Transfer of Power by Vince FlynnMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Audiobook
. From Goodreads.com: #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Vince Flynn delivers a heart-pounding novel that poses an alarming and timely question right out of today's headlines: What if America's most powerful leader was also its prime target?
On a busy Washington morning, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a deadly terrorist attack on the executive mansion. The president is evacuated to an underground bunker, but not before nearly one hundred hostages are taken. Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counterterrorism operative sent in to take control of the crisis, determines that the president is not as safe as Washington's power elite had thought. Indeed, Rapp has made a chilling discovery that could rock Washington to its core: someone within his own government wants his rescue attempt to fail.
This came to my attention recently and wanting something different to read, decided to give it a whirl. I did not realize it was chronologically book #3, I thought it was book #1 and originally it was in publication order.
Initially I wasn't certain I would like a modern day political/espionage/fictional thriller, but by about chapter three I was hooked. This starts out fast and doesn't slow down. The pacing of the book was excellent. Having been in the military, I can totally relate to the power plays amongst the different agencies. I appreciated how Rapp would work independently yet knew when to back off and take orders even if he disagreed with them. I appreciated how his co-hort, Milt Adam's, also knew when to take instruction and to follow those instructions.
My only peeve with the book (otherwise it would have been a 5-star rating), was the budding romance with Miss Anna Reily. puh-leze! I'm going to miss-quote slightly here because I was listening to this on audiobook, but the author had our dashing hero gazing into the 'emerald eyes' of the 'stunningly beautiful' (she was mostly nekkid!) just saved from certain rape and death heroine. At one point he was 'speechless from her beauty'. About that point I was hoping the terrorist would just blow everyone up right then and there. Mega cliché.
The author did redeem himself later by avoiding further clichés of having our perturbed heroine ignoring orders and running around on her own, which I fully expected to happen. Much appreciated that it didn’t.
Recommended if you like modern day/political thriller/military/espionage type books.
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