Throwing “new challenges” at Rapp has been Mills’ forte. The trend of countries becoming more insular and perhaps less democratic creates interesting opportunities, particularly for internal threats.” “I see the series tracking the massive real-world geopolitical changes going on in a way that allows me to keep throwing new challenges at Mitch. Just like I’m sure he would have,” Mills noted before offering a clue about where the series might be headed with the next three books. “At first, the goal was to stick strictly to Vince’s style-something that was possible because I was writing The Survivor in the same world he’d written The Last Man. As odd as it seems, though Vince Flynn wrote about radical Islamic terrorism for well over a decade, the iconic author (who passed in 2013) never saw the rise of ISIS, let alone the pandemic that hit earlier this year-or any other major world event that writers today must tackle in their books if they hope to stay current and timely.

Picture, for a moment, what life was like back in 2014-2015, and how many things have changed just since then. Mills, who told me he’s “thrilled” to continue writing in the series, also touched on the fact that things are a bit different this time around than when he first took over the series nearly six years ago. They love Mitch and have been really excited about where I’ve taken him both plot and character-wise.” “Seriously, way beyond anything I could have imagined. Amazing,” said Kyle Mills in an exclusive statement to The Real Book Spy. With numerous #1 New York Times bestselling Rapp novels under his belt, and his sixth- Total Power-set to come out in September, Mills has successfully completed both his original three-book deal signed in 2014 and the second deal that was inked back in 2017.įear not, though, Rapp ambassadors, because Mills (who wrote 14 books, most of them bestsellers, before coming on to replace Flynn) has officially re-upped for three more books-due out in 2021, 2022, and 2023-which are slated to be once again be published by Emily Bestler Books, an imprint of Atria Books at publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster. Since taking over for the late Vince Flynn with The Survivor (2015), author Kyle Mills has won over diehard fans of the franchise thanks, in part, to his dedication and consistency, constantly churning out high-quality Mitch Rapp thrillers year after year. Mitch Rapp is back, and he’s here to stay.

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