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    The Survivor

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    Columbine. Dunblane. Virginia Tech. Winnenden. But Saint Patrick's High?

    In his first hour back from a six-month leave of absence, Detective Jacob Striker's day quickly turns into a nightmare. He is barely on scene five minutes at his daughter's high school when he encounters an Active Shooter situation. Three man wearing hockey masks have stormed the school with firearms and are killing indiscriminately. Striker takes immediate action. Within minutes, two of the gunmen are dead and

    But the last gunman, Red Mask, does something unexpected. He runs up to his fallen comrade, racks the shotgun, and unloads five rounds into the man, obliterating his face and hands. Before Striker can react, Red Mask flees - and escapes.

    Against the clock, Striker investigates the killings for which there is no known motive and no known suspect. Soon his investigation takes him to darker places, and the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous his world becomes. Until Striker himself is in the line of fire.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateMar 3, 2011
    ISBN9780857200396
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    The Survivor
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    Sean Slater

    Sean Slater is the pseudonym for Vancouver Police Officer Sean Sommerville. As a police officer, Sommerville works in Canada's poorest slum, the Downtown East Side—an area rife with poverty, mental illness, drug use, prostitution, and gang warfare. He has investigated everything from frauds and extortions to homicides. Sommerville has written numerous columns and editorials for the city newspaper. When not patrolling the “Skids,” Sean is working hard on the next novel in the Jacob Striker series.

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    • 5/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed this, with a twinge of sadness that this wasn't by Flynn. Still, very good start to keeping the series going.
    • 5/5
      When I found out about the passing of Vince Flynn I was rather mournful that the page turning Mitch Rapp series would end where it was, thankfully however the torch has been picked up by Kyle Mills. I was a little apprehensive as to how the characters would be channelled through a different author but I am pleased to say it reads just as well as Flynn's earlier works in the series. Don't let the change of author put you off, it's good.
    • 4/5
      Mitch Rapp is back and ready to save the world. This book started off very slow and dug into a few more characters than usual. It did pick up towards the middle, but still was not as good as the usual Mitch Rapp books (or maybe they have just run their course for me).
    • 3/5
      The Survivor, A Mitch Rapp Novel: Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills authors, George Guidall, narratorIn this book, the head of the ISI (the Pakistani secret service), has devised a diabolical plan to bring down the CIA and the United States with the help of a former CIA agent turned traitor and a corrupt Senator. The ISI chief is after the head of Irene Kennedy, the CIA director and a rogue agent with a no-nonsense, loose cannon reputation, who is a thorn in his back, Mitch Rapp. Rapp is also known in the world of spies as “the angel of death”. He is the kind of agent you want as a friend, not an enemy. Even his boss, Kennedy, worries about whether or not his behavior will create problems that she will be unable to mitigate.The ISI chief has decided to secretly siphon off a portion of the billions of aid dollars provided to his country by the Americans. He then uses it to promote the campaigns of U.S. politicians who will then lobby Congress to provide his country with more money that they will again use to entice more corrupt politicians! It would seem that everyone has a price. If you add a disgruntled and disturbed CIA agent with a grudge to the mix and couple him with a corrupt senator, you will have the makings of a novel about espionage, possible treason and cyber warfare. The traitorous former CIA darling, Joe Rickman, has arranged to have information about secret CIA transactions released even after his death, if he is unsuccessful in bringing down his country while he is alive. The release of these damaging documents, revealing the espionage and clandestine activities of America, will have a cataclysmic effect on relationships with allies and enemies alike, and they will surely bring about the deaths of secret agents and double agents, and possibly their families, before they can be extracted.In addition, the heads of Kennedy and Rapp are valuable prizes for international spies because not only would that greatly damage America’s prestige and power, if they were killed and the agency were compromised, but that would also elevate the stature of their killer in his corrupt, terrorist world.Government agencies and officials sometimes find it necessary to engage in behavior that walks a tightrope between legal and illegal. They sponsor theft, lies, kidnapping and even murder, at times, in the name of national security.As Rapp and his fellow agents bounce from country to country as they endeavor to stop the release of the damaging information, the international intrigue widens. The reader will be exposed to the barbaric tactics of the Pakistani methods of interrogation and retribution, as well as to the stretching of the rules by U.S. agents as they attempt to eradicate and stop the damage caused by the traitor.The book sometimes gets bogged down by details that seem unnecessary, that seem to exist just to add pages of print, but otherwise, as a read, it is interesting, and it is a good distraction from the stress of one’s everyday life.
