Executive Power

I am currently reading Executive Power by Vince Flynn. It is an interesting book that is part of a series that centers around Mitch Rapp, an assassin who works for the CIA. In this book, two plots are occurring as I am reading right now. In Flynn's books, this is usually the case for a portion of each story. First of all, a covert operation to rescue a family that was taken hostage while on vacation in the Philippines goes wrong and two of the soldiers involved in the operation are killed, and two more are injured. Mitch Rapp and his boss at the CIA, Irene Kennedy, find out that the mission was compromised by two government officials who couldn't keep their mouths shut. Mitch is fuming about this, as his usual distrust of politicians is fueled by this unfortunate incident. Also, the other plot that is going on at the same time centers around an assassin from the Middle East who has killed an important Iraqi general and is working for some very important people, like a rich prince who wants to see Israel destroyed. The reader know the assassin only by the name of "David".
So far, I have enjoyed the book, and there has already been a good amount of action and suspense. I hope the author ties the two plots together sooner rather than later, because that usually makes the book more interesting for me. Also, I think this book touches on something very important: keeping secrets. Vince Flynn has demonstrated before in this series what can potentially happen if politicians decide to talk about things that they shouldn't be talking about. This can lead to the deaths of people out in the field, whose lives may depend on the fact that nobody knows about the operation that shouldn't know about the operation. Overall, this has been a good read so far and I would recommend this book (and the rest of the books in the series) to anyone who enjoys books about espionage, assassins, and political scandal.