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Summary: Lives up to previous work
Review: Seperation of Power is a fast paced read that delivers what it promises. To fully appreciate it a new reader should read the book preceeding it in the series or the plot will not come together.
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Summary: Lukewarm at best...
Review: This was my first Vince Flynn book, and have been a huge Clancy fan (I ignore all his new stuff, but I love the days of The Sum Of All Fears and Patriot Games days), so I decided to pick up Separation of Power. The death of CIA director leaves the CIA in a question? Who is going to succeed him? It turns out that President Hayes picks Dr. Irene Kennedy, but one senator already hates her. So he meets with another senator to look around for dirt on her and try to diminish her reputation. Dr. Irene Kennedy has spent a lot of time working for the CIA and for Mitch Rapp. Then the leader of Mossad (Israeli's version of the CIA) Ben Friedman finds out something shocking; Saddam Hussein is making a nuclear bomb, and has made three of them, but hid them in Al Hussien hospital where they are in a bunker. Ben sends the Foreign Minister of Israel to Washington to talk to President Hays, his message; get rid of the nukes or Israel would. So stressing out of Saddam joining the nuclear race, it means that Saddam could get rid of Israel forever or bring a nuclear bomb to Washington. So they call Mitch Rapp to go to Baghdad and get the bomb. But something is bothering Mitch, while he was in Germany doing a mission, he was almost killed, and he wants to find out who wanted him dead. So Mitch and his girlfriend Anna go to Milan Italy which Anna thinks that it is for vacation, it is , but Mitch is also there to meet with Dontalla; a agent for Mossad, and on a tape, he see's Dontalla in Germany. Once he meets up with her, he finds out that Mossad wanted him dead. Now he is looking for the person who wanted him dead and why. Back in Washington, Dr. Irene Kennedy is then brought to the Senate for questioning, and the news breaks out. Dr. Irene Kennedy was responsible for secret missions where it killed 20 people, and exposes Mitch Rapp as a spy and cold-hearted killer. Since Mitch is out, he has to quit the spying business, but is brought back up for one more mission; go to Baghdad in a white entourage and pose as Uday Hussein. Except to complete this mission, President Hays calls for bombings so that they could take out radars so Mitch and a group of Delta Force could go in and get out in the middle of the night. They complete this, and back in Washington, Dr. Irene Kennedy tells President Hays that one of the congressman comitted a crime; he gave the name of a top covert agent, and it is against the law to bring a agent out. Once Mitch gets back, he is retired since the congressman brought him out.
I say the book is lukewarm because I felt that there was little or no suspense when the sting went down. I guess I read the wrong Mitch Rapp book, but I am going to read more of him because I like Mitch, and if you are a Clancy or Ludulm fan, read another book by Vince Flynn or Bob Mayer.
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Summary: I'd give this 10 stars if I could!
Review: Vince Flynn just gets better and better.I can't wait for the next book! To appreciate this book as much as posible it is best to have read Transfer of Power and The Third Choice which very nicely keep us up to date with the major characters in the story. I have even gone back and bought Term Limits which was his first book. I don't know if it is essential to go there, but this effort has been criticized by some and I am enough of a fan of the author and an aspiring writer that I would like to see for myself how the first one went. Enough of that. This book is so good that I realy just want to say that and hope it will be enough to interest you to buy it. Nah! All the good people and some of the bad from earlier books ae moving forward with their lives. Mitch Rapp, who is certainly a very important part of Transfer of Power only continues to grow in importance as the books unfold and in this book he is at his zentih. I continue to pray that we have a Mitch Rapp in the employ of the CIA. We all should, but I suspect that the last eight to ten years have cost us dearly in that regard. Suffice it to say that Flynn lays out all of the trip wires that are there in this day and age and very deftly manuvers around them. If you are into red, white and blue these days, you will love this book. If you are one who has reservations about what we are doing in response to 9/11, you will find instruction in this novel. If you are sitting in Bagdahd, working on weapons of mass destruction, you will pray this is just a figment of the authors imagination. In any event, this book is so worth reading that I can not recommend it enough.
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Summary: An Excellent Continuation of a Fine Series......
Review: Vince Flynn's fourth political thriller continues with the same characters introduced in his second book, Transfer of Power, and one or two from his thrilling debut, Term Limits. Like in the previous two novels, the Iron Man, Mitch Rapp, is back to destroy the enemies of the United States and find out who attempted to kill him in book three, The Third Option. Separation of Power is a cut above its predecessor due to a number of intriguing subplots concerning Rapp's attempt to catch his attempted murderer; the confirmation battle of Dr. Irene Kennedy to helm the CIA; who wants to kill Rapp's former lover/secret agent; Rapp's relationship with Anna Rielly; and a few more that Flynn puts in to keep the pot boiling. Despite the fact that this novel is part of a series (and most novels like these lose some character development in the process), Flynn has written yet another superb political/military thriller. If he can avoid writing thousand page behemoths like Tom Clancy, Flynn will no doubt be King of the Technothriller. I am eagerly awaiting his fifth pageturner.
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Summary: Good political thriller
Review: Vince Flynn's latest novel revisits old characters and wraps up loose plot lines from previous books. In particular, his previous novel, The Third Option, concluded with major issues unresolved; now, in this book, Senator Hank Clark, a methodical behind-the-scenes sort of villain is up to additional mechanations to satisfy his desire for the Presidency. On the side of the good guys are Irene Kennedy, the President's nominee for the directorship of the CIA and assassin/super-soldier Mitch Rapp. They are out to find out who were the conspirators from the Third Option and at the same time counteract a nuclear threat from Iraq. Add to this complications in Rapp's love life and there is a lot going on. Flynn writes a generally good suspenseful novel, but there are imperfections, especially with pacing. It takes a while for any real action to occur, and then the concluding acts just zip on by; the book needs a faster start and a slower finish. Nonetheless, this should satisfy Flynn's fans and spy novel fans in general.
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Summary: Character Anna Reilly Almost Spoils This Fine Book
Review: With the exception of Mitch Rapp's girlfriend, Anna Reilly, this book is another exceptional Vince Flynn book. Unfortunately, the "flaky" behavior of Anna Reilly left me shouting (out loud mind you) for Mitch to throw her out of his house and his life. After narrowly escaping assassins in Milan, Mitch brings an injured contact back to his hotel room. While the contact drifts in-and-out of consciousness bleeding from two gunshot wounds, Anna Reilly storms out of the hotel room because the injured woman happens to be Mitch's former girlfriend. Come on. Let's have some perspective. Would (or should) Mitch really tolerate someone who is so obviously self-obsorbed and has so little trust in her boyfriend? Later, there is a brief section where she purposely makes Mitch suffer so that he can experience just what she had felt in Milan. In addition, despite the fact that she knows that Mitch is a CIA operative and that he cannot discuss his work, she continually demands to know everything that he has done and/or is doing on behalf of national security. Mitch's tolerance for such behavior is a glaring contrast to his personality and character traits that have been built up over the course of the previous series of books. In fact, just how low would any man's self esteem have to be to tolerate such treatment? My advice? Read the book but prepare yourself for a huge disappointment over Anna Reilly and this relationship. In the end, it the relationship only gets progressively worse in the next followup book: "Executive Power."
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