The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel (Presidential Agent Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159737119X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 591 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Charley Castillo (last seen in 2004's By Order of the President) for a second outing in this fast-paced adventure. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Griffin has written a terrific story and hopefully it won't be the last to feature special ops agent Castillo. Dick Hill, no stranger to the thriller genre or Griffin's audiobooks, gives a solid, assured performance. He smoothly balances the book's numerous characters and accents with ease, and is able to keep the considerable expositional narrative simple and straightforward without ever lapsing into a monotonou
The kidnapping of a diplomat's wife leads Castillo to the Oil For Food scandal Dan Berger I’ve read various books in Griffin’s “Presidential Agent” series, but I’ve read them out of order. I wish I’d read this one in its proper place, number two, because it explains how Charley Castillo goes from his first-book exploit recovering a stolen 727 from terrorists, to becoming head of a secret team, how he assembles it, and the back stories . R. B. Emerson said WEB Griffin gets it done!. WEB Griffin is justifiably the best writer of military novels. Unlike Clancy, he doesn't rely on reciting the details of various weapons systems, what matters most are the personalities. His characters are human, not perfect warriors or totally evil bureaucrats. What I think is the most unexpected facet of Griffin's work is the humor in his writing. My only significant complaint is . "this is an exciting book with a well crafted plot and great characters. Neither the author nor his protagonists "suffer" according to Amazon Customer. Griffen indulges in an overly detailed narrative that makes you suspect he's padding to boost the book cost. Once you wade through that, this is an exciting book with a well crafted plot and great characters. Neither the author nor his protagonists "suffer fools gladly" and his put downs of self important players are wonderful, are the dialogues.
“The end leaves readers standing on the tarmac waiting for Castillo and his newly minted band of can-do compatriots to touch down and carry them away again on a new adventure.”Charley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more is the man to whom the President turns when he needs an investigation done discreetly. And no situation demands discretion more than the one before them now.An American diplomat’s wife is kidnapped in Argentina, and her husband murdered before her eyes. “Cutting-edge,” agreed Publishers Weekly. There is an awful lot of money flying around, and an awful lot of hands are reaching up to grab it—and some of those hands don’t mind shedding as much blood as it takes.Before the investigation is overit might even be Castillo’s blood.. “True virtuosity,” praised the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Her children will be next, she is told, if she doesn’t tell them where her brother is—a brother, as it turns out, who may know quite a bit about the burgeoning UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal. By Order of the President, the first novel in Griffin’s crackling new Presidential Agent series,