Code Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills

Author:Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills [Flynn, Vince & Mills, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9781982164997
Amazon: 1982164999
Barnesnoble: 1982164999
Goodreads: 101160555
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Published: 2023-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Rapp held his surprisingly durable dress watch to his face, barely managing to make out the hands. Four in the morning. Temperatures had dropped into what he guessed were the low sixties, causing the cold to sink into him more deeply than he’d like. Not surprising in that he’d been lying motionless in a pile of rubble for hours now, keeping vigil over a bullet-pocked building across the street.

Inside, the man now in possession of his phone appeared to be asleep. He’d entered through the front door a little after midnight, and less than a minute later a light had gone on in a second-floor window. It stayed lit for only a short time, suggesting that he’d gone to bed without discovering the addition to the contents of his bag. What that meant was yet to be seen.

There was no activity on the narrow street and there probably wouldn’t be until sunrise brought the city back to life. Rapp was in a good position to watch the building without being spotted, but once daylight broke, he’d have to retreat. Not only because he would be visible from the street, but because the icebox he’d spent the night in would quickly turn into a furnace.

After that, he wasn’t sure. Being separated from Irene Kennedy and her army of eggheads created an intelligence black hole that he despised operating in. Who was the man he’d chosen purely because of their superficial resemblance? Did he go to work every morning? Where? Did he have a wife and children in the building? Other family? Did he have electronics that could be hacked or associates that could be bribed?

No way to know. It was Losa’s move. Would he make it?

Rapp had to wait only another twenty minutes for that question to be answered. He’d sunk into a half doze, when he spotted movement with his partially closed right eye. Just a shadow at first, it quickly morphed into a human outline as it approached. An early-rising local? No. The movement was too quiet and purposeful.

His analysis was confirmed when the figure dropped to one knee and began working to open the door Rapp was watching. A couple of minutes later, he stood and pulled a pistol from a holster hidden in the small of his back. The movement prompted five more men to materialize, two from the east and three from the west. Whether they were Russian or Syrian was impossible to tell, but they weren’t making the same mistakes as were made in Saraqib. All were silent, wearing civilian clothes, and had forgone rifles in favor of handguns. Night-vision gear didn’t go on until right before they entered.

It was a smooth, but not particularly quick, operation. While his phone could be confidently traced to the building, there would be no way to drill down on which apartment. The team would be forced to systematically clear them until they found their target.

Eventually, two men reappeared in the doorway, guiding a third with bound hands and a bag over his head.

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