    • 5/5
      I was initially not going to read this with Vince Flynn being one of my all time favorite authors. The thought of someone else using Mitch Rapp as chief protagonist was both disappointing and a little painful to me, as I was fortunate enough to meet Vince a couple of years before his untimely death from cancer. My father had received this book as a Christmas gift and had read some and told me it was very, very good. I then received a copy for my birthday and decided to dive into it.I'm very, very glad I did.First off, the story is outstanding....no spoilers....bottom line: a disgruntled CIA agent has cleverly set up to have top secret details of past CIA missions made public all over the world from his grave. Familiar characters like Irene Kennedy, Mitch Rapp, Stan Hurley, et. al. all find themselves in deep trouble as the fate of the CIA is in danger from these secrets and they all try desperately to contain the damage. Add to this a plot by Pakistan for a coup to destablize the middle east and US/Pakistan relations and you have a tight, tension filled story right to the end.Secondly, Mitch Rapp is written much in the way I remember him from early Flynn novels, a very welcome surprise. Late Flynn novels lost a bit of Rapp driving the plot throughout the books, but this one recaptures this plot driver in a big way. Rapp appears very much in command in the last 100 or so pages, even when things have basically gone to hell and no one has any idea what to do. This really carried the novel right to the end.Lastly, this book really mirrors current world events, which to me really gives the story a degree of credibility and belief which keeps the reader engaged.Bottom line....perhaps the best Rapp novel since Memorial Day. I am impressed with Mills writing, and I wonder if he will carry the torch for further Mitch Rapp novels.
    • 3/5
      Decent enough story, but I'm just not sure that Kyle Mills really captured Rapp's character that well. 
    • 5/5
      Kyle Mills captured the character of Mitch Rapp perfectly. The plot and action were vintage Vince Flynn. I enjoyed the book immensely and hope the Flynn estate allow Mills to continue the legacy of Vince Flynn.
    • 5/5
      The Survivor - A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills is a wonderful surprise. If you are a fan of the Mitch Rapp novels like I am, you too not only mourned Vince Flynn’s passing, but worried that you would never know how the story line from “The Last Man” would play out and wondered if Mitch Rapp was gone too. Well I can tell you that Mitch Rapp is alive and well and you will not be disappointed. Kyle has all of our favorite characters down pat and had me grabbed by the story from page one. I was chosen as a Mitch Rapp Ambassador and as excited as I was to be chosen, I was apprehensive that I would be disappointed in how Kyle would handle Mitch. Well Kyle is a master, and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series, the same way I felt after reading a book written by Vince Flynn, and there is no greater complement I can give him than that.When “The Survivor” begins Joe Rickman is dead but that is just the tip of the iceberg when the secrets he had in his head are being released by some unknown source and the safety of the CIA assets and the organization itself is in jeopardy. Once again Irene Kennedy is looking to Mitch Rapp to save the day. Pick up “The Survivor” to see how the story begun in “The Last Man” plays out.
    • 3/5
      This is the kind of book that you really enjoy while you are reading it, but can't really remember for long after you are finished.
