Synopsis Of The Book 'Memorial Day By Ben Coes' Power Down

In the opening chapter of the book Memorial Day, by Vince Flynn, the CIA has got some intimation that a nuclear bomb is set to go off in Washington D.C., in a week. It is up to Mitch Rapp, a CIA counterterrorism expert, and a handful of others to track down the bomb, and terrorists, and catch them before it is too late. Mitch Rapp flies all over the world piecing together the clues they need to come out ahead. The whole plot of the book Power Down, by Ben Coes, is set into action when two of the most successful United States Energy companies just merged into one. And not a day later, their two biggest energy plants are being blown up. Dewey Andres, the captain of the Capitana oilrig, is right on the trail of the men behind the explosions.

After discovering the nuclear bomb, he preceded to fly it out to Mount Weather, one of the most important secure hardened facilities in the United States. The Director of Homeland Security disagrees with Mitch’s cursory decision, saying; “Mr. President, Mount Weather is the backbone of our emergency command-and-control system. The replacement cost would be staggering… it would be at least several billion dollars.” (Flynn 395). When I heard Mitch’s plan for the first time, I thought he was crazier than a blindfolded juggler☺(metaphor). Mitch is deciding to put a hot nuclear bomb in a billion dollar facility. After the bomb would blow up, the United States would have to build a new secure hardened facility, costing them millions. However, after thinking about his decision for a little bit, I realize that it really is a good decision to blow the bomb up in Mount Weather. No one will die in the explosion; unlike if the bomb exploded in the city where there would be thousands of casualties. There will also be no real environmental fall out. The nuclear radiation after will be confined to the space of the facility and not escape and harm the people or environment outside. After contemplating Mitch’s decision, I have come to the conclusion that Mitch’s idea was the best one under those

After reading the book, Power Down, by Ben Coes, I am not really sure that we are that safe. In the book, the organization that was targeting the United States snuck in hundreds upon hundreds of pounds of octanitrocubane. The men in this organization were pretty sly however, more slippery than a snails slime trail☺ (metaphor) sneaking the octanitrcubane in toothpaste tubes. There is one man happier than most. Alex Fortuna has known this moment would come, and he has been waiting for a very long time for it to happen. This is the man that makes America so unsafe because; “A young man not more than thirty-six years old sat behind his desk staring at the flat-screen television in front of him. Alexander Fortuna was handsome, disarmingly so. He looked Mediterranean, with a tan glow to his skin, a perfect nose. His eyes were dark black pools. Their depth had a sinister quality, a dangerous aspect that, when framed against the beauty of the man’s face became somehow disarming. His clothing was impeccable, expensive, custom. A dark blue button-down was tucked into white corduroy pants, formal yet looking casual. He wore his hair slightly long, down to the top of his shoulders” (Coes