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Title: In Danger's Path (Griffin, W. E. B. Corps, Bk. 8.) by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0-515-12698-5 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (119 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: slipping here a bit.....
Comment: In Danger's Path is the longest and ,to me, the most ponderous of the Corp series. I have been reading it since its debut, and it has been my favorite of Griffin's various series, but this one misses the mark rather badly. The usual fast paced action just isn't here and as one previous reviewer mentioned the focus has moved from the Corp to covert operations. The plot of this book centers on the weather station in the Gobi Desert,(an operation refered to in several other books, but now no longer on hold)and group of American refugees from Japanese occupied China. One flaw I noticed is that throughout the books, any one with knowledge of "Magic" cannot be sent into any situation where they may be taked prisoner, but apparently this rule does not apply to Capt. McCoy, since at one point he is asked if he knows what "Magic" is, and replies he doesn't know but he can guess, which he does accuratly, and is promptly sent on a dangerous mission anyway. I have throughly enjoyed the Corp series, but let's get back to the Marines, Mr. Griffin, and leave the OSS stuff to the other two series you have to deal with it......
Rating: 4
Summary: A bit flat but still worthwhile
Comment: This eighth installment of THE CORPS follows the same cast of characters as the war in the Pacific wages on. This book lacks some of the action and intense battle scenes of the previous books in this series. In Danger's Path instead works on the intricacies of planning and executing a secret mission without compromising the TOP SECRET operation called MAJIC. My only complaint is that Griffin spends way too much time re-presenting the characters and their background. Those who have read the CORPS series are not likely to forget characters such as Ken "Killer" McCoy, Ernestine "Ernie" Sage, Malcolm "Pick" Pickering or the main character BG Fleming Pickering. I would have preferred more action and less devotion to trying to explain the charcters to the first time reader. Still, an enjoyable and easy to read novel.
Rating: 3
Summary: Just a sec...who or what is "Reed Business Information"?
Comment: I'm about 250 pages into this book. It is kind of ponderous,
like most of Griffin's books have become. Raally, I don't think we need routing #'s for TWX's and teletypes, and I certainly don't need a complete synopsis of "what has gone before" in each of Griffin's series. However, the two reviews by "Reed Business Information"(THERE's a household name in literary reviews) really rubs my fur the wrong way. In the first place, the weather stations in the Gobi were "highly improbable", but they existed, and did a great job under trying conditions. In the second place, to term the name "Fleming Pickering" improbably named is just stupid. What makes this name more improbable than names such as "Stansfield Turner", "Knute Rockne", or Winston Churchill? I once had a friend whose given name...I kid you not..was Lovely Child. He went by LC. Reed Business Information is a publishing house which puts out Variety, and dozens of slick industrial mags no one ever pays to subscribe to. Perhaps this "reviewer" should concentrate on what they probably know best, namely doing lunch, and selling space in publications no one ever reads except when stuck in elevators.
By the way, I'm enjoying "Under Fire". With all of Griffin's usual name dropping, I halfway expect Craig Lowell & the cast of the Brotherhood Of War series to Guest Star. Who knows, it's still early days yet.
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Title: Close Combat by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515112690 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Line of Fire by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515110132 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Behind the Lines by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515119385 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Under Fire by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515134376 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Battleground: The Corps by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515106402 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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