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Summary: Great summer reading. I was on the edge of my hammock!!
Review: Flynn is an up and coming author. I loved 'Term Limits' and liked 'Transfer' even better. He has got a style of writing that makes the reader feel like they are part of the story. I highly recommend and can't wait for the movie.
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Summary: Flynn is the new master
Review: In his second novel, Mr. Flynn shows that he has staying power. Flynn seems to have an excellent handle on how to blend a political thriller with a military thriller. I love his use of elite units, ala Delta Force, DEVGRP (SEAL Team Six), and FBI HRT. But what Flynn does best is create characters you love to hate! He did this in Term Limits and once again continues the trend. The VP and his chief of staff are true spineless politicians who are the scurge of our country. The antics they pull off during this crisis boils your blood. And who doesn't love it when the straight shooting, real man (Rapp in this case) tells them how it is. I loved this book and highly recommend it. The only thing I did not like about it was the ending. For all the great buildup it had, I thought it ended too quickly. But, the time inside the Whitehouse, the president's bunker, and the HALO jump are awesome! A side not to this book is the Aziz's tactics of using the politicians for his own purposes. It does make a statement about our country and who runs it. I truly hope Flynn continues writing books like this.
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Summary: Political thriller at its terrorist best
Review: Repercussions from the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland remain a decade after the ugly incident. Mitch Rapp's brother died on that fatal flight. Consequently, Mitch signs on to the top secret CIA Orion Force whose only mission is to terrorize terrorists. At one time the plot of Transfer of Power would have been only a writer's fantasy. However, in the modern world of technology and funding, no terrorist act seems out of reach anymore. Using that premise, Vince Flynn provides readers with an exciting political thriller filled with non-stop action seen through the minds and souls of different people. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Transfer Sizzles!
Review: Vince Flynn has followed up his highly successful and highly captivating "Term Limits" with another action packed, edge-of-your-seat thriller, "Transfer of Power." Flynn explores the nail biting situations in and out of the White House when it is taken over by an extremely intelligent Middle Eastern terrorist. The president's Secret Service agents manage to hide him in a bunker beneath the oval office, but a top-notch safe cracker is working for the terrorists round the clock to open the vault. With the seconds ticking painfully away, the country's only hope is that Special Op's man, Mitch Rapp code name: Ironman, with the aid of a retired Secret Service agent, can thread his way through the secret passageways of the White House and rescue the president before the terrorists get to him. Vince Flynn is a masterful author who weaves suspense, humor and action throughout every chapter. If you like Robert Ludlum and/or Tom Clancy, you will absolutely love Vince Flynn. A fabulous read!
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Summary: OUTstanding and relevant in today's new world
Review: I read _Transfer of Power_ on a friend's strong recommendation. He and I are both fans of A.J. Quinnell who I consider to be the top author in the "covert ops fiction" genre. Well, the genre has another top-shelf author: Vince Flynn. _Transfer of Power_ is an engaging and realistic depiction of a terrorist attack on the White House. All the more relevant after the events of 9/11, Flynn is obviously privy to many of the insider details of covert ops and the behind-the-scenes machinations that occur when these sophisticated teams are brought to bear. The story revolves around an extremely intelligent terrorist named Rafik Aziz who exploits the greed of the U.S. political system to arrange a spur-of-the-moment meeting with the President. Through careful planning he has also inserted a team of terrorists that will help take over the White House at the correct moment. Meanwhile (and through a fortunate coincidence), a U.S. covert ops team led by Mitch Rapp is in the process of kidnapping Aziz' mentor near the coast of Iran. The kidnapping and subsequent interrogation leads to the startling information that the White House will momentarily come under attack. With only seconds to spare, the President is warned of the attack and rushed to a secure bunker underneath the Oval Office. Although disappointed, Aziz is prepared for this turn of events and his team takes hostages and secures the perimeter of the White House with high-explosives and a clever fusing system. He has engaged the services of an Iraqi safe-cracker for just this eventuality; the Iraqi sets to work on opening the bunker and capturing the President. This will give Aziz the ultimate hostage. With the help of a retired White House employee, a just-returned Rapp is inserted into the White House to report upon the terrorists' activities. Rapp must determine whether there's a way to save the President, rescue the hostages and capture or kill Aziz... all on a time-line that is far more compressed than a politically divided U.S. government can imagine. The realism around SEAL Team Six, the FBI's HRT and Delta Force; the brutal political gamesmanship; the diabolical mind of a heartless terrorist; and the very tough (but very human) CIA operator Mitch Rapp combines for a not-to-be-missed thriller. Flynn has created a work that is at the pinnacle of the genre. It is simply outstanding.
