This 1999, Pocket Books, Signed, First Edition/First Printing of TRANSFER OF POWER by Vince Flynn is in Fine/Fine condition with the dustjacket protected by a clear cover. Signed on the title page by VINCE FLYNN. Synopsis The stately calm of the White House is shattered in a hail of gunfire. A massacre leaves dozens of innocent bystanders murdered. Hostages are taken. Terrorists have descended on the Executive Mansion. The president is evacuated to a bunker. CIA counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp scrambles to save lives. Publishers Weekly In this long political thriller staged almost entirely around a hostage standoff, Flynn makes maximum use of his White House setting, and mixes in a spicy broth of brutal terrorists, heroic commandos and enough secret agent hijinks to keep the confrontation bubbling until its flag-raising end. The villains are led by Rafique Aziz, a notorious Arab terrorist whose band of thugs takes over the White House by finding a weak point in American politics: they pose as wealthy campaign contributors and are welcomed through the front door. President Robert Hayes manages to escape to his bunker moments before the bloodbath, but religious zealot Aziz takes almost 100 hostages, seals off the White House and begins making demands, of which large sums of cash are just the beginning. With the president incommunicado and weak-willed yet power hungry Vice President Sherman Baxter in charge, the Pentagon and the CIA resort to their secret weapon: commando extraordinaire Mitch Rapp. After sneaking into the bowels of the Executive Mansion through an air duct, Rapp steadily disrupts the terrorists' well-laid plans. He finally calls in reinforcements when Aziz begins drilling into the president's bunker. It's a long haul to the finish, but Flynn (Term Limits) compensates for some stereotyping by creating dynamic tension between the main players, especially between military leaders and politicians, and between Rapp and Aziz. His description of the White House is impressive; readers will wonder if the secret passageways, hidden rooms and clever deception devices that help load this story with seemingly endless intrigue, really exist. All my books are shipped in a sturdy cardboard box, wrapped in bubble wrap, and surrounded by stryfoam peanuts.All my books are guaranteed to be as described and may be returned for a full refund including shipping in both directions. Please e-mail before sending anything back. Shipping via Media Mail w/Delivery Confirmation will be $5.50 in the US only. International bidders, please e-mail [email protected] for shipping charges. Payment may be made via PayPal. NO RESERVE
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