Blood and Honor (Honor Bound) [Hardcover]

W.E.B. Griffin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Honor Bound | Publication Date: December 27, 1996

The characters introduced in the best-selling Honor Bound--Marine aviator Cletus Frade, Army demolitions expert Anthony Pelosi, and communications genius David Ettinger--encounter intrigue in Buenos Aires in April 1943. 250,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you enjoyed W. E. B. Griffin's Honor Bound, you should segue with pleasure into this involving sequel. Set in Buenos Aires in 1943, it follows the adventures of three American soldiers as they think and fight their way through a complex story about Nazi sympathizers, dedicated supporters of the Allied cause, and other people just trying to stay alive. As we've come to expect from his many books about soldiers and cops, Griffin knows how to use the small moments of crime and war to invent a compelling canvas for his solid characters. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

From Publishers Weekly

Set in the spy-infested capital of Argentina in 1943, Griffin's newest is a sequel to Honor Bound (1994) and adheres to the author's usual recipe of good guys, bad women and broad but sometimes transparent suspense and melodrama. Clete Frade is a Marine Corps aviator, a hero of Guadalcanal. Wealthy and well connected, he is also a spook for the OSS and perfect for an undercover job in Buenos Aires because he's an Argentine citizen. Assisted by two useless Army buddies, a navy chief who considers himself a gaucho and a loyal Argentine bodyguard, Frade is sent south to sniff out both a suspected plot to overthrow the Argentine government and a report of a Nazi ship using Argentine waters to resupply German submarines. He stumbles into much more, however, with the assassination of his Argentine father, who is the leader of the coup plot, and with his discovery of a Nazi scheme to ransom Jews out of Dachau and to use the money to finance a sanctuary for fugitive Nazis should Germany lose the war. Frade spars with diplomats, spies, his OSS boss, the FBI, the Argentine military and an SS colonel, all the while trying to aid one conspiracy and destroy the others. There's no deep moral digging here as there is in, say, le Carre. But Griffin is a savvy old hand and here, working with an exotic setting and a complex plot, delivers the sort of sturdy entertainment his fans expect.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 553 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1ST edition (December 27, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399141901
• ISBN-13: 978-0399141904
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #832,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

W.E.B. Griffin is the author of more than thirty epic novels in five series, all of which have been listed on The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and other best-seller lists. More than forty million of his books are in print in more than ten languages, including Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, and Hungarian. Mr. Griffin grew up in the suburbs of New York City and Philadelphia. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1946. After basic training, he received counter-intelligence training at Fort Holabird, Maryland. He was assigned to the Army of Occupation in Germany, and ultimately to the staff of then-Major General I.D. White, commander of the U.S. Constabulary. In 1951, Mr. Griffin was recalled to active duty for the Korean War, interrupting his education at Phillips University, Marburg an der Lahn, Germany. In Korea he earned the Combat Infantry Badge as a combat correspondent and later served as acting X Corps (Group) information officer under Lieutenant General White. On his release from active duty in 1953, Mr. Griffin was appointed Chief of the Publications Division of the U.S. Army Signal Aviation Test & Support Activity at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Mr. Griffin is a member of the Special Operations Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Army Aviation Association, and the Armor Association. He was the 1991 recipient of the Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, and the August 1999 recipient of the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award, presented at the 100th National Convention in Kansas City. He has been vested into the Order of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association, and the Order of St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and been awarded Honorary Doctoral degrees by Norwich University, the nation's first and oldest private military college, and by Troy State University (Ala.). He was the graduation dinner speaker for the class of 1988 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He has been awarded honorary membership in the Special Forces Association; the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association; the Marine Raiders Association; and the U.S. Army Otter & Caribou Association. He is the co-founder, with historian Colonel Carlo D'Este, of the William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs. Mr. Griffin's novels, known for their historical accuracy, have been praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer for their "fierce, stop-for-nothing scenes." "Nothing honors me more than a serviceman, veteran, or cop telling me he enjoys reading my books," Mr. Griffin says. Mr. Griffin divides his time between the Gulf Coast and Buenos Aires.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Usual, an Excellent read, January 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood and Honor (Honor Bound, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

I Spent almost 30 Years as a Navy Corpsman. At least half that time with the Corps. Mr. Griffin has been able to catch the true spirit of the Corps. As an amature historian I find this novel not only entertaining, but historically accurate. I can hardly wait for the next book in the series

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT IN A BOOK!, October 23, 1999

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DONALD KARNEY III (FLORIDA, UNITED STATES) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood and Honor (Honor Bound, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

THIS BOOK DEALS WITH WWII AND THE ARGENTIAIAN EMBASSY. WITH THE GERMANS IN BUINOS ARIES. WITH DEATH,A COUP D ETAT, AND ASSASINATIONS FOR THE VENGANCE OF A BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND A SISTER. THE GERMANS MASTER PLAN TO LEAN ON ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT TO SIDE WITH THEM IN THE WAR.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Griffin does something different, December 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood and Honor (Honor Bound, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

Instead of covering his characters over a period of many years as he usually does with his military characters, Griffin restricts himself to a relatively brief period of a few months. He also uses an original twist: World War Two covert warfare in neutral Argentina. A great read.