Red war

When Russian president Maxim Krupin is diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, he becomes determined to maintain his grip on power. His illness soon drives him to seek a dramatic diversion: war with the West.

CIA director Irene Kennedy realizes the US faces an opponent with nothing to lose, and the only way to prevent a devastating conflict is to send Mitch Rapp to Russia. Under incredibly dangerous orders, Rapp must navigate the Kremlin's security apparatus to find and eliminate the world's most powerful man, averting a war that could consume Europe.