    • 4/5
      This is Sean Slater's debut novel and I must say I really liked it. You get pulled in right from the start and it doesn't let you go until you close the book.I thought the story was great. We all know that school shootng take place from the news but Slater made the plot really great. So no sully high school kid who goes on a rampage here.No he made this story about. The background of Red Mask is well thought out and believable.The characters are well developed. Striker is a tough man and cop, with the usual trouble for authority figures, although I must say I would hate Laroche to (he is an ass) and is trying to combine work and raising his 15 year old daughter Coutney. Courtney is a typical teenager, does everything she is told not to do and picks a fight about everything, but she is a smart girl. The relationship between father and daughter isn't that bad but a dad who is working a case 24/7 and a teenage girl combined, kind of screams trouble just like in real life.The book is told from different points of view and that made it easier to get to know the different characters. The chapters from Red Mask's point of view gave you more insight on his motives and it made him look human eventhough everthing he does makes him a monster. There are some very grisly and violent scenes in this book but I must say they weren't all that graphic which I thought was a shame but also makes sure that a lot of other people will be able to like this book.
    • 2/5
      "When you're in a field full of horses, don't go looking for zebras. All you'll find is more horses."From the blurb: In his first hour back from a six-month leave of absence, Detective Jacob Striker’s day quickly turns into a nightmare. He is barely on the scene at his daughter’s high school when he encounters an Active Shooter situation. Three men wearing hockey masks – Black, White and Red – have stormed the school with firearms and are killing indiscriminately. Striker takes immediate action. Within minutes, two of the gunmen are dead and Striker is close to ending the violence. But before Striker can react, Red Mask flees – and escapes. Against the clock, Striker investigates the killings for which there is no known motive and no suspect. Soon his investigation takes him to darker places, and he realizes that everything at Saint Patrick’s High is not as it appears. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous his world becomes – until Striker himself is in the line of fire.First note: not for the faint-hearted. A lot of people die in very nasty ways.Now that we’ve got that out of the way...Striker is a solid character and well set up for future books; another Striker novel is set to appear in 2012. His romance with his partner seemed daft, ill-conceived and unnecessary – it was as if romance had been deemed a necessary ingredient, and Felicia was the easiest way to shoe-horn it in (also – anyone else think of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert when they see the name Felicia?). Courtney is a proper piece of work – a rebellious teenager who is still devastated by her mother’s death and not really speaking to her father, although still cooking for him and clearly devoted to him; a paradox entirely suited to a 15-year-old. I wasn’t much of a fan of Felicia or the other policemen – “Noodles” and “Meatloaf” became characterised more by their large size and rude vocab than by their capabilities. Deputy Chief Laroche, however, was a great anti-hero – annoying, prissy, too concerned with the media image to actually do any policing. I hope he comes back in further instalments.Slater is a bit overenthusiastic with plot – in the end, not only is there an international crime cartel, but there are 5 parties to an old crime, crime scenes all over town (it took until page 300 for me to realise that we were in Canada!) and generally a few too many strands involved. I would have liked to see it trimmed down to 400 pages rather than 512.The characters have potential but I don’t think I’ll be returning for the second instalment. Reilly Steel appeals to me much more.
    • 2/5
      A very muscular police action story. Lots of running and gunning and chasing people down and yelling in corridors and hating superiors and kicking down doors and drinking lattes and eating pastries (apparently Canadian cops don't eat plain old coffee and donuts) and ... you get the picture.That is to say that this was a quick read and relatively enjoyable if not ultimately fulfilling. It's a cop book that's less a police procedural and more a novel wanting to be an action movie. I like that stuff, but Slater's a little heavy-handed and obvious throughout all of this and as I got into this book it became more and more of a chore to get through. Thankfully for the book I was on the train riding to Sacramento from the Bay Area and back so I had plenty of time to finish it.Not bad just not all that great, either.
