Customer Reviews

LINE OF FIRE CST

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This book is all about the Marine code of never leaving anyone behind. Fleming Pickering puts together a team to pull two of their men off a tropical island. They have been left there for quite some time in order to be part of the Coast Watchers that were placed throughout the South Pacific. Their purpose was to keep an eye on what the Japanese were doing in order to maintain the US position in Guadalcanal. The thing I really like about these books is the characters that Griffin has portrayed. I feel like I know each and every one of them. I like the history lesson about the war in the Pacific as well. I have to admit - I am hooked on this series.

I think what makes Griffin great is the epic nature of his various series'. If you pick up one book in The Corps series, read it and judge it separate from the books that preceed it, you are likely to do that book a disservice in it's rating. I'm about mid way through The Corps series and I enjoy the stories immensley. Same is true of The Brotherhood of War series - excellent also!

I'm going to have to stop buying this series...I just can't justify this pricing model. The books have been out for 20 years or so, and are available for pennies on the dollar EVERYWHERE...it just makes no sense to have these priced at $7.99.
These books should be $2.99 or less for the Kindle version...there is no printing or distribution cost to associate with it, and the publisher provides one digital copy for re-distribution.
I'm done with greedy publisher & greedy authors...I have WAY too many other ways to spend my disposible income...time they all understand that and price accordingly.

I have all of WEB Griffins books and rate him along with Wilbur Smith as my all time favorite author. His sagas span several different action themes, but they are all either military, police or intelligence services. The author has residence both in Texas and Argentina and has spent a great deal of time with our military so he uses his familiarity with these settings and people to cast a very nice spell in his work. My wife also enjoys the books so I would say they are suitable for all readers.

W.E.B. Griffin has continued his Corps series of fiction/history which, for me at least, has stimulated me to read and research actual history to compare with the history he includes in his fiction.

I consider his military/police/espionage series to be excellent stimuli for reading actual history.

I bought the Corps series to read on my Kindle.

Bill

The books written by WEB Griffin are good reading and enjoyable. They have kept my interest and look forward to the next book everytime I end reading one. I spent several years in the Corps and come from a family of Marines so these book certainly keep my interest.

I've read all the WEB Griffin novels several times. The Corps series is the best although the Argentina series (Honor Bound) is close. The best novel standing alone is the first one, Semper Fi. The next two or three are an obvious series and do not stand alone as well. They all provide insights that straight history may overlook. Griffin knows some of these people. He served in Korea so the later Korea series gains authenticity. Some object to the progression of Corporal McCoy to McCoy the super linguist. There is a touch of the comic book to some of his exploits but this is fiction. The story of the Inchon landing in Under Fire is true. The story told in Behind the Lines is true. I have a copy of Eric Feldt's book about the Coastwatchers. That was true. Griffin is the best source for military culture in fiction. His details are accurate. Maybe the Magic intercepts weren't quite as complete as he tells us they were but that was all based on truth and he brings it to life. If you are interested in World War II in the Pacific, these books are indispensible. The only thing that touches them is Once an Eagle.

Excellent story. Griffin is one of the best storytellers alive. I hope he keeps writing for many years.

So far, I have purchased through Amazon seven of the ten books in the W.E.B. Griffin series "The Corps". They are great and I intend to read his other series of books.

Having read the "Brotherhood" series of books by this author, I looked forward to the "Corps" books and was not disappointed. I've read them all at least twice and enjoyed discussing them with my husband as he read them. I have now collected another full set to send my son in Afghanistan, a real member of the Corps!