2001

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 as terrorists gain control of the executive mansion, slaughtering dozens of people. The president is evacuated to an underground bunker, but not before nearly one hundred hostages are taken. One man is sent in to take control of the crisis. Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counterterrorism operative, determines that the president is not as safe as Washington's power elite had thought. Moving among the corridors of the White House, Rapp makes a chilling discovery that could rock Washington to its core: someone within his own government wants his rescue attempt to fail. ( )

With everything you see in the movies, watch on TV, and read in fiction novels, the CIA could be described as a government program with tight-lipped agents and an untold amount of secrets. And the average impression of CIA operative is no less than a one man SWAT team designed to be lethal, discreet, and capable of completing any task presented. Vince Flynn, the author of Transfer of Power, plays upon this description of the CIA and its employees to create a novel filled with perilous missions, political scandals, and everything you hope never happens at the White House.
Transfer of Power is one of those novels that have plot twist after plot twist hidden in its pages. Time and time again I would think I had something figured out, then I would come across a plot twist that would leave me speechless, and all the more eager to find out what would happen next. This would have to be my favorite part of the novel. Vince Flynn’s novel is filled with heart breaking, blood pumping, jaw dropping plot twists that left me spell bound all the way to the end, and then for a short time after that.
Although this novel was one of the best I have read this summer, there was one particular thing that almost deterred me from reading on past the first two chapters. Because the plot in Transfer of Power is so complex, many of the characters are introduced all at once in the first one or two chapters. This made it really hard for me to remember who was who because so many different people were presented all at once. I found myself having to flip back a couple of pages to try and remember who a person was and how he or she was relevant to the story. I was a little thrown off by this in the beginning, and it was one of the very few things I disliked about this novel.
Espionage, combat, scandals, and betrayals can all be found in Vince Flynn’s Transfer of Power. The complex, ever changing plot made this book a nail bitter all the way from beginning to end. This book was one of the best books I have read this summer, and maybe even this year. I have always been a huge fan of the espionage styled books, and Transfer of Power definitely falls under that category. Now that I have read this novel, I hope to continue on reading through the series. And I recommend that anyone else who enjoys this type of book to do pick up this book and give it a try. It truly is a great read.

Starts off a bit thin for me, then by 1/3rd into it the plot starts clicking and towards the end I couldn't put it down. This is a good action book that shows off some intelligent special ops details and a bit of romance. Only partially implausible and definitely good fun. ( )

This was one of those books that was hard to put down. From cover to cover you are kept on the edge of your seat through every action packed page. ( )