Protect and Defend - Vince Flynn - Reviewed by Adam Rajic

Vince Flynns latest installment of Mitch Rapp’s thrilling exploits is a book that you wont be able to put down until you have finished it. The book takes you deep into the world of espionage, death and politics.
Protect and defends action starts in the heart of Iran where the Iranians are creating a nuclear weapons facility only to be destroyed by a threatened Israel which creates a landslide affect in Iran. And they demand retribution but some in the Iranian government want much more. They want to destroy the people behind it Israel and their U.S backers. Mitch Rapp sees away to embarrass the Iranian government so they can gain little from lee way with the world leaders. This involves sending the C.I.A’s director Irene Kennedy to have a secret meeting with Iran’s head of intelligence. America isn’t the only one making plans. Iran’s president calls upon Hezbollah’s master terrorist Imad Mukhta. As Irene Kennedy meeting turns into a disaster with Irene being kidnapped Mitch is given 24 hours to do what it takes- no questions asked- to save her.
The most interesting part of the book is near the end where Mitch Rapp has three terrorists hostage and has to find out where Irene Kennedy is being held. But bureaucracy keeps trying to get in the way of Mitch and bring him in. So he decides that his career is worth the life of Kennedy. So stops caring about bureaucracy and what they think of him and what they will do when he gets and sets his mind on his mission “to save Irene Kennedy”
The issues explored in this book are the bureaucracy that holds back Mitch back when he is on his mission to save Irene Kennedy from certain torture and death. The political instability in the regions of the Middle East where Israel is surrounded by its enemies and is fighting a battle to survive and how this battle is a helpful for the Americans sometimes it also creates some of the biggest problems for them. But one of the main issues in this book is about global terrorism and how America is bringing the fight to the terrorists and winning.
This book is a little similar to the other books in the series and also to books by Andy Mcnab and Chris Ryan. But unlike all those other books it is in a league of its own with a thrilling piece of literature, it is a no holds book willing to say anything about anyone. It will show you how bureaucracy has gone mad yet how great it is. This book is unique in that way.
This book is one of the best books I have ever read it is a political thriller full of emotion, excitement, action and drama. This book is for all the people who read military type books, want something harder want to read about spies but it is not for the faint hearted. This book will make you crave to read all the books in this series. It will make you hunt out other authors that write their books