Pursuit Of Honor by Vince Flynn

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Vince Flynn
• Title: Pursuit Of Honor (Mitch Rapp Thriller Series)
• Publisher: ‎ Atria Books; First Atria Books Hardcover Edition (October 2009)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 431 pages
• ISBN-10: 1416595163
• ISBN-13: 978-1416595168
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.43 pounds
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (shows some minimal discoloration on page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (shows minimal shelf wear on top corner)
• Edition: First Atria Books Hardcover Edition

Synopsis:

#1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin—now a major motion picture

An exhilarating political thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn, praised as “the best pure adrenaline-charged action writer out there today” (The Providence Journal).

When Washington, DC’s National Counterterrorism Center is struck by a series of devastating explosions, the results are catastrophic—185 killed, including public officials and CIA employees. Such an act of extreme violence calls for extreme measures—and elite counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, joining forces with trusted team member Mike Nash, finds himself in the frustrating position of having to illustrate the realities of national security to government officials up in arms over the agents who rushed in to save countless American lives. Meanwhile, with three al Qaeda terrorists still at large and Nash traumatized by the horrors he witnessed during the attack, Rapp must help his friend while threading his way through the naysayers on Capitol Hill—and silently, swiftly, do what he must for the sake of his country and the pursuit of honor.

About the Author:

The fifth of seven children, Vince Flynn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1966. He graduated from the St. Thomas Academy in 1984, and the University of St. Thomas with a degree in economics in 1988.

After college he went to work for Kraft General Foods where he was an account and sales marketing specialist.

In 1990 he left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate slot with the United States Marine Corps. One week before leaving for Officers Candidate School, he was medically disqualified from the Marine Aviation Program, due to several concussions and convulsive seizures he suffered growing up.  While trying to obtain a medical waiver for his condition, he started thinking about writing a book. This was a very unusual choice for Flynn since he had been diagnosed with dyslexia in grade school and had struggled with reading and writing all his life.

Having been stymied by the Marine Corps, Flynn returned to the nine-to-five grind and took a job with United Properties, a commercial real estate company in the Twin Cities. During his spare time he worked on an idea he had for a book. After two years with United Properties he decided to take a big gamble. He quit his job, moved to Colorado, and began working full time on what would eventually become Term Limits.

Like many struggling artists before him, he bartended at night and wrote during the day. Five years and more than sixty rejection letters later he took the unusual step of self-publishing his first novel. The book went to number one in the Twin Cities, and within a week had a new agent and two-book deal with Pocket Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.

He lived in Minneapolis with his wife and three children. He died on June 19, 2013, after a three-year battle with prostate cancer.