Executive Power is a thriller novel by Vince Flynn, and the sixth to feature Mitch Rapp, an American agent that works for the CIA as an operative for a covert counter terrorism unit called the "Orion Team".

[1] After Mitch Rapp's cover is blown following his last assignment, preventing Saddam Hussein from obtaining nuclear weapons, he is removed from operation duties and given the role of a counter-terrorism advisor to CIA director Irene Kennedy.

Upon returning from his honeymoon with his newly-wedded wife Anna Reilly, Rapp travels to D.C after a Navy SEAL team attempting to rescue an American family (the Andersons) held hostage in the Philippines is ambushed by Abu Sayyaf terrorists, killing two operatives.

Rapp conceives a plan to deal with General Moro and rescue the family, volunteering himself to travel to the Philippines and oversee the operation, which Kennedy approves of as long as he doesn't involve himself directly.

To start the plot, David travels to Amman to meet with General Hamza, head of the Al-Amn al-Khas, Saddam Hussein's secret police, to collect Iraqi funds for Palestinian terror groups.

After the details of Omar's plot is revealed to the world, the Israelis and Palestinians begin new peace talks after being shamed for the roles they played in the crisis, which President Hayes and Kennedy thank Rapp for resolving.