Hazardous Duty

W.E.B. Griffin · William E. Butterworth IV

Dec 2013 · Presidential Agent Book 8 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Colonel Charley Castillo is back in action..

Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. Chaos reigns…
back in the fight.

The President has had enough—he needs to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band of fighters and put them on the case. Unfortunately, that might be impossible. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo’s guts, having had him forcibly retired from the military. And Castillo’s men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding. There are also whispers that the President himself is becoming mentally unbalanced.

How will it all play out? No one knows for sure, but for Castillo and company, only one thing is definite: it will be hazardous duty.

Ratings and reviews

While I can understand the frustration the authors feel with the current Administration, ruining a fun group of characters in order to"forget"our troubles is not the solution. There was one part of this supposed intrigue and suspense story with the president, his communications director and chief secret service agent that sounded like the Three Stooges. Just sad.

Dont waste yours. This was written by the son, butterworth, and relies much too heavily on recapping from previous editions. It is TRULY SAD that Mr Griffin's previous great work has fallen to this. I fully anticipate a crossover between this series and the Matt Payne Philadelphia cop series at some point

I've read every book he's written and this one is...OK, I'll be nice and just say "really bad." It started out OK, but the last 100 pages were like a three stooges farce. I'm tempted to complain that although it's advertised at being over 400 pages in length, it really ends at 234 pages, but as bad as the last part was, that was probably a blessing. Please! Either write good books as you used to do or just stop writing!!

About the author

W. E. B. Griffin was the author of seven bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, Presidential Agent, and Clandestine Operations. He passed away in February 2019.

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, Covert Warriors, The Spymasters, Empire and Honor, and The Last Witness. 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 is a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Texas Rifle Association. He lives in Texas.