@gdp Gregory, apologies, I somehow missed your reply until now.

Given that Vince Flynn is Don's favorite thriller author, and that he used one of Flynn's Rapp books to learn how to plot and structure a story, I would say he learned his lessons very well. I wouldn't go so far to say Don wrote a stellar Vince Flynn book; that wasn't his aim.

His aim was to write a great Mitch Rapp book, and on that goal, he definitely hit the mark.​