Protect and Defend

A Thriller

By: Vince Flynn

Narrated by: Armand Schultz

Counterterrorist agent Mitch Rapp is on a collision course with America’s most feared enemy in this white-knuckle political thriller from “the best pure adrenaline-charged action writer out there” (The Providence Journal) and #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin.

No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel brings down Iran’s billion-dollar nuclear program in an ingeniously conceived operation. The attack leaves a radioactive tomb and environmental disaster in its wake, and has Iranian president Amatullah calling for blood—American blood.

Seeing opportunity where others fear reprisals, Mitch Rapp devises a brilliant plan to humiliate Iran’s government and push the nation to the brink of revolution. But when a back-channel meeting between CIA director Irene Kennedy and her Iranian counterpart goes disastrously wrong, Rapp is locked in a showdown with a Hezbollah mastermind in league with Amatullah—and he is given twenty-four hours to do whatever it takes to stop unthinkable catastrophe. This story blends global tension, covert operations, and high-stakes suspense, perfect for readers of CIA counterterrorism novels and political thrillers set in the Middle East.

Critic reviews

"Flynn didn't invent the post-9/11 thriller, but he might as well have....[He] is the best pure adrenalin-charged action writer out there today."

-- Providence Journal

Entertaining

I’ve enjoyed all of the Mitch Rapp novels to this point. Good narration. I’m looking forward to the next one.

This should be made into a movie

This book was almost impossible to put down. A great book combining the events of today into a believable scenario of intrigue and mystery. This is one that would make a great movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

OK

This would have been a much better story had it been unabridged. I feel certain people would be willing to pay a few dollars more for the whole book. It leaves so much out of the story when it is an abridged version

Hear it Hear it again made it worth it was a great

I just absolutely love it That you couldn't put it down just had to keep going and going and going and I'll be glad to start all over again list That you couldn't put it down just had to keep going and going and going it and I'll be glad to start all over again list again that is good writing And just make you want to say wow Do people like that and real life it make you wanna sometime wow Wow wow wow But it is a good read As worth all the money and you get bang for your buck on this 1 too So when should I read it again.

Same Vince Flynn

Is there anything you would change about this book?

No

What was one of the most memorable moments of Protect and Defend?

Rapp's love affairs that never seem to materialize fully to family status because of his job

How did the narrator detract from the book?

A new narrator , very mechanical. Not a good actor. It was difficult to distinguish between characters.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

Any additional comments?

The narrator can make or break the story, Shultz was struggling and didn't quite make it.