This page includes a brief summary on characters in Vince Flynn’s book Transfer of Power. Although each description is brief invariably there will be several spoilers particularly where a character was only in the book for a short time.
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| Character | Details |
| Adams, Milt | Retired, Former member of the Marine Corps, fought in the Sixth Ammunition Company in Iwo Jima, highly knowledgeable on the layout of the Whitehouse, goes in with Mitch Rapp to take it back from the terrorists |
| Alexander, Stone | ABC’s Whitehouse Correspondent |
| Alten, Coreen | Anna Reilly’s Therapist |
| Aziz, Rafique | Has a Degree in electrical engineering from the American University in Beirut. Disguised himself as Prince Kalib to get into the Whitehouse |
| Baxter, Sherman | Vice President of The United States of America |
| Bengazi, Muammar | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz |
| Berg, Mike | SEAL Sniper |
| Boulay, Reginald | Creator of the Husker Poll |
| Brown, Jonathan | Deputy Director of Central Intelligence CIA |
| Burke, Sally | President’s Secretary |
| Campbell, | General, Commander of the U.S. Military’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), previously commanded the 82nd Airborne division and 18th Airborne Corps |
| Carl | Presidents Steward |
| Clark, Tony | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Cowley, Pat | Secret Service Agent Assigned to the Whitehouse |
| Craft, Danny | Part of SEAL Team 6, Shultz’s Swim buddy |
| DeVoe, Bob | Admiral, SEALs Force Commander and commander of the Naval Special Warfare group |
| Donovan, Bill | “Wild Bill Donovan” – Originally recruited Thomas Stansfield to the OSS (CIA) |
| Dumond, Marcus | 26 year old computer genius employed by the CIA, friend and previous flatmate of Steven Rapp |
| Dunn, Sheila | One of the Post’s Political Correspondents |
| Fine, Ben | Colonel, In charge of Mossad’s Counterterrorism Section (Kennedy’s direct counterpart) |
| Flood, Jack | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs – Rank of General |
| Grey, Bill | Colonel, In charge of Delta Force, Former ranger and been with Delta since its inception in 1977 |
| Harat, Sheik Fara | Religious leader of the militant Islamic group Hezbollah |
| Harris, Dan | Lieutenant Commander, Leads SEAL Team Six, Annapolis Class of 81, |
| Hasan, Abu | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz, drove the White Knight linen truck into the Whitehouse. |
| Hayes, Robert Xavier | President of the United States of America, Previously served as both a U.S. Congressman and Senator. A Democrat from Ohio |
| Hicks, | Commander, Watch officer of the Whitehouse Situation Room |
| Hornig, Jane | Doctor, Psychologist with advanced degrees in both Biochemistry and Neurology. Foremost expert in America on the history and evolution of human torture |
| Hussein, Saddam | Gave money to Hezbollah to “Domestically attack the USA” |
| Jennings, Kathy | An FBI Agent under Skip McMahon’s command |
| Jones, Valerie | Presidents Chief of Staff |
| Kennedy, Dr Irene | CIA’s Top Terrorism expert, age 38 (Term Limits), mother of one, PHD in Arabic studies and Masters in military history. Parents died in a Car Bomb attack on the US Embassy Beirut during 1983. Now runs the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center including the Orion Team. |
| King Dallas | Vice President’s Chief of Staff |
| Kleis, Hank | Lt Colonel, Commander of Delta Force A Squadron |
| McMahon, Skip | FBI Special Agent, Agent in charge of the East Coast Quick Response Team (QRT), In Transfer of Power Skip is in charge of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group |
| Middleton, Charles | Secretary of State |
| Miller, Pat | Lt Colonel, Commander of Delta Force B Squadron |
| Morton, Ellen | Secret Service Agent – Assigned to the Whitehouse |
| Nelson | Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations |
| Nelson, Ted | Vice President’s National Security Advisor |
| Piper, Russ | Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, took Rafique Aziz to the Whitehouse. |
| Quasar, Ragib | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz |
| Rapp, Mitch | 31 years old at the start of Transfer of Power. Fluent in 3 languages + English and understands another half a dozen dialects to get by. Sycrause University Student, lost his high school sweetheart on Pan Am Flight 103, In 1988 Irene Kennedy found him at Sycrause and recruited him to the CIA. Known by many people as “Mr Kruse”, his codename is Ironman. |
| Rapp, Steven | Mitch Rapp’s younger brother |
| Reavers, Mick | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Rielly, Anna | Whitehouse NBC Correspondent, taken hostage in the Whitehouse by Aziz. |
| Roach, Katie | Brian Roach’s Daughter |
| Rose, | Secretary of the Treasury |
| Rostein, Jordan | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Rusan, Salim | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz. Stationed in the Washington Hotel as the terrorists attacked. |
| Schwartz, Bill | Presidents National Security Advisor, executed by Aziz in the Whitehouse grounds |
| Shipley, Matt | A employee of the Counterterrorism Center, specialising in Arabic Languages |
| Shultz, Nick | 38 Year old Chief Petty Officer, part of Seal team 6 |
| Slater, Sid | Commander of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team aka “The Jewish Terror” |
| Stansfield, Thomas | Director of the CIA |
| Tony | The Whitehouse Secret Service agent who allowed Hasan into the Whitehouse. |
| Tracy, Alex | Director of the Secret Service |
| Turley, Al | Security Guard for the Old Post Office Bell Tower |
| Tutwiler, Margaret | Attorney General |
| Warch, Jack | Special Agent in Charge of the Presidents Secret Service Detail |
