation is summarily dropped early on in the novel. That, combined with the rather hasty conclusion, makes me wonder if there wasn't a bit of a deadline problem with this one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mitch Rapp kills a lot of bad guys. Flynn always manages to create credible terrorists, whose twisted sense of revenge, heroism and martyrdom, leads them into ever more complicated attempts to damage the US. Multiple characters in multiple settings living out multiple plot lines, all deftly brought together at the end. Near the end, the Iranian mullah shoots the rogue President--Justice?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5great read. quick, non-taxing, engaging.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vince Flynn does it again, or, rather, his creation, Mitch Rapp does. Flynn always manages to create credible terrorists, whose twisted sense of revenge, heroism and martyrdom, leads them into ever more complicated attempts to damage the US or the Great Satan that they term that country. As usual there are politicians and others, some of them members of the military, who wish to curtail Rapp's activities. In this novel they even bring him before a Judicial Inquiry, but this only serves to allow the terrorists to be at least partially successful, before Rapp, and his assistant, Mike Nash, get down to sorting things out. A real page turner that leaves the way open for another instalment.