The Hunters

The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin

Category: Military Fiction Grade: A

This can be a really short review since, at this point, either you read Griffin or you don't. I counted up and its pretty clear that I've read more books by this guy than anybody else I read. He's written 38 books and I've read all 38 - all broken in to series of 6-10 books; all with military themes. They are uniformly well written and entertaining, whether he's talking about World War II, Korea, Viet Nam or even, in one series, stories of the Philadelphia police department.

The Hunter is the third book in the "Presidential Agent" series. It takes place now and involves a special group of agents, led by Charlie Castillo, who work directly for the President and do jobs that aren't quite within the standard operating procedure of existing intelligence organizations or, occasionally, within the law. Castillo and his crew travel all the world turning over rocks to deal with the things that crawl under them.

Griffin's books aren't "high literature", but I'll keep buying them and reading them as soon as they come out. Hopefully, he's got another 38 books in him.