In Danger's Path
RETREAT, HELL!
“Another solid entryâ¦Veterans of the series will enjoy finding old comrades caught up in fresh adventures, while new-guy readers can easily enter here and pick up the ongoing story.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Griffin, who served in Korea, sticks more closely to the action and moves ahead with galvanized self-assurance.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“The author has a knack for smoothly combining fact with fiction, giving his work a realistic veneer.”
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Booklist
THE CORPS
The bestselling saga of the heroes we call Marines
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“THE BEST CHRONICLER OF THE U.S. MILITARY EVER TO PUT PEN TO PAPER.”
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The Phoenix Gazette
“GREAT READING. A superb job of mingling fact and fictionâ¦[Griffin's] characters come to life.”
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The Sunday Oklahoman
“THIS MAN HAS REALLY DONE HIS HOMEWORKâ¦I confess to impatiently awaiting the appearance of succeeding books in the series.”
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The Washington Post
“ACTION-PACKEDâ¦DIFFICULT TO PUT DOWN.”
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Marine Corps Gazette
The high drama and real heroes of World War II
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“ROUSINGâ¦AN IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING ADVENTURE.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“INTRICATELY PLOTTED and packed with those accurate details that fans of Griffin have come to expect.”
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Booklist
“A TAUTLY WRITTEN STORY whose twists and turns will keep readers guessing until the last page.”
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Publishers Weekly
“A SUPERIOR WAR STORY.”
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Library Journal
The series that launched
W.E.B. Griffin's phenomenal career
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“AN AMERICAN EPIC.”
âTom Clancy
“FIRST-RATE. Griffin, a former soldier, skillfully sets the stage, melding credible characters, a good eye for detail, and colorful, gritty dialogue into a readable and entertaining story.”
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The Washington Post Book World
“ABSORBING, salted-peanuts reading filled with detailed and fascinating descriptions of weapons, tactics, Green Beret training, army life, and battle.”
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The New York Times Book Review
“A CRACKLING GOOD STORY. It gets into the hearts and minds of those who by choice or circumstance are called upon to fight our nation's wars.”
âWilliam R. Corson, Lt. Col. [Ret.]. U.S.M.C., author of
The Betrayal
and
The Armies of Ignorance
“A MAJOR WORKâ¦magnificentâ¦powerfulâ¦If books about warriors and the women who love them were given medals for authenticity, insight, and honesty,
Brotherhood of War
would be covered with them.”
âWilliam Bradford Huie, author of
The Klansman
and
The Execution of Private Slovik
Griffin's electrifying epic series of a big-city police force
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“DAMN EFFECTIVEâ¦He captivates you with characters the way few authors can.”
âTom Clancy
“TOUGH, AUTHENTICâ¦POLICE DRAMA AT ITS BESTâ¦Readers will feel as if they're part of the investigation, and the true-to-life characters will soon feel like old friends. Excellent reading.”
âDale Brown
“COLORFULâ¦GRITTYâ¦TENSE.”
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A REAL WINNER.”
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New York Daily News
The legendary OSSâfighting a silent war of spies
and assassins in the shadows of World War II
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“WRITTEN WITH A SPECIAL FLAIR for the military heart and mind.”
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Kansas Daily Courier
“SHREWD, SHARP, ROUSING ENTERTAINMENT.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“CAMEOS BY SUCH HISTORICAL FIGURES as William âWild Bill' Donovan, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., David Niven, and Peter Ustinov lend colorâ¦suspenseful.”
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Publishers Weekly
HONOR BOUND
HONOR BOUND
BLOOD AND HONOR
SECRET HONOR
BROTHERHOOD OF WAR
BOOK I: THE LIEUTENANTS
BOOK II: THE CAPTAINS
BOOK III: THE MAJORS
BOOK IV: THE COLONELS
BOOK V: THE BERETS
BOOK VI: THE GENERALS
BOOK VII: THE NEW BREED
BOOK VIII: THE AVIATORS
BOOK IX: SPECIAL OPS
THE CORPS
BOOK I: SEMPER FI
BOOK II: CALL TO ARMS
BOOK III: COUNTERATTACK
BOOK IV: BATTLEGROUND
BOOK V: LINE OF FIRE
BOOK VI: CLOSE COMBAT
BOOK VII: BEHIND THE LINES
BOOK VIII: IN DANGER'S PATH
BOOK IX: UNDER FIRE
BOOK X: RETREAT, HELL
!
BADGE OF HONOR
BOOK I: MEN IN BLUE
BOOK II: SPECIAL OPERATIONS
BOOK III: THE VICTIM
BOOK IV: THE WITNESS
BOOK V: THE ASSASSIN
BOOK VI: THE MURDERERS
BOOK VII: THE INVESTIGATORS
BOOK VIII: FINAL JUSTICE
MEN AT WAR
BOOK I: THE LAST HEROES
BOOK II: THE SECRET WARRIORS
BOOK III: THE SOLDIER SPIES
BOOK IV: THE FIGHTING AGENTS
BOOK V: THE SABOTEURS
PRESIDENTIAL AGENT
BOOK I: BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
BOOK II: THE HOSTAGE
BOOK III: THE HUNTERS
THE CORPS
BOOK VIII
W.E.B. GRIFFIN
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IN DANGER'S PATH
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THE CORPS is respectfully dedicated to the memory of
Second Lieutenant Drew James Barrett, III, USMC
Company K, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines
Born Denver, Colorado, 3 January 1945
Died Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam,
27 February 1969
and
Major Alfred Lee Butler, III, USMC
Headquarters 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Born Washington, D.C., 4 September 1950
Died Beirut, Lebanon, 8 February 1984
and to the memory of Donald L. Schomp
A Marine fighter pilot who became a legendary
U.S. Army Master Aviator
RIP 9 April 1989
“
Semper Fi!
”