title: Term Limits (novel)
text: # Term Limits (novel)
  
  Term Limits, published in 1997, is the first political thriller novel by Vince Flynn.
  
  ## Plot introduction
  
  Three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed. The assassins demand that the American government set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people, specifically a balanced budget amendment and term limits for all of Congress. Michael O'Rourke, a U.S. Marine turned Congressman finds out who they are and why they do it.
  
  ## Characters
  
  The major characters in Term Limits include:
  
  * President Jim Stevens – President of the United States
  * Stu Garret – White House Chief of Staff
  * Congressman Michael O'Rourke – Freshman Congressman from Minnesota and a U.S. Marine
  * Mike Nance – National Security Advisor
  * Brian Roach – Director of the FBI
  * Skip McMahon – Special Agent in charge of the Investigation of the assassinations
  * Dr. Irene Kennedy – CIA Terrorism Expert
  * Thomas Stansfield – Director of the CIA
  * Arthur Higgins – Retired CIA Director of Black Ops
  * Scott Coleman – Former Navy SEAL, assassin team leader
  
  ## Publication history
  
  * 1997, US, Cloak & Dagger Press, Incorporated ISBN 0-9658510-0-1, Pub August 1997, Hardback
  * 1998, US, Atria Press ISBN 0-671-02317-9, Pub 1 June 1998, Hardback
  * 1999, US, Pocket Star Books, Pub 1 January 1999, Mass Market Paperback
  * 2003, US, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-7434-6824-4, Pub 2 June 2003, Paperback
  * 2004, US, Atria ISBN 0-7432-7502-0, Pub 1 November 2004, Hardback
  * 2007, US, Pocket Books ISBN 1-4165-1634-4, Pub 30 June 2007, Paperback
  