When Russian president Maxim Krupin discovers that he has inoperable brain cancer, he’s determined to cling to power. Soon, his illness becomes serious enough to require a dramatic diversion against those who wish to take his power; war with the West. CIA director Irene Kennedy understands that the US is facing an opponent who has nothing to lose. The only way to avoid a confrontation that could leave millions dead is to send Mitch Rapp to Russia under impossibly dangerous orders. With the Kremlin’s entire security apparatus hunting him, he must find and kill a man many have deemed the most powerful in the world.
