Muscular military historical fiction, always enjoy these enormously. ( )

Every month, I found myself wanting to read the book in this series first. The characters are familiar and the plot is fun, if repeatable. Set in the Korean conflict, it's got all the elements of a fast paced, enjoyable novel. It is very long; almost 18 hours. I particularly enjoyed Griffin's interpretation of Truman's impressions of MacArthur. This is the end of the series and there are so many unfinished threads. It feels like there ought to be another novel. ( )

A satisfying and fitting ending to the Corps series, if somewhat rushed and clunky near the end. I really enjoyed the sections that dealt with the rescue of Pick Pickering and his recuperation in San Diego, as well as Killer McCoy's exposure of Douglas MacArthur's faulty Korean intelligence where China's involvement was concerned. This one flowed much like the previous nine Corps novels, tracking multiple well-developed characters across history, but I get the sense Griffin tried to kind of wrap everything up quickly. This usually leads to a lot of unanswered questions about what happened to certain characters. Maybe this was his intention...to be described in future novels or series? Overall I still immensely enjoyed this series. ( )

A slow and awkward book that fictionalizes the beginning of the Korean war, weaving a number of characters, including McCoy a CIA operative, through the first American response to the North Korean Army's attack on South Korea through the point when, despite McArthur's intelligence (and the ignored intelligence of the CIA) that there were no Chinese or Russian plans to enter the conflict, the Chinese attacked from their border and began to drive the US back to the parallel. This book is set around and interesting historical context but is obviously written by a person involved too closely with the day-to-day operations of the military, there were so many characters and unnecessary details that the book was very bogged down. The perspective and voice changed continually and was not satisfying. ( )

Library book great book ( )