Book #2 of the series; OSS "special operations" operations during WWII. Action wise, the book is very slow and most of the action occurs near the end of the listen. Most of the book seems to be introduction of new characters and expansion on our knowledge of those introduced in book #1. Sometimes, it was so obnoxious that the reader forgets what the mission might be. Then, you reach the end and realize just how little happened. ( )

I am so split over these books. The first book in the series was a really boring book but it ended better than it started so i thought it worth giving the next book a go. This book is much better, though there are still too many characters. After 500-600 pages (first book and half of this) though you have a hang of most of them.

*The good*

There is a really good story hiding. I am still not sure how much is "true story" and how much is "inspired by a true story but completely different* but it does not really matter because there is a good story there.

*The bad and ugly*
Sexism, sexism, sexism. All women are fawning over the heroes who are wild bucks doing whatever they want. It gets boring and unrealistic very soon. I prefer the W. E. Johns or Tom Clancy approach to female ignorance, just cut them out of the story. If you don't know what you are doing, don't show it to the public.

This might be the last book I read in the series. Or maybe I want to know more of the story. We'll see. ( )

Book two in the series. It is what it is: A book that seems to be moving at a decent clip, but you reach the end and realize just how little happened. Frankly, while I'm enjoying the series, there's very little that happens, but the things that do happen tend to be of importance to the grand scheme of the war. ( )

Sets the stage for a series of books under this topic. Since I had read other books in this series, this helped me a lot in understanding the following books.
As usual, Griffin paints his characters well. Some are plausible, some are somewhat imploausible and some are downright crazy; and yet the story always moves along at a brisk pace. ( )

Great book ( )