Kyle Mills (born 1966) is an American writer of

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Works

Mills' novels include ''Rising Phoenix'', ''Fade'', and ''The Second Horseman''. Several of his books (''Rising Phoenix'', ''Storming Heaven'', ''Sphere of Influence'', ''Free Fall'' and ''Darkness Falls'') include a character ''Mark Beamon'', an FBI special agent. He also wrote ''The Ares Decision'' (2011), ''The Utopia Experiment'' (2013), and ''The Patriot Attack'' (2015), the eighth, tenth, and twelfth installments of the '' Covert-One series'', originally created by

Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...

. He is the former writer of the Mitch Rapp series of novels, having written nine books in the series after original author

Vince Flynn Vincent Joseph Flynn (April 6, 1966 – June 19, 2013) was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series ''24 (television), 24'' ...

died in 2013. In February, 2023, Mills announced he would be leaving the Mitch Rapp series after his contribution to the series, ''Code Red'' (2023), was published. Author Don Bentley was announced as the new author for the series.

Personal life

Mills lives in

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with his wife and they are both avid rock climbers. Mills grew up in

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, and his father was an agent with the

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Novels by Kyle Mills

Stand-Alone books

*''Burn Factor'' (2001, HarperCollins; ) *''Smoke Screen'' (2003, Putnam; ) *''Fade'' (2005, St. Martin's Press; ) *''The Second Horseman'' (2006, St. Martin's Press; ) *''Lords of Corruption'' (2009, Vanguard Press; ) *''The Immortalists'' (2011, Thomas & Mercer; )

Mark Beamon series

*''Rising Phoenix'' (1997, HarperCollins; ) *''Storming Heaven'' (1998, HarperCollins; ) *''Free Fall'' (2000, HarperCollins; ) *''Sphere of Influence'' (2002, Putnam; ) *''Darkness Falls'' (2007, Vanguard Press; )

Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...
's Covert-One series

*''The Ares Decision'' (2011, Grand Central Publishing; ) *''The Utopia Experiment'' (2013, Grand Central Publishing, ) *''The Patriot Attack'' (2015, Grand Central Publishing, )

Vince Flynn Vincent Joseph Flynn (April 6, 1966 – June 19, 2013) was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series ''24 (television), 24'' ...
's Mitch Rapp series

*'' The Survivor'' (2015, Atria/Emily Bestler, ) *'' Order to Kill'' (2016, Atria/Emily Bestler, ) *''Enemy of the State'' (2017, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, ) *''Red War'' (2018, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, ) *''Lethal Agent'' (2019, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, ) *''Total Power'' (2020, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, ) *''Enemy at the Gates'' (2021, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, ) *''Oath of Loyalty'' (2022, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, ) *''Code Red'' (2023, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, )

References

External links

* Author's page:
www.kylemills.com

Enemy of the State
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