Separation Of Power

Separation of Power, the fifth Mitch Rapp novel, is set against a political backdrop involving the confirmation of a new CIA director and a covert operation in Iraq that threatens to expose American intelligence methods. Rapp is deployed simultaneously into political intrigue in Washington and direct action in the field, and Flynn builds his thriller around the tension between the visible world of Senate hearings and the invisible world where Rapp actually operates. The series was finding its mature form here.

Ken Kilban narrates with the military directness that suits Mitch Rapp's operational mode. The series established itself on the specific appeal of a protagonist who cuts through institutional obstruction, and Kilban's voice for Rapp carries the character's particular combination of lethal competence and barely controlled impatience. At nearly fourteen hours it is a substantial entry in a series that rewards sustained investment.