Wednesday, April 29, 2009

#2 Protect and defend

I recently read chapters ten through twelve in Vince Flynn's novel Protect and Defend. In these chapters we discover who is assigned to the difficult task of assassinating Mitch Rapp. The mystery character I discussed earlier did turn out to be the man who's going to hunt down Rapp. We learn this by two ex-assassins having a get together with each other. It's interesting how Flynn has one assassin manipulated the other into getting what he wants, and he knows exactly what he need to do from the beginning. He starts by have a bottle of pricey champian. Latter they have a pricey dinner and end up smoking a cigar. This all loosens up the other man so he eventually gives up the talented mans phone number. Later back in America Rapp has a scene about getting into the cia building. It's over four pages of just describing this toll booth. This is why all of Flynn's books are so good, because he describes thing so well.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

#1 Consent to Kill

I have recently read chapters one through nine in Vince Flynn's novel Consent to Kill. In these opining chapters we learn some one is trying to kill the American assassin Mitch Rapp. This man is Saeed Ahmed. Saeed says, "He is an assassin, he is an infidel, and he is the man responsible for the death and defilement of my son" (13). This quote is significant because it shows that Saeed knows who whe's messing with. It also provides a great plot for the novel. Saeed is trying to take down a man who is "unkillable". Saeed's teem gives the operation a seventy percent chance of success, but even they don't like those odds, because Rapp is so well trained. All of chapter 9 is about an assassin trying to kill someone in London. The assassin takes the job because he wants to cahllenge to adapting to modern days and how to continue his job. He eventually figures out a way to make sure the cameras won't notice him and completes this job. This man is interestiong because he might be the one assigned to kill Rapp, but we don't know for sure. It adds to the suspence of the novel.