I actually mostly enjoyed this book and would have rated it higher except for two factors. The minor factor is that I thought the ending was somewhat wishy washy and not up to Griffin’s usual standards. The other factor had to do with politics. Griffin’s politics are significantly to the right of mine. In spite of this I have read virtually all of his books, own the majority of them, and have really enjoyed almost all of them. For one thing politics were not that major a factor in most of his books. Also I have admired the way Griffin played fair with Democrats even though he is clearly a Republican. Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson have appeared in many of his books, frequently in a very important role, and he has portrayed them in a favorable light. Roosevelt in particular was generally portrayed as a brilliant, somewhat Machiavellian, leader who was on top of things at all times. Then there was this book. Suddenly Roosevelt became a liberal buffoon, a great admirer of Joseph Stalin, and someone who was easily duped by a virtually Communist vice president. Roosevelt did not actually appear in the book, but this characterization of him was one of the prime motivations for the actions taken by some of the secondary characters, and directed the actions of Frade, the main character. This kind of soured the story for me. Why the change? Obviously I cannot say which of the two authors contributed what to the story, but when Roosevelt was portrayed in the earlier books Butterworth was not listed as an author, and in this one, where Roosevelt suddenly becomes a lot stupider, Butterworth is listed as an author. The logical conclusion is that Butterworth buys into the right wing paranoia as espoused by Rush Limbaugh and his ilk.

The latest in Honor Bound is the best by far. It is truly a can’t stop reading and a cliff hanger.

Of all of Griffin’s books this leaves so many loose ends and cries for a sixth in the series. I can’t wait and will pass the time reading the series again from the start!!

My husband and I decided to listen to this book in the car on a trip we recently took. We are at disk 6 of 17 disks and already we are so awash of characters that we’re having a hard time following the story. This is the first Griffin book we have read and I didn’t realize it is part of a series. But we’re into it now and hopefully will finish it but if we can’t get a handle on the characters we may not. Is there anywhere on the internet where one can go to get a list of characters for this book (and others like it)?

Most WEB Griffin books are yammer, yammer, BANG!

His latest book, The Honor of Spies, is yammer, yammer and more yammer. No bang at all!

I am a fan of WEB but he seems to hack the same story line. Nevertheless, worth the price through Amazon.