Vince Flynn was born April 6, 1966 in Saint Paul Minnesota. He graduated from both the Saint Thomas Academy in 1984 and the University of Saint Thomas (Minnesota) in 1989. He would work at Kraft Foods specializing in sales marketing and sales. He would work as an aviator in the Marine Corps, and was medically disqualified one week before he was supposed to start Officer Candidate School. Before pursuing writing full time, Flynn worked as a real estate agent, which was a move that some people thought that he was crazy to pursue (as there was a large risk involved; it meant that he would have to start over with a new career), but he did not regret the change one bit. Part of what got Flynn writing was his trying to overcome his dyslexia. He pushed himself to read and write daily; his influences were J. R. R. Tolkien, Tom Clancy, Gore Vidal, John Irving, Ernest Hemingway, and Robert Ludlum. Reading these novels pushed him into wanting to write a novel of his own. Flynn …show more content…
It is let out that there is a plot to destroy the new director of the CIA, Dr. Irene Kennedy and end the president 's term. This comes at the same time that a world leader is gaining ground for the nuclear arms race, and Israel gives the Americans an ultimatum that is chilling. Only Mitch Rapp can take care of things, and stop World War III from becoming a reality. Out of the 914 reviews for this book, 74% were five star reviews. "Term Limits", Flynn 's first novel, which he self published in the late 1990s. Three powerful politicians in Washington are gunned down in the same night. Soon, demands are given to the American government: restore power to the people. They claim that no one is safe, not even the president. Michael O ' Rourke, a freshman congressman, can shed some light onto the criminals. Some investigating concludes that the shooters are elite military commandos. Out of the 1,146 reviews for this book, 69% were five star