About this title: Following the brutal murders of three prominent Washington, DC politicians, a group of American assassins deliver an ultimatum to leaders of their own country: rid the nation of petty, partisan politics and embrace socialism, or die. While a joint FBI-CIA task force determines that the killers are elite military commandos, who knows where and when they will strike next? Only Michael O'Rourke, a former Marine and freshman congressman, holds the key that will unlock the source of violence.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780671023188ISBN:0671023187
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780743408202ISBN:0743408209
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Description: Good. Paperback. May contain some creasing/scuffing to cover and some tanning to pages. But otherwise will be of good quality. FAST DISPATCH. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 02/06/2003
ISBN-13:9780743468244ISBN:0743468244
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Star
Date Published: 1999-07-01
ISBN-13:9780671023188ISBN:0671023187
Description: Fair. Mass Market Paperback. Book is well read but remains a good reading copy with all of the pages and binding intact. The spine has bends and the cover has wear from reading including rubbing and bends. May have writing or highlighting. Quick response. read more
"Great book. Grabs your interest right away as even tho it was written in 1997, it it all about anger at politicians and their unwillingness to balance the budget, do anything about crime, etc etc. However they are willing to live their fat cat lives, finance their petty projects and bicker in their partisan ways--sound familiar? Action oriented and mentally stimulating from the first paragraph. good characters, altho very limited character development. I will try another Vince Flynn."
"Loved it! This book gripped me from the get go and kept me running along with it. It actually surprises me that I like these political stories. I am not a political person at all, but these books seem to interest me. I think it's because it seems so unreal that these things go on, but I'm sure that it's not all that far out there. I'm sure that there is corruption in our government but it makes me wonder just how much.
This story follows the good guys and the bad guys through assassinations of prominent congressmen and senators. There are so many different people and agencies involved in trying to track down the killers, that I sometimes found that I had to reread paragraphs just to figure out who was doing what. I'm actually not saying that in a negative way! I liked that there were this many people. It worked. And, as much of a "boy book" this was, there was a woman involved which I thought really added to the story. I'd have liked to have gotten to know her better in this book.
The ending to this book normally would have made me mad. It was a little abrupt, but I actually liked it. It just kind of ends with one of the characters walking away. It leaves a little to the imagination even though it's pretty obvious where things go from there.
Overall, I liked it a lot and look forward to checking out other books by Flynn."
"About the only reason that I finished this book was to see just how ridiculous the plot got before the author put it out of its misery. I'm not sure who the people are who liked this book - and there are many - I just didn't get it.
The premise was interesting. A group of assassins targets corrput politicians and kills several of them, demanding an end to deficit spending, special interests, pork, and partisan politics (keep in mind, the book was written in 1999, so any resemblence to our current political situation sadly just means that some things never change).
From there, things went downhill in a big way. The main character, Congressman Michael O'Rourke, was about as bad as the murdered "bad guys". The problem was that he was portrayed as the noble good guy. He actually said nummerous times that the other men deserved to die. Nice. Further, he knew who the assassins were and told no one, just let them go on murdering people. Really nice.
Aside from an unlikeable protagonist, the characters were as thin as smoke to such a degree that it was hard to remember who was who. Weak characters are combined with horrendous dialogue resulting in a special treat for readers. The author also apparently never heard the old adage "show don't tell" as much of the book was just a recapping of said and did what. Further, the plot was at times a stretch (somewhat to be expected in a thriller/action novel) but many times, it was just flat-out unbelieveable. For example, a congressman who participates in covert operations with a group of political assassins to kidnap a former CIA honcho? Participates, as in staking out the guy's house and busting in with automatic weapons. Give me a break. Here's another - an audio tape with enough damning information that it would "literally destroy the CIA, the office of the presidency and our political system" ends up in the hands of Congressman O'Rourke and his journalist girlfriend. The CIA director asks them if they give their word that they won't tell anyone else about what's on the tape. They do and he says "your word is good enough for me". WHAT???
Add to all of this misery the author's annoying tendency to interchange character first and last names in a single paragraph ("O'Rourke looked at Scarletti and then Michael handed Liz a drink"), his tendency to repeat entire passages of the book (for example, a phone conversation between 2 characters may be retold verbatim between one of those characters and a third - the reader doesn't need to reread the whole thing!!), his insistence on referring to cell phones as digital phones, and stupid statements like "he blinked away the drop of sweat forming on his brow" - and Geez Louise, there's not much here to like.
This one is a big stinker. Unless you want to check your brain and logic at the door, you would be better off skipping this one entirely."
"I absolutely love Vince Flynn and the Mitch Rapp series. Similar to Lee Child - you'll either really love his books or you wont - there isnt an in between. While this book doesnt center on Mitch Rapp it is very similar and in that "time line". Great, easy reads normally centered on counter-terror operative Mitch Rapp. Part Jack Bauer (24) and part James Bond, Mitch goes places and does things that would make Speaker Pelosi cry. He is one of the good guys and the books keep you on the edge until the very end."
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