| Wicker, Charlie | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Yassin, Mustafa | The “Thief of Baghdad”, an expert safecracker taken into the Whitehouse by the terrorist Aziz |
| Character | Details |
| Adams, Milt | Retired, Former member of the Marine Corps, fought in the Sixth Ammunition Company in Iwo Jima, highly knowledgeable on the layout of the Whitehouse, goes in with Mitch Rapp to take it back from the terrorists |
| Alexander, Stone | ABC’s Whitehouse Correspondent |
| Alten, Coreen | Anna Reilly’s Therapist |
| Aziz, Rafique | Has a Degree in electrical engineering from the American University in Beirut. Disguised himself as Prince Kalib to get into the Whitehouse |
| Baxter, Sherman | Vice President of The United States of America |
| Bengazi, Muammar | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz |
| Berg, Mike | SEAL Sniper |
| Boulay, Reginald | Creator of the Husker Poll |
| Brown, Jonathan | Deputy Director of Central Intelligence CIA |
| Burke, Sally | President’s Secretary |
| Campbell, | General, Commander of the U.S. Military’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), previously commanded the 82nd Airborne division and 18th Airborne Corps |
| Carl | Presidents Steward |
| Clark, Tony | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Cowley, Pat | Secret Service Agent Assigned to the Whitehouse |
| Craft, Danny | Part of SEAL Team 6, Shultz’s Swim buddy |
| DeVoe, Bob | Admiral, SEALs Force Commander and commander of the Naval Special Warfare group |
| Donovan, Bill | “Wild Bill Donovan” – Originally recruited Thomas Stansfield to the OSS (CIA) |
| Dumond, Marcus | 26 year old computer genius employed by the CIA, friend and previous flatmate of Steven Rapp |
| Dunn, Sheila | One of the Post’s Political Correspondents |
| Fine, Ben | Colonel, In charge of Mossad’s Counterterrorism Section (Kennedy’s direct counterpart) |
| Flood, Jack | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs – Rank of General |
| Grey, Bill | Colonel, In charge of Delta Force, Former ranger and been with Delta since its inception in 1977 |
| Harat, Sheik Fara | Religious leader of the militant Islamic group Hezbollah |
| Harris, Dan | Lieutenant Commander, Leads SEAL Team Six, Annapolis Class of 81, |
| Hasan, Abu | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz, drove the White Knight linen truck into the Whitehouse. |
| Hayes, Robert Xavier | President of the United States of America, Previously served as both a U.S. Congressman and Senator. A Democrat from Ohio |
| Hicks, | Commander, Watch officer of the Whitehouse Situation Room |
| Hornig, Jane | Doctor, Psychologist with advanced degrees in both Biochemistry and Neurology. Foremost expert in America on the history and evolution of human torture |
| Hussein, Saddam | Gave money to Hezbollah to “Domestically attack the USA” |
| Jennings, Kathy | An FBI Agent under Skip McMahon’s command |
| Jones, Valerie | Presidents Chief of Staff |
| Kennedy, Dr Irene | CIA’s Top Terrorism expert, age 38 (Term Limits), mother of one, PHD in Arabic studies and Masters in military history. Parents died in a Car Bomb attack on the US Embassy Beirut during 1983. Now runs the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center including the Orion Team. |
| King Dallas | Vice President’s Chief of Staff |
| Kleis, Hank | Lt Colonel, Commander of Delta Force A Squadron |
| McMahon, Skip | FBI Special Agent, Agent in charge of the East Coast Quick Response Team (QRT), In Transfer of Power Skip is in charge of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group |
| Middleton, Charles | Secretary of State |
| Miller, Pat | Lt Colonel, Commander of Delta Force B Squadron |
| Morton, Ellen | Secret Service Agent – Assigned to the Whitehouse |
| Nelson | Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations |
| Nelson, Ted | Vice President’s National Security Advisor |
| Piper, Russ | Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, took Rafique Aziz to the Whitehouse. |
| Quasar, Ragib | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz |
| Rapp, Mitch | 31 years old at the start of Transfer of Power. Fluent in 3 languages + English and understands another half a dozen dialects to get by. Sycrause University Student, lost his high school sweetheart on Pan Am Flight 103, In 1988 Irene Kennedy found him at Sycrause and recruited him to the CIA. Known by many people as “Mr Kruse”, his codename is Ironman. |
| Rapp, Steven | Mitch Rapp’s older brother |
| Reavers, Mick | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Rielly, Anna | Whitehouse NBC Correspondent, taken hostage in the Whitehouse by Aziz. |
| Roach, Katie | Brian Roach’s Daughter |
| Rose, | Secretary of the Treasury |
| Rostein, Jordan | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Rusan, Salim | A Terrorist working with Rafique Aziz. Stationed in the Washington Hotel as the terrorists attacked. |
| Schwartz, Bill | Presidents National Security Advisor, executed by Aziz in the Whitehouse grounds |
| Shipley, Matt | A employee of the Counterterrorism Center, specialising in Arabic Languages |
| Shultz, Nick | 38 Year old Chief Petty Officer, part of Seal team 6 |
| Slater, Sid | Commander of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team aka “The Jewish Terror” |
| Stansfield, Thomas | Director of the CIA |
| Tony | The Whitehouse Secret Service agent who allowed Hasan into the Whitehouse. |
| Tracy, Alex | Director of the Secret Service |
| Turley, Al | Security Guard for the Old Post Office Bell Tower |
| Tutwiler, Margaret | Attorney General |
| Warch, Jack | Special Agent in Charge of the Presidents Secret Service Detail |
| Wicker, Charlie | Member of SEAL Team Six |
| Yassin, Mustafa | The “Thief of Baghdad”, an expert safecracker taken into the Whitehouse by the terrorist Aziz |
