Fellow Vince Flynn fans,
I need to let you in on a little secret—I love the movie Top Gun. I’m a kid of the eighties and that film more than perhaps any other influenced my decision to join the military and become a pilot.
Even today, my wife and kids expect me to answer ‘no’ with a single phrase.
Negative, Ghostrider.
And if I’m really hot and bothered, they get one additional line of dialog.
The pattern is full.
Now, I’m going to let you in on one more secret—I was dreading the release of Top Gun: Maverick. I loved the original movie so much, and I was terrified that the new version would destroy my childhood memories of the first film.
It did not.
Instead, the writers, directors, and actors of Top Gun: Maverick made the film a visual love letter to its predecessor. The movie saluted all the fond memories 80’s kids like me had of the original while still taking care to break new ground from a story perspective and introduce us to new characters. Top Gun: Maverick was respectful of the original film while acknowledging that movie goers did not want to part with their hard-earned cash for just a rehash of the first movie.
I absolutely loved Top Gun: Maverick.
Which brings me to Capture Or Kill.
Friends, this book is my love letter to the universe Vince created and the characters he populated it with. If you, like me, are a Mitch Rapp superfan, I hope you’ll love journeying back to 2011 in order to answer the question I’ve wrestled with for the last thirteen years:
What was Mitch Rapp doing during the raid to Capture Or Kill Osama bin Laden?
I can’t wait for you to find out!
Best.
Don
