The Hostage (A Presidential Agent Novel) - Softcover

Griffin, W. E. B.

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9781594131660: The Hostage (A Presidential Agent Novel)

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ISBN 10: 159413166X ISBN 13: 9781594131660

Publisher: Large Print Pr, 2006

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By Order of the President, the first novel in Griffin’s crackling new Presidential Agent series, won immediate acclaim from critics and fans alike. “True virtuosity,” praised the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “Cutting-edge,” agreed Publishers Weekly. “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. 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. 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 over...it might even be Castillo’s blood.

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About the Author:

W. E. B. Griffin is also the author of the bestselling Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, and Honor Bound series. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; China Post #1 in Exile of the American Legion; and the Police Chiefs Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, and Delaware. He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter & Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Corps Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association.

From AudioFile:

The second in Griffin's Presidential Agent series finds Charley Castillo, who reports directly to the President, baffled by the murder of a U.S. diplomat in Argentina, followed closely by the kidnapping of his wife and attacks on American Secret Service agents. Jay O. Sanders takes charge of this globe-trotting adventure with easy aplomb for the Hispanic accents, military jargon, and myriad of male military characters. He helps listeners follow the plot's meanderings through the ties with Iraqi oil interests, backroom deals, Homeland Security crises, and events that come eerily to today's headlines. Griffin's many fans will be delighted. One element that Griffin uses to organize his text--log entries of date-time-place--actually distract in audio and fail to function successfully. R.F.W. � AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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