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)

George of Armand better

I wish one day these early Rapp novels Are. re-read by George or Armand I'd repurchase them

Good story reader is mechanical

Another great story in the Mitch Rapp series. I struggled a bit at the beginning with the reader, he has a very mechanical almost robotic like voice. After a while I got in the rhythm of listening to his voice and all was well. Make sure you listen to the preview before you buy to ensure the voice isn't going to be too much of a distraction

Fantastic Story & Sullivan is Excellent Narrator

Would you listen to Transfer of Power again? Why?

The story is fantastic. Flynn does his standard excellent job deepening the plot and describing every detail. It's amazing how I felt I was actually watching it as a movie or a bystander watching in real life.

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

All Flynn / Rapp books are excellent and carry the same themes. Don't let the narrator comments about Sullivan vs. Guidall push you away. They both do an excellent job and I prefer Sullivan over Guidall due octave and tone ranges.I have read a lot of Flynn books and his details and research are on top. This book in particular makes you feel like you are walking around in the White House with these people.

What about Nick Sullivan’s performance did you like?

Sullivan did a FANTASTIC job narrating this story. I read a lot of reviews where people ripped him when comparing to Guidall. This simply is NOT accurate. There is NO comparison. Both are good, but Sullivan has a much WIDER range of pitch, tone, octaves and voice levels to cover all the characters of this book.

When listening to Sullivan narrate, I instantly knew what character he was speaking of before he said their names. With Guidall this is a bit harder since his voice is so deep and raspy. He can't narrate woman voices as well as Sullivan. Case in point: listen to Sullivan when he does the voice of Dallas, VP Chief of Staff. Wow, you know that voice when he does it. The voices of the President and VP are very discernible and you know how much a prick the VP is by his voice.

All women voices are done incredibly well. Sullivan also does the female voices incredibly well. Guidall just doesn't have this range of tones that Sullivan has. I know this because I have heard both do Flynn - Rapp books. Although they are both good narrators, don't let the nay sayers dissuade you from this or any other Sullivan narrated. It is EXCELLENT. Sullivan does a very fine job!

Any additional comments?

The ending was a bit rushed. I felt like an entire chapter was missing from when the White House burns to the ground to when the President is shown viewing the wreckage to Dallas talking to the VP. There needed to be more of a bridge to these two chapters.The epilogue actually closes out the book with Fareek and this should have been expanded a bit and put in the book as a final chapter with the epilogue having something a bit different, maybe an expansion of the love story with Rapp and the reporter.Flynn does this a lot with his books, he shuts them down very quickly at the end. It's like he runs out of paper....he ends it a bit too quickly for me, but still a fantastic story and I know anyone who likes spy novels will love this story.

must listen to Flynn he.s great

Read listen but do not miss the mitch Rapp series.and any other Vincent Flynn book!!

Great story do not like the narrator

The narrator takes loud deep breaths and it's annoying. Heard it instantly and it was very hard to ignore.

Narrator is horrible!!!

I’m not even on this book yet. I just got it just so I can post this. I see the next three books are narrated by other people. They’re utterly horrible. I’d rather listen to nails on a chalk board than their horrible voices. I absolutely love this series, but these guys must never narrate a book again. Bring back George Guidall and have him re-do these books or have Will Patton do it. This narrator really ruined my listening experience just listening to the sample.

A truly unfortunate choice of narrator

Unfortunately, I must concur with all the other reviewers who complain about the narrator. Sullivan marred a perfectly good story with voice acting so poor that it was painful. The at times robotic and others whiny and nasal, and sometimes just plain clumsy, breaking....sentences at places...that made no sense.
Unless you're a true fan of Vince Flynn, I have to suggest you avoid this audiobook - it simply doesn't do justice to the writing.

Note to Audible - you hurt your reputation and that of the author by allowing such unfortunate narrations. You would greatly benefit from re-recording this book with the master who narrated the other Flynn novels - George Guidall.

The best Mich Rapp

Would you listen to Transfer of Power again? Why?

This is the absolute best Mich Rapp book there is. This was the book that got me started on Vince Flynn and I have listened to this book many times and still isn't getting old.

Terrible narration

Narration was terrible, great storyline, love the Vince Flynn and Mitch rapp series, minus the narrator would recommend.

terrible narrator

the narrator made everyone sound like snakes. gave mitch a nerdy voice great story line though