Intrigue! Espionage!! This Author Has It All!

Espionage is the practice of obtaining information about an organization or a group of some sort that is considered confidential (spying) without the permission of the holder of the information. What differentiates espionage from other forms of intelligence work is that espionage involves obtaining the information by accessing the place where the information is stored or accessing the people who know the information and will divulge it through some kind of subterfuge.

When you think about it, the explanation kind of sets a "stage" for us when reading novels. Heaven knows, we read and hear enough about it in real life. What a good novel provides for most of us is something of a complex moral tale -- not unlike the western novels that I wrote about earlier. Good versus evil -- whether we use those words or not. The idea of "good versus evil" is one of the most common themes in literature -- sometimes with very clear lines drawn and sometimes muddied by considerations we may find involved, while sometimes the conflict (good vs evil) is internal to the character.One of today's popular authors is Vince Flynn. He writes some exciting novels that can be termed political thrillers. Under whatever guise, his novels are popular...and there's always enough espionage to pull you in.... We have several listed on our store KC's Kozy Korner. Stop by and check it out.

Term Limits by Vince Flynn - What if America's leaders were held accountable for their broken promises...and made to pay for their corruption? This book is a chilling scenario of Washington under siege. In a night of shattering brutality, three of Washington's most powerful politicians have been executed. Their assassins, vanishing without a trace, have delivered a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside petty, partisian politics and restore power to the people, or be held to deadly account. No one, they warn, is out their reach...not even the president. A joint FBI-CIA task force reveals the killers are elite military commandos, but no one knows exactly who they are or when they will strike next. Only Michael O'Rourke, a former U.S. Marine and freshman congressman, holds a clue to the violence: a haunting incident in his own past with explosive implications for his country's future.

Executive Power by Vince Flynn - Returning from a covert mission, Mitch Rapp was publicly hailed by the president for his role in the fight against terrorism. After years of working in the shadows, Rapp was caught in the media spotlight...and marked for death by virtually every terrorist in the world. Now a CIA advisor, Rapp is ready to battle terror far from the front lines. But when a Navy SEAL team in the Philippines is ambushed, all evidence points to a leak within the U.S. State Department. and a greater threat still lurks...a ruthless assassin working for the most powerful men in the Middle East, who are bent on igniting a world war.