I just cannot get enough of Vince Flynn
There is a strong connection between this book and Flynn’s previous novel, The Third Option as Rapp works to find out who tried to have him killed. The intrigue reaches the top of American and foreign governments while the President wrestles with the confirmation of a new CIA director and the fact that Saddam Hussein is close to having three nuclear weapons.
This is my second venture into Vince Flynn’s
Snidely Whiplash was the tireless antagonist to Canadian Mountie, Dudley Do-Right, in the 1960s cartoon. The tireless villain in the cartoon melodrama often made Nell Fenwick the object of his schemes where she often ended up tied to a railroad track. Often foiled by Do-Right, Snidely never gave up his machinations to do evil. Whiplash was portrayed as a bright yet evil man who was often beaten by a lesser Dudley. One senses that the dual for “right” had been going on long before the series.
A series of events over the past few months have made me consider the logic of third world politics. I am not talking about killing people or imprisoning detractors. That is what happens in places like Cuba, China and Iran. What I am thinking about is the prosecution of the prior ruling party by the new ruling party.
Many of us were abhorred by the possibility that Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, is open to investigating and prosecuting members of the CIA for alleged torture of Islamic terrorists. That sickened me to think that this administration would politicize the folks who have kept us safe for over seven years. This was strike one.
I think that this is now the second book in a row that I have read based on a recommendation by Glenn Beck. Maybe he will eventually get his own sticker like the Oprah Book Club, but I doubt it.
I had been reading some deeper books lately and was looking forward to an adventure novel. When I started reading Ghost Plane
