Kyle Mills (author) explained

Kyle Mills
Occupation:	Novelist
Genre:	Political thriller

Kyle Mills (born 1966) is an American writer of thriller novels including 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.^[1] He is the former writer of the Mitch Rapp series of novels, having written nine books in the series after original author Vince Flynn died in 2013.^[2] 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. ^[3]

Mills lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with his wife and they are both avid rock climbers. Mills grew up in Oregon, and his father was an agent with the FBI.^[4]

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'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's Mitch Rapp series:

• The Survivor (2015, Atria/Emily Bestler,)^[5]
• 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,)

External links

• Author's page: www.kylemills.com
• Enemy of the State: Book Review

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York Times Bestselling Author Kyle Mills.
2. Web site: Mitch Rapp series to continue with new author after Vince Flynn's death Entertainment tulsaworld.com.
3. Web site: 2023-02-22 . BREAKING: Mitch Rapp News . 2023-09-20 . VinceFlynn.com . en-US.
4. Web site: Kyle Mills | Authors.
5. Web site: Author Kyle Mills to Finish Mitch Rapp Series.