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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780515128024
ISBN number: 0515128023
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: May 01, 2000
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The third volume of W. E. B. Griffin's electrifying, bestselling saga of the OSS during World War II.
As The Soldier Spies opens, it is November 1942. War is raging in Europe. The invasion of North Africa has begun. In Washington, OSS chief William J. Donovan finds himself fighting a rear-guard battle against an unexpected enemy: the rival intelligence chiefs back home. In Morocco, Second Lieutenant Eric Fulmar waits in the desert for a car containing two top-level defectors--or will it be full of SS men instead? In England, Major Richard Canidy gets the mission of his life: to penetrate into the heart of Germany and bring out the man with the secret of the jet engine, before the Germans grab hold of him first. The only hope? An experimental pilotless flying bomb. Or at least that's what a lieutenant named Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., thinks. Griffin's fans did indeed cheer the rediscovery of his Men at War series, his epic of espionage and battle originally published under the pen name Alex Baldwin and never before available in hardcover. Said Kirkus Reviews, 'This is shrewd, sharp, rousing entertainment.'
Everywhere adventure crackles, fueled by the narrative realism, rich characters, and that special flair for the military heart and mind that have always made Griffin's novels so popular. The Soldier Spies is further proof that 'Griffin rates among the best storytellers in any genre' (Phoenix Gazette).
'Griffin is a master of the game and a wonderful storyteller. Men at War brims with action and adventure that his legions of fans will savor.'-- Charleston Post & Courier
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A thoroughly gripping novel dealing with the exploits of the OSS in Central Europe. WEB Griffin writes at such a pace that it was hard to put the book down. It is good to have the same characters in the series Men at War. You feel that you know them intimately! Highly recommended.
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I got sucked into another disappointing story from W.E.B. Griffin that ended abrubtly without any resolution. Too much detail on past relationships, and too much resaying the entire name, btw what is the SS/SD ? The ending was so disappointing and you never found out about Dr. Diers transfer to US or Joesph P. Kennedy and Commander Bitter destroying the Submarine docks ? What happened ? It just ends with no explanation.
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You know, even when you consider the Communists under Josef Stalin, the Nazi's and the Third Reich remain to this day the ultimate Darth Vader of our memory. So any story Griffith tells, even this one early in his career, strikes a target rich environment. All the Griffith characters are emboldened with focus and fidelity, and here is no exception.
Griffith's writing skills evolved along with his story telling, plot construction and the ability to hold a few face cards close to his chest so as not to reveal them until page three hundred or thereabout.
My own journey through the prodigous Mr. Griffith was to pick up the very first of the Corps series, meet China Marine Ken McCoy, and fasten my seat belt. Then I went to the Army series and started with The Lieutenants. Anyhow that was my approach.
I think if you haven't read him, you ought to start with one of those to see how the plot evolves. Soldier Spies is like seeing a great athlete in stuttering, poorly focused VHS films in the Fifth Grade. You can't really appreciate the whole picture and as in this case, this Griffith novel, without knowing much else, is just average.
Just my observation. 4 stars. Larry Scantlebury
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This book is imaginative, and tells an exciting story of the battle for the Phippipines, and the men fighting there. I personally like it very much, more apparently than other people did.
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This is a very good book. It had a lot of excitement in the storyline, the characters were very indepth. The characters were as if you knew them your whole life, and by the end of the book you could almost tell the rest of the story yourself, you knew what they said even before you read it. You feel joy for them when they get permoted you feel that you should walk over and shake their hand and congratulate them. When one has to leave his wife or his girlfriend you feel a need to go and comfort them and say it's ok they will be alright. W.E.B. Griffin really knows what he is doing when he wrote this book. At very first the book starts off with about four different stories all going on at the same time. This can become rather confusing but the more and more you read the stories one by one come together and everything makes sence. When the stories start coming together that is when it really gets good. If you enjoy books that make you think than you should really consider this book
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