The Long Patrol: A WWII Novel

164th Regiment Series, Book 1

De: Chris Glatte

Narrado por: Paul Costanzo

During the bloody battle for Guadalcanal, one Army unit's mission to infiltrate enemy lines to arm and train a guerrilla force of natives goes horribly wrong.

The 164th Army Division has come to reinforce the beleaguered First Marine Division, which has been fighting the Japanese for months. It will be the Division's first combat test as well as it's bloodiest.

The fighting has come to a standstill with neither side giving ground. The 164th is desperate to break the stalemate and the mounting casualties.

Their possible solution comes in the form of a British Coast Watcher. Thomas Welch offers to take a small unit into the jungle to meet up with a force of natives to instigate a guerrilla war against the Japanese rear.

A unit from Able Company is selected for the job. Each man's been battle tested, defending Henderson field from hordes of attacking Japanese. The mission goes badly from the outset and the unit is cutoff and desperate to continue their mission.

As the battle for Guadalcanal rages on, their mission changes. As more men fall, the likelihood of completing it is slipping away. Betrayed, alone and hurt, they find themselves as the only soldiers able to deliver victory from the jaws of defeat.

©2016 Chris Glatte (P)2017 Tantor

Want more!

Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book. Great combat and characters. Can’t wait till the rest of the series gets put on audible!

Exciting

I found the novel very exciting and hard to put down. One of the better books that I’ve listened to in a long time.

loved the story

loved the story and the characters were great would love to hear the rest of the series

A wonderful portrayal of courage and fortitude.

Gritty story of Pacific fighting. Thank descriptions of the fighting was vivid and concise in detail .
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The long patrol

Excellent story and narrator. I've read and listened to many WWII stories, fiction and non-fiction.

enjoyed.

the reader was mmmaaa mmaaa to ok. the story itself was good but needed better narration.
wish they had more of this series in audio.

Glatt wonderful with description, weak on story

If you like war in the jungle with Japanese, natives and Americans fighting this might be for you. Lot of gratuitous gore, Ending left me unsatisfied

The Long Patrol, room for improvement

The story was compelling, however all the cursing and swearing was a turn off, author could easily have expressed the characters emotions in much better ways.

second time on this audible. it's a keeper.

this is fiction but it is not. it is reality which is just blame the unimagination.

Terrific story

But excessive repetition. The action is impressive and completely believable.
The reader feels like they are there and can feel the impact of the action as it unfolds. However nothing would be lost if careful editing was to remove 20 percent of the text.