Exectutive Power Prelude & 1-2

Executive Power by Vince Flynn is realistic novel about Mitch Rapp who is a CIA opprative and the situation involving a leaked Navy Seals operation in the Philippines. Executive Power consists of two storylines that are told about every other chapter. In chapter 1, Mitch is on his honeymoon with Ana, his new wife. Ana is a White House Corespondent for NBC so Mitch and her have been associated with one another for quite some time. We hear about their conversations about their future together.
On a more harsh note, in chapter 2 we are introduced to Lieutenant Jim Devolis who is about to begin a recon mission deep in the heart of the Philippino jungle. They're goal is to make a staelthy entrance to a Islamic terror camp who at the moment is holding an american family hostage. Flynn describes the time from when Devolis' recon team leaves from the deck of the aircreaft carrier to the time when they are crawling on the jungle floor.
"Devolis took a second to check their flanks and looked down the beach in both directions. That was when it happened. A three-round burst that shattered the still night. Three loud distinctive cracks that Devolis instantly knew came from a weapon that didnt belong to any of his men." (Narator, pg 30).
From this passage we can make the inference that they are under attack. The great description that Flynn uses brings the reader closer and closer into the story. One thing that I notice is the similarities between the writing style of Cormic McCarthy and Vince Flynn. They both have a style that consists of very straight-to-the-point ideas. They get the message across easily and it works out perfectly.