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By Order of the President - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Griffin, W. E. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399152075
- ISBN 13
- 9780399152078
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399152075 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket; This book is about a secret society that has been around since the Revolutionary War. The society is called the Brotherhood of the Rose and they are sworn to protect the President of the United States. The society is made up of the most powerful people in the country and they are sworn to secrecy.; 8vo; 528 pages .
Synopsis
Over the years, W.E.B. Griffin's stories of the military and police, told with crackling realism and rich characters, have won him millions of fans and acclaim as "the dean of the American war adventure" ( Publishers Weekly ). Now he vaults into the present day with a series as exciting as anything he has ever written. At an airfield in Angola, two men board a leased Boeing 727; then, once it is in the air, slit the pilot's throat and fly to parts unknown. The consternation is immediate, as the CIA, FBI, FAA, and other agencies race to find out what has happened, in the process elbowing each other in the sides a little too vigorously. Fed up, the President of the United States turns to an outside investigator to determine the truth, an Army intelligence officer serving as special assistant to the Director of Homeland Security. Major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, known as Charley, is the son of a German mother and a Tex-Mex father, a Medal of Honor winner who died in Vietnam. A pilot, West Point graduate, and veteran of Desert Storm and the Special Forces, Castillo has a sharp eye for the facts-and the reality behind the facts. Traveling undercover, he flies to Africa, and there, helped and hindered by unexpected allies and determined enemies, begins to untangle a story of frightening dimensions-a story that, unless he can do something about it, will end very, very badly.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53314
- Title
- By Order of the President - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Griffin, W. E. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399152075
- ISBN 13
- 9780399152078
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
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