"The Last Man" is excellent and will hold your interest from start to finish.Mitch Rapp, the dynamic superhero, is sent to Afghanistan because Joe Rickman, a covert operative, is kidnapped from a safe house. Rickman who has a profound memory retains the names of hundreds of operatives both American and foreign, and when tortured, in all probability, will reveal their identities. Thus, these operatives and assets will be killed and the CIA will be drastically compromised. Mitch has to work fast to find Rickman, and his investigation brings him to Kabul where he is ambushed by a cadre of corrupt Afghani police officers. He and three others engage in a horrific firefight until a helicoptor comes to evacuate them. However, just before the helicoptor arrives, Mitch booby traps the door with oxygen tanks and shoots the tanks just as the police knock down the door. Mitch is injured, and his team member, Scott Coleman, brings him to safety. Mitch is confined to a hospital for a week. Irene Kennedy takes an emergency flight to Afghanistan. And an obnoxious FBI Agent barges into the hospital where Mitch is confined demanding to question him only to be thwarted by a feisty Master Sergeant who refuses to let anyone disrupt any of her patients. This FBI Agent, Wilson by name, claims to have evidence that Mitch Rapp and Joe Rickman have been stealing millions from the CIA coffers and depositing it into a Zurich account. All of this occurs in the first 10% of the book.Intricate plot developments and subplots abound in this book. And there is a twist in this work that is at once creative and ironic. As always in a Vince Flynn work, the characters are well developed, and this book is well-written. And characteristic of this author's style, he imparts technical data of military equipment and armaments. The author also discusses a "reintegration" program that is being implemented in Afghanistan by American diplomats whereby Taliban members, terrorists and decent Afghani citizens are being drawn into government positions. The pitfalls of the program are clear.Vince Flynn in his creation of Mitch Rapp has given us a great American hero. Would it were that there was a real live Mitch Rapp in the world to give us peace of mind. Amazon verified purchase.