Covert Warriors

Presidential Agent Series, Book 7

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

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

At a Mexican roadblock, a U.S. Embassy SUV is stopped at gunpoint, three of its passengers murdered, and a fourth kidnapped. Everything points to the drug cartels, especially when the kidnappers say they will return the hostage if a cartel kingpin is released from U.S. federal prison.

But when word gets to Charley Castillo and his group of “retired” spies and special operators, they have their doubts. Fresh from having enraged the Kremlin by staging a covert raid in Venezuela that nabbed not only high-value Russian agents but also a highly prized secret Russian aircraft, they start connecting the dots. They believe that it’s a diversion. That the murders and kidnapping were ordered by none other than Vladimir Putin himself to lure Castillo and company to their deaths. And the thing of it is, even knowing that may not save them. Powerful forces in the U.S. government are arrayed against them as well, and if one side doesn’t get them... the other side will.

Filled with Griffin’s trademark rich characters and cutting-edge drama, this is another exceptional novel in an exceptional series.

Prolong the suspense: listen to another Presidential Agent thriller.

©2011 W.E.B. Griffin, William Butterworth IV (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Covert Warriors

Dick Hill does a great job narrating the book. Since Griffin has been writing with his son the story seems a bit ragged. I hope as they work together the son learns more from his father and can carry the writing forward. There was a lot of repetition of the prior books of the series which interfered with the current story. The story built up with lots of suspense then the ending was a total let down. At first I thought there was an error in the downloading of the book, it seemed as if a whole section of the ending was missing. I would have liked a lot more detail for the ending. Maybe it will be filled in with the next book of the series. I love the series and will keep listening and hope they improve writing together.

Mildly entertaining story for the series

What did you like best about Covert Warriors? What did you like least?

I wait for the new WEB Griffin books just to stay up on the series I like. While these are good story lines, they are predictable just like his other series. This story is ok. Just that OK. I do like the characters somewhat.Where is Sergeant Major Jack Davidson now?There is a good adjunct plot deviation with

What was most disappointing about W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth ’s story?

I am extremely tired of the ongoing fight between Pevsner & Charlie over who is tsar.Can we move on?The SVR/Putin line is getting old. Get the SOF Chain of Command straight. Hire somebody to give you advice. This mistake is extremely aggravating.The editing is getting poor. I still don't get the conflict between Naylor VS McNabb/Charley.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Dick Hill?

Hill does ok.I really wish he used a different inflection for Vic D'Alesandro.

Did Covert Warriors inspire you to do anything?

Yes, don't buy another one until I get through with my aggravation.

Any additional comments?

Only buy this if you are keeping up with the series.

Charlie/Carlos is back to form

I liked this one, again. Not that I didn't like the last one I reviewed, I just didn't like how the characters changed. But, now they are back close to normal.

The story is interesting, even though the author keeps repeating the entire story, which slows it down a bit. The narrator is no Dick Hill, but once you get used to the new voices, it goes well.

I don't like the new President, but, I don't think I'm supposed to.

good story line

what a great story line, I was wanting to reach through my speaker and slap the president in the story. great read.

Narrator

Glad Dick Hill was brought back for this book! It was a good book. A little long on backstories, but that is WEB Griffins style and it works for me.

Mediocre

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

Now that I finished the entire series, I am thinking that this series should have have ended successfully at three or so.

Ragged, not up to standards

What did you like best about Covert Warriors? What did you like least?

I liked hearing about the characters in a new plot.

What was most disappointing about W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth ???s story?

but there were dropped threads and shoddy attention to detail. The duo need to hone their partnership style.

Which character ??? as performed by Dick Hill ??? was your favorite?

Charlie

Was Covert Warriors worth the listening time?

Yes

Any additional comments?

The style should improve. The first Dick Francis/Felix Francis novel was not as good as usual too.

Dick Hill returns!

Great to have Dick Hill back to finish series. Changing narrators in the middle of series is very annoying.

Good story for WEB books, horrible narrating

Would you consider the audio edition of Covert Warriors to be better than the print version?

The print version is much better, the narrator is like an older version of Daniel Defoe, really bad to listen to

Great Book, terrible delivery

The story line and accuracy within was awesome, I would thoroughly enjoy this book if read.
The narrator for this book is why I could not finish it.
He sounded as if he was running out of air half way through each sentence and forcing it at the end. Enough to where I wanted to tell him to take a breath and not pass out or stress himself out over finishing the sentence.
If not for that and other annoyances in the performance that made it difficult to listen to for long periods of time, the book is great.