Transfer of Power

Mitch Rapp Series

By: Vince Flynn

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

On a busy Washington morning, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a deadly terrorist attack on the executive mansion. The president is evacuated to an underground bunker, but not before nearly 100 hostages are taken.

Mitch Rapp, the CIA’s top counterterrorism operative, is sent in to take control of the crisis and determines that the president is not as safe as Washington’s power elite had thought. Indeed, Rapp has made a chilling discovery that could rock Washington to its core: someone within his own government wants his rescue attempt to fail.

Hear Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top operative, battle global terrorism in more of Vince Flynn's political thrillers.

©1999 Vince Flynn (P)2011 Simon & Schuster

Critic reviews

"Endless intrigue... Flynn 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." ( Publishers Weekly)

" Transfer of Power emerges in its sense of authenticity, depth of research, and almost seamless dramatic scenario....One of Flynn's finest skills as an up-and-coming young master of the genre of political thrillers is his ability to create a cast of compelling characters." ( Bookpage)

An exciting, fun listen! Rapp kicks A**!!

Would you listen to Transfer of Power again? Why?

I usually don't but this is a fun book and series so I just might after I get through them all and start off with American Assassin the next time around.

What other book might you compare Transfer of Power to and why?

I can't think of a specific book to compare this to, but as far as style of the book dealing with spec ops, covert intel and terrorist plots, I'd recommend the Sigma Force series from James Rollins. Or any of the Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan series.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Nick Sullivan?

He started off pretty dry, but mid way he picked it up and made it a pretty decent listen. So I'd give him another try.

Any additional comments?

I'm always on the search for good audiobook series, and the start of this series didn't disappoint. After being in the military, I enjoy listening to books that involve our fight with terrorists, especially books that involve our special operations units. This one was a lot of fun and Mitch Rapp is as cool as and iceberg in the Arctic and doesn't take any BS from the bureaucrats or the bad guys. He just wants to be let loose and get the job done and bypass all the bull and the idiots in suits in DC that don't have a clue that we are at war and stop thinking of how they can cover their sorry butts for the next election! I'm glad there are 12 of these books and hope Vince Flynn keeps em coming. I like a good series of books with characters that I wan't to keep up with. These books are a great get away from the boredom, and I like that the author has done his research and thrown in some realism when it comes to some of the equipment and tactics that both the bad guys and our boys use.

One of the best thrillers I've read

Would you consider the audio edition of Transfer of Power to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version as I am an avid audiobook listener. I was hesitant to listen to this book as George Guidall was not the narrator. In addition, several of the review of the narration were poor. But while I love Guidall, this book was better suited for Sullivan. He does an excellent job of having a unique voice for every character - something that Guidall does not excel at once the character list gets too high.

The plot was phenomenal and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Great characters, great story, great narrator. Not much else one can ask for.

Great story!

Engaging and suspenseful from page 1 to the last. The best Mitch Rapp book to date. I highly recommend this book. narration is mediocre however.

Captivating story but narrator detracted

Would you consider the audio edition of Transfer of Power to be better than the print version?

I did not read the print version.

What did you like best about this story?

Interaction between Rapp and Anna Reely.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator read somewhat mechanically - he did well with some characters, such as Dallas King and Sherman Baxter, but the otherwise intense story line seemed detached. Sometimes matching a narrator to a series is like magic or a good marriage - there is good chemistry. For me, once you have heard George Guidall narrate Rapp novels, no one else will do. Similarly, there is no one to narrate a Jack Reacher novel other than Dick Hill.

Annoying slow-talking nasal voices

The story is great, but MAN they need a different reader!!! It seems that almost all of the character voices created by the reader have either extremely whiny, nasal voices or are frustratingly slow talkers. Not to mention the frequent and extremely noticeable reading errors and mispronunciations. I really want to continue with this series… But it looks like the same reader was used on the next volume. I wish they could've kept the reader that read the first two of these books – he was much better.

One of Flynn's best

Lots of action. Good guys always win when Mitch Rapp is in the picture. I always enjoy this series. 😀

excellent action novel

narrator is excellent and the novel has many highs and lows to keep you wanting more

One downfall

Great story line like the first two books in the series. My only complaint would be that the narrator didn't really capture the characters. Only my opinion though and would still reccomend the book.

love this installment of the series

I loved this installment of the series better than the first two books in the collection.

Reader

Not sure if the reader was reading wrong but various places when referring to a character that was clearly defined earlier in the story as male or female, was sometimes later referred to as a she for a he etc. Also because I don't have the book a character last name was called Really I would assume should have been called Riley. Only guessing because she was from a Chicago family where there are a lot of Irish family's.