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Protect and Defend: A Thriller | 
| Author: Vince Flynn
Publisher: Atria Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 6556
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 074327041X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743270410
ASIN: 074327041X
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with his most explosive political thriller yet. A tour de force of action-packed suspense, Protect and Defend delivers an all-too-realistic and utterly compelling vision of nations navigating the minefield of international intrigue. A true heavyweight in the political thriller arena (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Vince Flynn has created a flesh-and-blood hero that readers can cheer for and a finger-blistering page-turner they won t dare put down.
In Protect and Defend, 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 one of the most creative and daring espionage operations ever conceived. The attack leaves a radioactive tomb and environmental disaster in the middle of Iran s second largest city. An outraged Iranian government publicly blames both Israel and the United States for the attack and demands retribution. Privately, Iran s bombastic president wants much more. He wants America and Israel to pay for their aggression with blood.
Enter Mitch Rapp, America s top counterterrorism operative. Used to employing deception, Rapp sees an opportunity where others see only Iranian reprisals that could leave thousands of Americans dead. Rapp convinces President Josh Alexander to sign off on a risky operation that will further embarrass the Iranian government and push their country to the brink of revolution. As part of the plan, CIA director Irene Kennedy is dispatched to the region for a clandestine meeting with Azad Ashani, her Iranian counterpart.
But Rapp isn t the only one hatching plans. Iranian President Amatullah, has recruited Hezbollah master terrorist Imad Mukhtar to do his dirty work. For decades Mukhtar has acted as a surrogate for Iran, blazing a trail of death and destruction across the Middle East and beyond. When Kennedy s meeting with Ashani 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.
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An Entertaining Read November 17, 2008
jackzvt
This is the first Vince Flynn story I have read and I did like it. Like many thrillers most of the characters have the depth of cardboard and the plot line is fairly predictable it is still a good fast read and entertaining. Much is not quite plausible.
Some may be a bit queasy with Rapp's methods and I could understand that. Flynn is one of the few thriller writers who does have a firm grasp of Radical Islam and it's terrorist agenda to "unbelievers" and the dynamics. Flynn understands well the danger of the Saudi's, Wahabbis and Madrasas's ability to churn out terrorists who resort to extreme violence to kill us "infidels". Most Americans and Euros do not yet quite understand the increasing danger we face with Islamic Extremists. His hero Rapp is about as violent as they come and a good counterpoint to the terrorists violence.
This is a large continuing issue the civilized world will have to grapple with in the future and Flynn makes it quite clear that peace negotations will really go nowhere with an enemy who will resort to any means to spread Radical Islam worldwide.
One of Flynn's Best October 28, 2008
Reads Thrillers (Dallas, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the most exciting books that I have read that did not have a lot of surprises. Flynn interwove his plot with a lot of recent history that made you want to get the bad guys and save the good guys, or women. He portrayed the Washington brass as taking a hard line with Iran which I liked but was not realistic. They would not have that much guts at least in this day and age.
There were two characters that he fully described that just dropped from the radar after they did their thing. I always like for a book to not leave me thinking at the end, "What happened to them." Also whenever a hero does something illegal then there should an ending that covers it up, or a pardon, or something to explain why he/she did not get strung up. It was a real page turner that I would give five stars except for the ending which makes it a four star for me.
The ending is so important for a book that I wrote three endings for my recent book, al-Qaeda Strikes Again and got comments from my proof readers before I decided which one to use.
Is there a difference between Flynn and Thor? October 24, 2008
The Cynical Reviewer (Chicago, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Seems to me that if you did not know the character's names the books
by Vince Flynn and Brad Thor are almost identical.
I personally prefer Scot Harvath to Mitch Rapp, but both books by these
writers are good.
BTW, I think Daniel Silva is the best in the genre. Gabriel Allon is the
best!
 Very Dissapointing October 24, 2008
J. Tarpy (Liverpool, England)
This is the second Vince Flynn book I've read; there won't be a third. Mitch Rapp is one of the shallowest, predictable and uninteresting lead characters I've ever come across. He's the personification of a high school tough guy. I see in Mr. Flynn's biography that he missed an opportunity to attend Marine Corps OCS. It seems that he has created Rapp to capture his lost military manhood. The character has zero believable qualities. He's not likable; he has no followable emotions; he provides no incite. In fact he seems to simply be a vehicle for describing violence at a junior high school level.
non stop action! September 14, 2008
T. A Molina (san antonio, texas United States)
this was the my first flynn thriller,
not bad! i enjoyed it very much! i'm looking forward to reading the others i've missed and the new one!
highly recommended!
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