At its heart this book has an unoriginal blueprint, but so much happens. No, I meant the opposite.Īnyway Vince Flynn wrote a story that was smart and simply not cheap. Rapp is not your typical thriller star with the mind of 5 oxen and the strength of Einstein. This decision enhanced the story in a subtle way. I was shocked to see how underused the gun-toting hero, Mitch Rapp, was.

The way the late author achieved this monstrous pacing is by involving the bit players in the action and weaving an intelligent relationship between these characters. I absolutely loved the pacing of Transfer of Power. Did the author write his debut novel thinking it might be his last? I asked that question while reading, because crazy things happen, and the scope and the stakes are off the charts. This book was prophetic, and hence became a trendsetter of a bestseller. It's been a long time since I read a political thriller, or any kind of thriller. Vince Flynn passed away on Jafter a three year battle with prostate cancer. The book went to number one in the Twin Cities, and within a week had a new agent and two-book deal with Pocket Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint. Five years and more than sixty rejection letters later he took the unusual step of self-publishing his first novel. Like many struggling artists before him, he bartended at night and wrote during the day. He quit his job, moved to Colorado, and began working full time on what would eventually become Term Limits. After two years with United Properties he decided to take a big gamble. During his spare time he worked on an idea he had for a book.

Having been stymied by the Marine Corps, Flynn returned to the nine-to-five grind and took a job with United Properties, a commercial real estate company in the Twin Cities. This was a very unusual choice for Flynn since he had been diagnosed with dyslexia in grade school and had struggled with reading and writing all his life. While trying to obtain a medical waiver for his condition, he started thinking about writing a book. One week before leaving for Officers Candidate School, he was medically disqualified from the Marine Aviation Program, due to several concussions and convulsive seizures he suffered growing up.

In 1990 he left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate slot with the United States Marine Corps. Thomas with a degree in economics in 1988.Īfter college he went to work for Kraft General Foods where he was an account and sales marketing specialist. Thomas Academy in 1984, and the University of St. The fifth of seven children, Vince Flynn was born in St.

Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn