An Alternative Cover Edition of ISBN 9781471164088 can be foundhereNow a major motion picture#1 New York Timesbestselling author Vince Flynn introduces the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first covert assignment.Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the worldand then tragedy struck. Terrorists attacked innocent American citizens, and Rapps girlfriend was among the murdered. Thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. But Mitch Rapp seeks only retribution.Six months of intense training has prepared him to bring the war to the enemys doorstep, and he does so with brutal efficiency, leaving a trail of bodies across Europe. All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesnt know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap…The hunter is about to become the hunted, and Rapp will need every ounce of skill and cunning if he is to survive the war-ravaged city and its various terrorist factions.