Line of Fire

Engaging series with characters all so rich and colorful--I always wonder what they are doing as each book progresses. The downside to reading to reading/listening to the series books is that the rehashing of events does get a little tiresome. Griffin does a great job juggling an extremely large cast of characters--his forte.The plot doesn't move much in chronological time and there is minimal discussion of the fighting details and great explanations of the administriva required to run a war. One exception, a piece of combat camera footage. You gotta wonder how a USMC BG can run the war from his hospital room. Where's book #6?

Good continuation of The Corps series, until about halfway through the book. Then, this book becomes impossible to put down. It is this portion of the book that the reader realizes that they are experiencing one of the masters of military and historical fiction at his peak. As with previous Corps books, Griffin takes his characters through situations with the war in the Pacific as the backdrop, and makes the reader really care about what happens to them. This one seemed to ratchet up the tension a bit more as well. Nice job, Mr. Griffin.

Griffin is a master storyteller. He grabs your interest from the first page and never let's go. His characters are real and you come to love the heroes and hate the villains. This is at least the fourth time I have started reading the series. I highly recommend you become acquainted with this author. You will not be disappointed.

Great book

First edition fine

Griffins femte bok om USAs marinkår fortsätter direkt på den fjärde boken och följer framför allt händelserna på Guadalcanal och försöken att undsätta kustväktarenheten på den ockuperade ön Buka.