- Flynn, Vince.
Act of Treason.
New York: Pocket Books, 2006.
ISBN 978-1-4165-4226-1.
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This is the seventh novel in the
Mitch Rapp
(warning—the article at this link contains minor spoilers)
series. I packed this thriller as an “airplane book”
on a recent trip. The novel was far more successful than the
journey, which ended up as a 12 hour round trip from Switzerland
to England and back when my onward flight was cancelled thanks
to an unexpected belch from
volcano Whatchamacallit.
By the time I got home, I was already more than 350 pages into the 467
page paperback, and I finished it over the next two days. Like all
Vince Flynn books, this is a page turner, although this time there's
less action and more puzzling out of shadowy connections.
The book begins with a terrorist attack on the motorcade of a
presidential candidate who, then trailing in the polls, is swept
into office on a sympathy vote. Now, just before the
inauguration of the new administration, Rapp captures
the perpetrator of the attack and, as he and CIA director
Irene Kennedy start to follow the trail of those who ordered
the strike, begin to suspect what may be a plot that will shake the
U.S. to its foundations and undermine the legitimacy of its
government. Under a tight deadline as inauguration day approaches,
Rapp and Kennedy have to find out the facts and take direct action
to avert calamity.
Characters from earlier books in the series appear here,
and references to events which occurred earlier in the timeline
are made, but this book works perfectly fine as a stand-alone
novel—you can pick up the Mitch Rapp saga here and miss
little or nothing (although there will, inevitably, be spoilers
for events in the earlier books).
May 2010 