Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy.  I run this segment in conjunction with the Can’t-Wait Wednesday book meme that is currently running at Wishful Endings.  Stay tuned to see reviews of these books when I get a copy of them.  For my latest Waiting on Wednesday, I highlight an upcoming novel that I know is going to be particularly fun and exciting with Oath of Loyalty by Kyle Mills.

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Over the last few years, I have been really getting into the action-packed Mitch Rapp novels, which have become a fantastic highlight of my reading schedule.  Featuring an elite special agent as he faces off against all manner of America’s foes, both foreign and domestic, this is an intense, compelling, and highly violent series that is always guaranteed to grab your attention with its unique plots.  The Mitch Rapp novels, which were first written by Vince Flynn before his passing, are now authored by the talented Kyle Mills who has done a wonderful job of continuing the series and keeping Flynn’s creation alive.  I have had an outstanding time reading some of the latest entries, including the World War III orientated Red War, the pandemic focused Lethal Agent (released pre-2020), the fantastic Total Power which was set during a nationwide blackout terrorist attack, and last year’s Enemy at the Gates, which featured Mitch Rapp going up against a corrupt president.

After having such a great time with these recent Mitch Rapp novels, I always keep an eye out for details of the next entry in the series and I am quite excited to talk about the upcoming Oath of Loyalty.  Set for release in September, Oath of Loyalty will be the 21^st Mitch Rapp book and looks set to expand on some of the recurring storylines introduced in Enemy at the Gates.  In particular, it will see Mitch Rapp continue to feud with the current president, who has decided to attack Rapp by targeting those closest to him.

Synopsis:

Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in the explosive new thriller in Vince Flynn’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, written by Kyle Mills.

With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him.

This fragile détente holds until Cook’s power-hungry security adviser convinces him that Rapp has no intention of honoring their agreement. In an effort to put him on the defensive, they leak the true identity of his partner, Claudia Gould. As Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her, he discovers that a new generation of assassins is on her trail. A killer known to intelligence agencies only as Legion.

The shadowy group has created a business model based on double-blind secrecy. Neither the killer nor the client knows the other’s identity. Because of this, Legion can’t be called off nor can they afford to fail. No matter how long it takes—weeks, months, years—they won’t stand down until their target is dead. Faced with the seemingly impossible task of finding and stopping Legion, Rapp and his people must close ranks against a world that has turned on them.

I have to say that I am extremely intrigued by the plot synopsis for Oath of Loyalty above and it has made me quite excited for the next Mitch Rapp novel.  I loved the start of the conflict between Rapp and the president in Enemy at the Gate and I can’t wait to see it continue in this upcoming entry.  Having the identity of Rapp’s partner be revealed to the world by his enemies is a great move by Mills, and it is one that he has been setting up for a while as many of his recent novels have featured Rapp strongly thinking about retiring.  As such, I figured that it was only a matter of time before Rapp’s family came under attack, and I imagine it is going to force him to do some rather rash actions (Rapp is so going to try to kill the president, either in this book or the next).  I am also really like the idea of the sinister Legion group, who will be the main antagonists of this novel.  A shadowy group of faceless assassins who keep hunting their target no matter their failures sounds pretty cool, and I look forward to seeing how they turn out and what Rapp will have to do to stop their attacks.

Overall, Oath of Loyalty sounds like it is going to be an extremely awesome new addition to this great series, and it is one that I am quite keen to check out.  Kyle Mills has been doing some awesome stuff with the Mitch Rapp series recently, and I am highly confident that this upcoming book is going to be just as good, especially with its impressive sounding story and continued elements from the recent books.  I already know I am going to have a lot of fun with Oath of Loyalty and I cannot wait to get my hands on it.