Mitch Rapp
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Mitch Rapp is a character in a series of books by Vince Flynn. He works for the CIA as an operative (read: assassin), specializing in the Middle East.
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[edit] Background
Rapp's alias is Mitch Kruse. His only remaining family is his brother, Steven Rapp. In Transfer of Power we were introduced to his wife, Anna Rielly, an NBC White House correspondent.
A graduate of Syracuse University, Rapp was recruited to the CIA by Irene Kennedy in 1989, one year after his childhood girlfriend was killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. He was a lacrosse player at Syracuse University and won the Ironman Triathlon. Rapp is fluent in at least five languages including English, French, Italian, Arabic and Farsi. He is also ambidextrous. But naturally left handed.
Throughout the books, Rapp works with several special operations units including Navy SEALs and DEVGRU, Delta Force, Air Force Special Tactics, the Hostage Rescue Team of the FBI, and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne).
[edit] Books Appeared In
[edit] Term Limits
(1999) -- Mitch Rapp did not appear in this book, Vince Flynn's first major novel. However, several key characters in the Rapp books are present, including CIA director Thomas Stansfield, future CIA director and leader of the CIA's counter-terrorism center Dr. Irene Kennedy, FBI Special Agent Skip McMahon, and former member of the Navy SEAL's Team Six, Scott Coleman.
[edit] Transfer of Power
(2000) -- In a blizzard of gunfire and surprise, Islamic terrorists have taken over the White House. The President is safely evacuated, but over 100 hostages are still inside. CIA operative Mitch Rapp is tasked to rescue them, by force if necessary. However, he quickly finds that in Washington, nothing is as simple as it seems, for there are people who are willing to use the hostages as pawns in their power struggle, and pawns can be sacrificed...
[edit] The Third Option
(2001) -- Beyond diplomacy and military intervention, there is the third option. Sinister forces wishes to discredit the existing CIA chief and deputy chief as a part of a power struggle. Their perfect plan: set up top CIA operative Mitch Rapp on a "third option" mission to fail, and let Rapp take the blame. Their only mistake: they picked the wrong man to betray...
[edit] Separation of Power
(2002) -- Dr. Irene Kennedy, now head of the CIA, has many enemies, and those enemies wish to destroy both her and the President in a daring plot. In the Middle East, Saddam Hussein is developing a nuke, and Israel vows to launch a preemptive strike if the nuke is ever completed. Can CIA Operative Mitch Rapp destroy Saddam's plans before the Middle East is plunged into war while unraveling the sinister plots developing at home... in only 2 weeks?
[edit] Executive Power
(2003) -- A disgruntled congressman has destroyed Mitch Rapp's CIA operative career by outing him on National TV, and marking him for death by almost every terrorist who owns a television. Now Mitch Rapp must adjust to a new life as a CIA analyst/adviser, while attempting to plug a leak in the State Department that led to an ambush of a US Navy SEAL team in the Philippines. But in the shadows looms a madman and his assassin, ready to ignite another world war, and Mitch Rapp is the only one in their way.
[edit] Memorial Day
(2004) -- Mitch Rapp leads a daring raid on an Al Qaeda stronghold on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and reveals the unthinkable: Al Qaeda has obtained a nuke, and the target is Washington D.C., on Memorial Day. As the government debates on a course of action, Mitch Rapp is chasing leads and suspects across the globe. When the nuclear material is intercepted, everyone breaths a sigh of relief, but Mitch Rapp can't help but think... what if there is more than one?
[edit] Consent to Kill
(2005) -- A Saudi billionaire vows vengeance on Mitch Rapp after his son was killed by Rapp for the plot to nuke Washington D.C.. However, he's not the only one who wishes to see Mitch Rapp gone. For Rapp has made too many enemies in his effort to save the nation from Armageddon. This time, the international conspiracy may be bigger than even Rapp's ability to unravel...and the consequences could be devastating.
[edit] Act of Treason
(2006) -- Mitch Rapp is expected to make another major appearance in this story about a conspiracy by very high officials to passively rig a presidential election by launching a false terrorist attack on one of the candidates, granting him a strong sympathy vote and propelling him to the Oval Office. Rapp, still mourning the terrible loss he suffered in "Consent to Kill", must work to save the nation from corruption and evil once more.
[edit] See Also
List of fictional left-handed characters
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