Mitch Rapp book 2 · 2000
The Third Option
Mitch Rapp is sent to Germany to kill a businessman who has been selling weapons to Saddam Hussein, but the operation is a set-up, and he is betrayed by people on his own side.
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Book facts
- Author
- Vince Flynn
- Series
- Mitch Rapp, book 2 of 25
- Published
- 2000
- Setting
- Set in Washington, D.C.
- Story order
- Book 4 by the story’s timeline
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
In story order: after Transfer of Power and before Separation of Power.
Who is in The Third Option
4 recurring or key characters from Vince Flynn’s chart. Introduces Scott Coleman.
Lead 1
- Mitch RappCIA counter-terrorism operativeAlso in books by Kyle Mills
Major 3
- Irene KennedyCIA counter-terrorism chief, later directorAlso in books by Kyle Mills
- Anna RiellyWhite House journalist and Rapp’s wife
- Scott ColemanFirst appearanceFormer Navy SEAL and Rapp’s allyAlso in books by Kyle Mills
Also featuring these characters
Other Vince Flynn books that share the most characters with The Third Option.
- Executive Power2003 · Mitch Rapp · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Memorial Day2004 · Mitch Rapp · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Consent to Kill2005 · Mitch Rapp · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Act of Treason2006 · Mitch Rapp · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon