Total Power: A Mitch Rapp Novel, Book 19

I can't believe the amount of research required to put this series together. If you want the read of a lifetime you have to start this Vince Flynn selection featuring Mitch Rapp .

Loved it! The power grid twist was an intriguing plot. US involvement even more so. I would definitely recommend reading

A new Mitch Rapp book is always a cause for celebration! Thank you, Kyle Mills, for taking on the daunting task of following in Vince Flynn's footsteps and keeping his wonderful characters alive. I am a loyal Mitch Rapp fan: completely, utterly, and unabashedly. In advance of each new book release, I usually reread all the previous novels, and my enjoyment of Flynn’s writing hasn’t waned, despite numerous readings. I am a bit concerned, however, with the direction the last two Mills' books are trying to take the Mitch Rapp character/franchise. The main characters seem to move further and further away from the original Flynn characters. Please, give me back the fierce, patriotic, brash, honorable, instinctive, innovative, outspoken, occasionally funny and superbly competent Mitch Rapp character that Vince Flynn created two decade ago. And what has happened to Irene Kennedy? Originally, she was brilliant, incisive, insightful, dedicated and extremely methodical—a perfect foil to Mitch Rapp's instinctive approach. But in the past few Rapp books, while characters may talk about how brilliant Irene is, we do not get to see her amazing mind at work. Irene seems to have devolved into little more than Rapp’s cipher, waiting to hear what Mitch thinks needs to be done or what Mitch thinks should be the response to any particular crisis. This watered-down Irene isn’t the woman were introduced to, and while I do understand that characters change and grow, given Irene’s background, experiences, training and education, I find it hard to believe, even after divorce, single parenting, some tough congressional hearings and even tougher professional decisions that she would have wilted into such a milquetoasty CIA director. The scenes offsite at the secure location, “Seneca”, also read more like an SOP section from the U S government’s COOP handbook, rather than an actual knowledge of proceedings. For example, regardless of the scale of the national crisis, the President of the United States is not going to have to elbow his way into a secure, off-site conference room to discuss the crisis with his advisors. Just not gonna happen. I was pleased to see that (despite the red herring of the Russian sleeper agent, spy babe, Sonya), Mills has returned Mitch Rapp to solving problems relating to his theatre of expertise--the Middle East. However, the end of the book is the real reason why I gave TOTAL POWER only 4 stars. I do not believe that Mitch would take a civilian, radio broadcaster with him, out to the woods of Idaho (just to honor a promise), to help him kill another U S citizen--even a traitorous murderer such as John Alton. Why did this plot twist occur ? Despite these misgivings, Mitch Rapp and his team of eclectic specialists don't disappoint, and, once again, they defend the United States against enemies both foreign and domestic. I will read the next Rapp book, whenever it comes out, and eagerly await the return of Mitch Rapp, the ultimate, patriotic badass.

quicker shipping than expected, item as rated or better

This is a good story about the weakness of the US electric grid and what would happen if the entire grid went down. I hope it’s pure fiction….

Book Review - Kyle Mills' Total Power in the hugely successful Vince Flynn Mitch Rapp series, turned out to be another really good action thriller novel. This time out, the entire US power grid becomes an ISIS target with assistance from a corrupt and power-hungry US government power grid consultant. With preplaced malware and a few select substation attacks, the entire US is plunged into total darkness during the dead of winter. In this story, the US plays Cuban-missile-crisis-style hardball with Russia to get a lead on the attackers and Rapp stays domestic (which I thought the CIA isn’t suppose to act on US soil) as he has to contact and recover the Russian operative planted in the US and then hunt down the perpetrators. Rapp's no nonsense style works extremely well in resolving the matter and I commend Mills for exposing the darker side of what a real CIA assassin is task with doing - eliminating threats to the country! There’s even a conversation in the book where Mitch tells Irene Kennedy, the Director of the CIA and his boss, that “he is not a murderer but a government assassin hired to take care of difficult government issues.” Only discrepancy I have with this is I thought the CIA couldn’t perform such ‘activities’ on US soil but this is a fiction action thriller plus it’s Mitch Rapp so who cares...he did his job - and did it very well I might add...! The only other question in this book was the resolution of the deep cover Russian operative that Mitch was sent to find - it was left just hanging, so maybe this character may reappear again in the next Mitch Rapp novel? Overall the plot and pace of the story moved quickly and I think Kyle Mills did another great job of keeping with the character of Mitch Rapp. I also love the well placed sometimes very subtle humor amidst the dark tales. Some of the humor may go over some readers’ heads, but I found myself literally ‘laughing-out-loud’ as I appreciate well placed humor especially during difficult conversations and problematic times - but it has to be right and Mills was ‘right-on’ with his. Loved the book and pleased to hear that Kyle Mills has signed on to do more. Very enjoyable read!

Loved it. The Mitch Rapp series is the best

Totally enjoyed this book!! Just love it when the bad guys get what they deserve!! Can’t wait for the next book!!

I really object to this book with the front cover showing "from the author of American Assassin". This is NOT from that author, he died unfortunately in 2013. The book is written by Kyle Mills and this information is in very small type at the bottom of the front cover. These very same falsehoods are perpetrated by the authors of the Tom Clancy books. Again he has died but the authors of this book and the Clancy ones seem to use the names only in order to increase sales. Neither the author of this book or the Tom Clancy books are in the same league and do not deserve ,in my opinion, to be able to use those names of two great authors. To me dishonest and inappropriate. I will write to Simon & Schuster and ask why I should not make a formal complaint to the UK Advertising Authority re the front cover of "Total Power"

I normally enjoy both Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills, but I'm afraid this was just a poor effort, and seemed to just drag on and on.The idea was interesting but it lacked the tight plotting and writing that was needed with a really unfocussed feel to it.Add to that the political propaganda didn't help, I can usually ignore it and just enjoy the thriller aspects but this felt like being force fed it.

Very sub standard,I won't be buying any more of Kyle Mills books. Also of the 390 pages a total area of 90 pages are blank , is this a con or what?

I have now read all 19/20 of the Mitch Rapp series (including the one where he doesn't appear). I liked these books and the pace of delivery. I particularly liked the timeline where presidents come and go and people get older. The Mills books take Rapp's career out of the field (mainly) and into the leadership and political arenas. This was quite well done although it is unclear how many more books can hinge on the 'action man' becoming less action and more middle aged.

Took a while to get going, alot of the first few pages was spent detailing the USs power grid it's layout, it's vulnerabilitiesAfter that Rapp and Coleman do their usual stuff and Kennedy backs them up. For once the government doesn't seem to be trying to stab them in the backThe next book should be interesting, new President, with an already intimated way of doing things differently