Quotes from Kyle Mills

America's ability to adapt and reinvent itself had been stripped away by politicians who had trained their constituents to view change with fear and anger.

Feisal Ibrahim, the tech expert he'd met before. The one who had helped him dispose of his former boss's body.

You told us not to carry any." "So, no phones. No smart watches. No radios. Nothing that has an electrical charge or battery.

was human nature to hate the traitor more intensely than the enemy

We've sterilized war, made it easy. Stripped it of the smell of infection and the silence of death. We've bled off the terror and the sorrow. And because of us, the power to wage war now rests in the hands of cowards and hypocrites.

took him back to a simpler time. A time when America's enemies were external and could be eradicated with a gun.

locals' cheerful fatalism. "If you were to go to the gas station in the morning, that might be a good way to convince them to part with a little diesel." "Funny," she said, poking him a little harder

Being alone is simple. I like the freedom of knowing that I don't have anyone to rely on and no one's relying on me. There's a clarity to it that you can't get anywhere else.

CIA HEADQUARTERS LANGLEY, VIRGINIA USA

WEST OF MANASSAS VIRGINIA USA

FAIRFAX STATION VIRGINIA USA

Jordi Cardenas, the head of Spain's national intelligence agency, held out a hand and Rapp took it.

America? It was being taken over by corrupt politicians, a mainstream media bent on whipping up divisions, and an Internet full of crazies.

Claudia Gould, the woman Rapp lived with and who also happened to be Coleman's logistics director

The malleability of truth was another disorienting thing that had crept into his world. There were hours of video and thousands of pages of documents demonstrating Barnett's history of opposing U.S. operations in the Middle East. But it didn't matter. All she had to do was get on TV and deny it. For her supporters, history would be erased.

This election is tearing the country apart as it is.

It turned out the international language wasn't love—it was fear.

We called the CEO of Apple to see if there was anything they could do to help us. We expected him to say no like usual, but that didn't happen. It turns out that when they're losing a billion dollars a day and thinking they might starve to death, they suddenly remember the back door they built into their encryption." "You've got to be kidding." "Nope. Took 'em less than five minutes.

working under him made him feel less

He watched a woman struggle from the low-slung sports car with the help of the doorman and then teeter toward the entrance tugging at a miniskirt that seemed to be half-missing.

CENTERVILLE VIRGINIA USA