Death and honor Hardback - 2008

by William E. Butterworth (W.E.B.) Griffin

The crackling new novel in the bestsellingHonor Bound series by the #1 New York Times–bestselling master of the military thriller.

W.E. B. Griffin's Honor Bound saga of World War IIespionage in Germany and Argentina has longbeen immensely popular: 'Enough derring-do,romance and action to satisfy Griffin's legion of fans and bringhim new ones' (Rocky Mountain News); 'Cletus Frade's servicesto his countries, his fealty to honor and his courage in the faceof danger lift this thriller right off the bookshelf and onto thenightstand' (The Star-Ledger).

The year is 1943, and Argentina is officially neutral, butcrawling with every kind of spy, sympathizer, and military officialimaginable. The hero is Cletus Frade, a Marine pilot recruitedby the OSS, with strong family ties to Argentina, and in Deathand Honor Griffin's fourth book in the series and the first since1999 he's got a lot on his hands.

OSS chief Wild Bill Donovan has asked him to set up hisown official-but-really-OSS airline in Argentina, using 'loaned'Lockheed Lodestars and Constellations. Of even more concernare two interwoven German operations. The first is a governmentscheme for Jews outside the Fatherland to purchase thefreedom of their relatives in concentration camps, who will thenbe transported to Argentina and Uruguay. The second has todo with where that money is going: a plan called OperationPhoenix, which will establish safe havens for senior Nazi officialsin Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Needless to say, the OSS isvery interested in both of them, and if Frade can somehow findout a little more . . . without getting killed, that is. Which, asFrade is about to find out, is easier said than done.

Rich with the special flair that Griffin's fans have long cometo expect from him, Death and Honor is another 'immenselyentertaining adventure' (Kirkus Reviews) from one of our fineststorytellers.