The Spymasters, W.E.B. Griffin
The Spymasters, W.E.B. Griffin
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The Spymasters

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

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 11 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2012


Synopsis

#1 Wall Street Journal andNew York Timesbestselling authorW.E.B. Griffin continues his gripping series featuring the legendary OSS—fighting a silent war of spies and assassins in the shadows of World War II.Summer 1943. Two of the Allies' most important plans for winning World War II are at grave risk—the coming D-Day invasion and the Manhattan Project's race to build the atomic bomb.OSS spy chief William "Wild Bill" Donovan turns to his top agent, Dick Canidy, and his team. They've certainly got their work cut out for them. In the weeks to come, they must fight not only the enemy in the field—and figure out how to sabotage Germany's new "aerial torpedo" rockets—but also the enemy within.Someone is feeding Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets. And if the Soviets build their own atomic bomb, winning the war might only lead to another, even more terrible conflict...

About W.E.B. Griffin

W. E. B. Griffin is the author of six bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, and Presidential Agent. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Michael of the Army Aviation Association of America, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the American Legion, China Post #1 in Exile; the Police Chiefs Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and the State of Delaware; the National Rifle Association; the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society; and the Flat Earth Society (Pensacola, Florida, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, chapters). He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter-Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association. Griffin lives in Alabama and Argentina.

About William E. Butterworth IV

William E. Butterworth IV has been an editor and writer for more than twenty-five years, and has worked closely with his father for a decade on the editing and writing of the Griffin books. He is coauthor of the bestselling novels The Saboteurs, The Double Agents, Death and Honor, The Traffickers, The Honor of Spies, The Vigilantes, The Outlaws, Victory and Honor, and Covert Warriors. He is a member of the Sons of the American Legion, China Post #1 in Exile, and of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society; and a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Texas Rifle Association. He lives in Texas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on March 15, 2022

After rereading The Spymasters by W.E.B. Griffin I am now ready for Peter Kirsanow to release his continuation of this series. It will be released in December 2022. I hope Tom Colgan made a good choice and that the book is great but Tom usually picks a good writer. This book is mostly about the upom......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 07, 2020

I have never before given a WEB Griffin book less than a five star review. This is a good book and a good read, but it is not quite up to his usual standards. In most of his books he has stuck with stuff he knows, the military and the wealthy, and, of course, wealthy people in the military. But, to......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on April 24, 2015

Pretty fun read, quick and easy, scenes with FDR and Wild Bill Donovan, Werner von Braun and others were interesting.......more

Goodreads review by George on February 17, 2018

This is the 7th book in Griffin's Men at War series, stories of the WWII Office of Strategic Services. This book continues the story of agent Dick Canidy's infiltration of Sicily prior to the Allied invasion of the island in 1943. The end of book six saw two of Canidy's team, an OSS radio operator,......more

Goodreads review by Terry on November 30, 2018

This is (apparently) the last in the Men at War series, unfortunately. Warning note: I love all the military-themed series written by the Griffin/Butterworth team. This book involves events leading up to the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943/44, and also the now little-publicized German development......more