Hazardous Duty

Presidential Agent Series, Book 8

By: W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

The Presidential Agent adventures return, in the most surprising novel yet in the #1 Wall Street Journal – and New York Times–bestselling series.

Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. The President of the United States is fed up and, as Commander in Chief, has what he thinks is a pretty bright idea — to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band and get them on the case.

Unfortunately, that will be difficult. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo’s guts, and has just had him forcibly retired from the military, and now Castillo’s men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding. There are also whispers that the President himself is unstable — the word “nutcake” has been mentioned.

How will it all play out? No one knows for sure, but for Castillo and company, only one thing is definite: This is going to be hazardous duty.

©2013 W.E.B. Griffin (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.

Critic reviews

"Tough-fisted . . . hard-edged . . . Griffin’s formula is straightforward: Set up a bunch of obstacles, and let us watch Charley Castillo knock them down one at a time. His novels promise action, suspense, and rousing entertainment, and they never fail to deliver." ( Booklist)

Least favorite

I like this series but this was difficult to get through. I also like Dick Hill but the narration did not help this book. I'm very pleased that #9 in the series did not disappoint like this one.

how at first you where returned to the other books to the story

that this could have really happened in my time. well write an flowed very very well.

Not At All Like 1st Seven - Please No More

Would you try another book from W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth and/or Dick Hill?

Yes - I love the Presidential Agent Series - but Hazardous Duty was to much like Mash. This series went form best selling to making a joke of a very well written series

Would you recommend Hazardous Duty to your friends? Why or why not?

No - Not like 1 - 7. Book 8 was very disappointing

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

yes

Was Hazardous Duty worth the listening time?

I had nothing else to do. I waited 3 months for the release and ended up with mash instead of book eight of this series

Half of book is review of series

What did you like best about Hazardous Duty? What did you like least?

I really love reading WEB Griffin. I usually listen to the last book in a series before a new book. This book takes the first 1/2 and does that for me.

If you’ve listened to books by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth before, how does this one compare?

WEB Griffin is a great story teller, this book seemed long since it had a lot of review of other books.

What three words best describe Dick Hill’s voice?

Dick Hill is a voice.

Any additional comments?

In WEB Griffin earlier books he assumed we knew what we are reading a series and know the people in the book, with some review of the previous books.

Humor abounds

There has always been a bit of comic relief in his books but this one is all humor. A great read/listen. Highly recommended.

good

it was ok
thank you for your time and money kind of thing youknow

Not what I expected but still good

Where does Hazardous Duty rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have gone through all this series and have enjoyed them all. This is not in the typical character of the other books in the series. However it is still entertaining. If you are like for Castillo to be the same kill em all let God sort them out you will be disappointed. If you want a break and to be entertained, you will love it.

Very disappointing

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I loved the previous presidential agent books, but this was very disappointing. I've never had an author repeat the same back story over and over and over. Nothing really ever happens in this book. It could have a been a 2 hour audio book.

Has Hazardous Duty turned you off from other books in this genre?

No.

What about Dick Hill’s performance did you like?

I think Dick did a wonderful job as usual.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No way.

I’m done

I’ve never wished for a character to be killed off but I’m done with the flash backs, the story, and WEB and any books associated.

He joins a list of authors who I feel have wasted my time. He’s not the most notable. S. King takes the cake for the crappy pathetic ending to the Dome but this book is tiresome AF.

Rather repititous

The tongue in cheek style was OK, but resummarizing past books in the series was just a bit over the top.