W.E.B. Griffin The Devil's Weapons

Men at War, Book 8

By: Peter Kirsanow

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis most dangerous weapon in this entry in W.E.B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling Men at War series.

April 1940. By terms of the Soviet Nazi Nonaggression pact, the two dictatorships divided the helpless nation of Poland. Now, the Russians are rounding up enemies of the state in their occupation zone, but one essential target slips away. Dr. Sebastian Kapsky had spent years working with Walter Riedel and Werner von Braun in the early days of rocket science, but as a man with a conscience he refused to continue when he saw the perversion of their work by the Nazis. That makes him the most knowledgeable person about German superweapons outside of Germany.

The Germans want him. The Soviets are desperate to grab him, but Wild Bill Donovan knows there's only one man who can find him in the middle of a war zone and get him out—Dick Canidy.

©2022 William E. Butterworth IV (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

An Honored Series Continuation

I'm 11 chapters in and can truly say as a fan of all WEB's works, that this is a great compliment, and continuation by proven craftsman both in the writing and performance. May it be blessed and continued on in the memory of the Master and original.

Good Book, but not quite to Mr. Griffins level

I did enjoy this book, but it is obvious this was written by someone other than Mr. Butterworth(yes I know he has passed away) but some of the difference is perfectly fine, and other parts that glare out to me are, timeline issues in general and then timeline issues with the rest of the series, specifically timeline issues with Dick Canidy and Eric Fulmar.

Now I know there are from time to time inconsistencies with book to book in series, and I understand this, but there is some serious flaws of the timeline.

Granted this review is a few weeks after reading it so I may not be dead on, but I recall the timeline for Canidy being back in the US for a mission for Col. Donovan is too soon for his having served with the AVG in China, as they really were not active until after Dec. 7 and involving Eric Fulmar as soon as they did in the timeline in this book is flatly wrong from the other books as he is resisting being used by the US for a while at least until around the time of Operation Torch.

these are just a couple things that stood out to me.

All in all it was still a very good book, as it takes a lot to write to W.E.B. Griffins level, at least for me and my reading enjoyment. But he was the second or third author I found a love for in my teenage years.

Good story

Liked the story You can tell it was not Griffin but still enjoyable to listen to

So so

Certainly not up to W.E.B’s standards. I would think the abridged version would be better. The narrator has a very good voice but he just didn’t work for me. I’ll have to think real hard to listen to any more Griffin books written by Mr. Kirsanow.

Not WEB Griffin

I do not know what this story has to do with any of WEB Griffin books but they need to find another author to fill in for him

Great Read

Enjoyed the build up and action throughout the story without repeating too much history from other books.

Carry on

For a sequel by another author it was pretty good, much of it reads like the original, however it strays from the character bios considerably

Devil’s Weapons

A mediocre sequel to an otherwise great series. Somewhat disappointing. Wish the story had stayed consistent with prior ones.

Oddly Disconnected

This book’s disconnection from the timeline of the rest of the series detracted from my overall enjoyment. The author is an adequate substitute for Mr. Griffin, but the book doesn’t fit the rest of the series, and the ending is oddly abrupt.

Leaves you hanging

If they knew the guy was sick, why didn’t they bring medicine? What better gadget than a cure?