The Spymasters

A Men at War Novel, Book 7

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

Narrado por: Christopher Lane

Critics and fans everywhere love the Men at War series, books “rich with witty banter and nail-biting undercover work” (Entertainment Weekly).

It is summer 1943. Two of the Allies’ most important plans are at grave risk: Operation Overlord’s invasion of France and the Manhattan Project’s race to build the atomic bomb. A furious President Roosevelt turns to OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan — and Donovan turns to Dick Canidy and his teams behind enemy lines. They’ve certainly got their work cut out for them. In the weeks to come, they must fight the Axis in many ways, to try to find and sabotage Germany’s new “aerial torpedo” rockets, some of which are rumored to be fitted out with deadly nerve gas and aimed at London; to rescue a missing covert OSS team bearing vital secrets; and to exploit German intelligence agents and generals disgruntled enough with Hitler to maybe try to topple him.

And as if all that weren’t enough, they must battle the enemy within, as well: The Soviets are using moles to steal Manhattan Project secrets, and if the Soviets build their own atomic bomb... who knows where that might lead?

Filled to the brim with action, character, and the deep understanding of the military heart and mind that have made Griffin’s novels outstanding, The Spymasters is simply great listening.

©2012 W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Spymasters

Good book and decent ending to the series. It felt a bit rushed towards the end. I would have liked to see Griffen close off some of the other main characters we had spent so much time with, but it is his to tell.

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Pretty fun read, quick and easy. Author covered the character world from FDR through Wild Bill Donovan to [our hero] Dick Kanady in 1943 as the OSS does sneaky stuff on Sicily. The writing style appears stilted and artificial, like Army writing, and the long repeats from previous books are annoying. Nevertheless, I had fun reading it.

I expect nothing less

Again W.E.B. Griffin makes us long for the days when honor and dedication meant something. He has a singular way of taking historical events and giving them life as the reader is not only involved, but part of the story. From FDR's machevellian nature to the "devil may care" attitude of Canidy, he gives us dreams of the days of Yore.

Good Series, Getting Better

If you could sum up The Spymasters in three words, what would they be?

Pretty Good

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Kept me interested, not on the edge of my seat though

Which character – as performed by Christopher Lane – was your favorite?

I have always liked Dick Canady

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not really, there was some humor, but not real heavy laughable humor, it is not that type of book

Started slowly and picked up

I enjoy all of griffin’s work particularly the historic aspect. One observation, he is obsessed with large breasts, teats and voluptuous bosoms by constantly mentioning them.

WW11 Spy Story

W.E.B. Griffin is one of my favorite historical war novelist. It seem like it has been a long wait for this latest book in the Men At War Series. Dick Canidy is back to Sicily to check on the covert OSS team he had put in place but a different "hand" was sending in the signal reports. Canidy was also assigned to check if there was more nerve gas held by the SS. Alan Dallas was busy checking out "aerial torpedo' and arrange the escape of his operatives. Lots of action, politics and history woven together as only Griffin can do. Can not wait for the next book. If you enjoy historical fiction of WW11 Griffin is one of the best authors. I am glad to see they are now publishing his older books as audiobooks.

Enjoyable Listening and I do not mind telling you

Christopher Lane gave a wonderful performance of W.E.B. Griffin book the Spymasters has a great story together they make very good entertainment.

Thanks for another history lesson on WWII

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I keep ordering and listing to WEB Griffin’s books knowing most of it will be full of history trivia of WWII. Now that he’s teamed up with his son it seems like they’re collaboration is producing more history and less action

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The most interesting part of the story line to me is a glimpse into how well a small country like Great Britain dealt with the daily bombings and it’s major overall contribution to WWII.

Some of the characters in the story are not very believable.

What three words best describe Christopher Lane’s performance?

Delivers trivia well.

Did The Spymasters inspire you to do anything?

To question why more citizens of Germany didn’t do more to stop the evil that was done to so many innocent people of the world based on the leadership of a crazy man.

Any additional comments?

I will probably continue to purchase future books written by the father and son team. I'm not sure I will outlive the farther but I wonder what a story would be like without his influence.

Educational historical narrative retained

the narrative retained the the readers understanding of interactions of both sides and accomplishments of the multiple missions.

Different but the same…

WEB Griffin’s The Corps series seems to have some similar characters and relationships. Almost as if the author worked some details out in this series then polished them in the other. Both are good - they’re different, but feel familiar.