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Well I am excited...seeing it Friday night...Mitch Rapp on screen...Vince Flynn was my favorite author...Rush says he liked it... Any reviews...Freeper ones, not pinhead liberals...I read those ans they don't like the genre, that's for sure.

Flynn self-published his first book, "Term Limits," in 1997 before landing a publishing deal. "Term Limits" became a New York Times bestseller. Most of his books centered on the character Mitch Rapp, a counterterrorism operative. He averaged a book a year.

Bestselling author Vince Flynn has died at 47-years-old after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer, local CBS affiliate WCCO reports. He died Wednesday morning at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, and leaves behind a wife and three children.

My kids woke us up at 3:45am...yep, that early. Got up at 6am, done with presents and breakfast by 7:30. So I'm having fun now before my nap. I'm really reading Vince Flynn books voraciously now, and know we need a Mitch Rapp now in our country. That aside, I was talking to my wife (who hasn't read the books), and she is a big movie buff. I asked the question, ok, Mitch Rapp is olive skinned, black hair, and the first movie they'll do likely will have Rapp in his early forties/late thirties...we figured Gerard Butler could do it...

I have read all of Flynn's works. I have liked every one of them and not been disappointed. This book was no different, though it was less a front to back barnstormer about his principle character and action hero, Mitch Rapp, than others have been. But that's okay, I believe Flynn did that on purpose to make some other points, and the book is nonetheless a great read, delivering a timely and critical message I believe is important for all Americans to understand. It was, for me, still a captivating thriller with enough action, and delivering a very important...