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Summary: Standards, People!
Review: I was surprised to learn from author Flynn that Saddam Hussein was funding Hamas and Hezbollah. And here I thought they wanted him replaced with a theocracy. If you enjoy lazy, half-researched writing like this, with lots of space between the lines to make up for a low word count, then this would be an admirable title for you. Certainly right-wingers still clinging to their old notions will find this pablum easy to digest.
Tom Clancy should shudder if anyone compares this hack network TV-quality writer to him. Needless to say, I skimmed through a couple of chapters then gave the book a thorough recycling.
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Summary: I've read it three times
Review: One of my favorite books, hands down. What makes a book for me is a strong protagonist, and Mitch Rapp, a CIA assassin is about as strong as they get. The plot is chilling and Flynn details it and makes it real. Amazing book. Can't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: Rivals the best of Clancy
Review: I picked this up at the local library, and since I read Memorial Day and Seperation Of Power, I decided to give Vince Flynn another chance because I didn't care for Seperation of Power, but after reading Memorial Day, I knew I had to read more, so I picked up this book. Transfer Of Power is probably the BEST action book out there since Bob Mayer's Eye's Of The Hammer. The story takes place in D.C. of course, and terrorists find out a way to get into the White House; through a secret door that was used by J.F.K. to bring in Marilyon Monroe, the main terrorist is Aziz (sorry I can't spell his first name) take a sort-of dump truck and rams into the door, a firefight happens killing Secret Service members, and while President Hayes is so-called having a meeting with the Prince of Oman...but it is not the Prince of Oman, it is a terrorist posing as the Prince. President Hayes is then rushed to a bunker locking him and Secret Service members inside. Outside, everyone is gasped to see that terrorist invaded the White House and with 30 hostages, one of them being Anna Rielly; a reporter which was her first day at the White House as a White House Correspondent. Talk about a exciting first day. Then Mitch Rapp comes in, but Aziz wants demands met; one of them being UN sanctions on Iraq (this book was written before 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq and Saddam is still in power in this book) is one of their first demands. Eventually the demands are met thanks to the Vice President who is now holding Presidential powers since Aziz cut off communication throughout the White House, and the outside world thinks that President Hayes is one of the captives inside, but they don't know that he is safe. Mitch Rapp is watching everything inside the White House, and a first rescue with SEAL'S and Delta Force fails and they have to draw back and lick their wounds. Yet Mitch Rapp has a plan to get inside the white house, and he can only turn to one person that know's the in's and out's of the White House. He meet's one of the reinventors in his apartment and he has blue prints to every kunck and cranny in the White House. Eventually, Mitch and his friend are dropped into the White House through a air-vent, and one of the terrorist decides thta he is going to rape Anna Rielly, but Mitch kills him with his 9mm with a sliencer on it. Now Mitch, his friend, and Anna wait in a closet waiting for the next orders. Aziz then as another demand; to freeze billions of dollars on Iran and to transfer the money into a private account. Eventually he let's some hostages go. The main brass is getting tired of the Vice President because the generals want to go in there, and get this over once and for all, but the Vice President tells them that he will not risk American lives, so the generals wait in disguist. Now Mitch must try to find a way to get to the President, but Mitch finds out that the terrorist are trying to break down the bunker door with drills, and it is just a matter of time before they get to the President. Now in a bold move he then breaks the device that blocked the connection to the outside world, and President Hayes is back in business. Now President Hayes orders the raid to get back the White House, and success, but Aziz get's away...or so we think...
In Brazil, Mitch Rapp is there to kill Aziz, and finds his place and wipes him off of the earth.
This book I had to say was just plain amazing!!!! Vince Flynn does not waste a SINGLE page with this novel, and I can't wait for him to make more of his work this riviting. This book is a must
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Summary: Read this book on a good reference...
Review: I was looking for a good book to read when I saw a review where Dan Brown ("Angels and Demons" and "The DaVinci Code") made a great plug for Vince Flynn. I thought that if Dan Brown gives you a compliment, you must be one heck of a writer.
I was not disappointed. The pace is lightning fast and very well detailed. The main character is the epitome of a "shoot now, ask questions later" type of person. He is just the kind of character to drive a political/military thriller. I'm always eager to turn the page to see what else might happen.
Great book!
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Summary: Great read
Review: I do not know where I got this book or how long I had it, but I wished I'd read it sooner. This was a good book start to finish. There were a few "I know what's coming next" moments, but they did not take away from the story at all. All in all it's worth the money. Might even make a good movie.
I will note that as I read this book I did have visions of 9-11. Those of you that do not want to read books about terrorists on US soil should stay away from this book.
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