Hezbollah

Hezbollah is an extremist terrorist organization/militia based in Iran. Although the organization claims to be Islamic in its influences, in fact it is as much a fair representative of Islam as the Ku Klux Klan is of Christianity. Fara Harut is its religious leader in this novel.

Orion Team

A top-secret division of the CIA's antiterrorist unit devoted to the tracking and elimination of terrorists. Dr. Irene Kennedy handles the Orion Team, and Mitch Rapp is one of its key operatives.

Langley

The headquarters of the CIA from which Dr. Kennedy and Thomas Stansfield monitor Mitch Rapp's intelligence-gathering mission.

White House Situation Room

A room where the President holds classified intelligence briefings, like that in which he authorizes the kidnapping of Fara Harut. Once he siezes control of the White House, Fara Harut also uses this room as his headquarters.

Bandar Abbas, Iran

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