    • 4/5
      The Survivor by Sean SlaterReviewed by Moirae the fates book reviewsColumbine. Dunblane. Virginia Tech. Winnenden. But Saint Patrick's High?In his first hour back from a six-month leave of absence, Detective Jacob Striker's day quickly turns into a nightmare. He is barely on scene five minutes at his daughter's high school when he encounters an Active Shooter situation. Three men wearing hockey masks - Black, White, and Red - have stormed the school with firearms and are killing indiscriminately.Striker takes immediate action. Within minutes, two of the gunmen are dead and Striker is close to ending the violence.But the last gunman, Red Mask, does something unexpected. He runs up to his fallen comrade, racks the shotgun, and unloads five rounds into the man, obliterating his face and hands. Before Striker can react, Red Mask flees - and escapes.Against the clock, Striker investigates the killings for which there is no known motive and no known suspect. Soon his investigation takes him to darker places, and he realizes that everything at Saint Patrick's High is not as it appears. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous his world becomes. Until Striker himself is in the line of fire.And the violence follows him home. (Synopsis provided by goodreads)This is one of those books that had me hooked in the first chapter. I have never read a book by this author before and I would read another. I liked this book. Slater has a knack for grabbing the reader’s attention and making them want to keep turning the pages!I personally stayed up until I finished this book.I found the characters to be strong, strong willed, strong opinioned ect. I do enjoy reading mysteries, especially ones where you can’t do anything until you have all the answers the who the why ect.The character development was very strong in this book as was the dialog, this was a book in which I found Detective Striker to be a very believable and a very likeable character. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense books and mysteries.Overall rating**** 4 out of 5 starsCover art:The cover art kinda freaks me out.Obtained:I was sent an ARC by the publisher for review as part of the Mystery Suspense challenge hosted by Book Chick City. Thank you!***THIS BOOK WILL BE OUT MARCH 2011***
    • 5/5
      Excellent read. Full of unexpected but plausible twists. Sometimes stretches the teen drama with the daughter but still believable. Well written book.
    • 4/5
      Loved this book, couldn’t put it down, great storyline! Would recommend
    • 3/5
      A bit too long and a few details didn't make a lot os sense, like the girl no one knew about although everyone was looking for her.
    • 2/5
      Mitch Rapp has just gotten old and tired in my head... He just does the same thing over and over and over. Ragheads are always the enemy and the Director CIA is always on his side. Read, repeat, read, repeat. so, I gave up in the middle of this one. Maybe I'll take up Mitch Rapp in a year or so and finish the series...maybe not.
    • 3/5
      I purchased The Survivor in the St. Louis airport on a recent trip because my wife was in the middle of the Robert Crais novel (The forgotten man) I had along for the trip home. I had not read any of the previous Vince Flynn/Mitch Rapp series so this was my introduction. Turns out it is the first book in the series written by Kyle Mills. I enjoyed his series about FBI agent Mark Beamon so given that and the other options, this seemed like a good choice.I do not recommend you read The Survivor as your introduction to the Mitch Rapp series. The first quarter of the book relies quite heavily on knowledge of the primary characters and earlier developments in the series. The situation confronting the protagonists is a direct consequence of events described in The Last Man, an earlier book in the series, and The Survivor reads like the concluding chapter in a continuing story. Without this background it is not clear why events are happening or their overall significance as the story moves from situation to situation. I actually had to write out a list of the characters and their roles as I understood them to make sense of who was doing what. Some of the characters turned out to be inconsequential, but that became clear only later.The Survivor becomes more interesting once the plot moves into the meat of the story and the primary characters become familiar. The story revolves around the plan of a brilliant but unstable CIA agent, Joe Rickman, to destroy the CIA by systematically releasing top secret details about CIA agents and operations. The details, contained in an encrypted file, will be released according to a schedule designed by Rickman. The first three files are released with varying consequences. CIA director Irene Kennedy and Rapp know a large number of files have not yet been released and they scramble to find the remaining files before the cumulative effect destroys their careers and the effectiveness of the CIA. Making matters worse, the head of Pakistan's secret service, the ISI, has aspirations to make Pakistan the world's first super power. His goal is to obtain the files, assassinate the Pakistani President, make himself the ruler of Pakistan, and use the information in the files to bribe and blackmail American politicians and destroy the CIA. He is well ahead of Rapp and his team in their effort to find the files and the situation is critical. Mills overstates the damage the release of the files would cause, a point Rapp explains to leader of the ISI's field agents. Late in the book. That is a minor detraction, however, and I particularly enjoyed the last 100 pages of The Survivor. There are far too many earlier Mitch Rapp novels for me to begin at the beginning but I will consider reading Order to Kill, the next book in the series.