![]() ![]() The Main character is very likable but is given way more authority than in reality would ever happen.It's an easy read and keeps you interested following the trail, although the ending sucks. It's hard to put any of his books down.but when finished one is left longing for more. ![]() I'm always amazed at how relatively simple story lines are woven together with great characterizations to completely suck me into the story. Maybe Griffin wrote this book to further set up his main characters for this series. And the title 'The Hostage' is pretty misleading as there really isn't much of 'hostage' situation in the book. In fact, the you don't get to the guy they've been looking for until the last 60 pages of the book. about the people behind the Oil for Food)'. Great and interesting details in explaining the scenes and sequence of events. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.There is an awful lot of money flying around, and an awful lot of hands are reaching up to grab it-and some of those hands don’t mind shedding as much blood as it takes.īefore the investigation is might even be Castillo’s blood. Her children will be next, she is told, if she doesn’t tell them where her brother is-a brother, as it turns out, who may know quite a bit about the burgeoning UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal. And no situation demands discretion more than the one before them now.Īn American diplomat’s wife is kidnapped in Argentina, and her husband murdered before her eyes. “The end leaves readers standing on the tarmac waiting for Castillo and his newly minted band of can-do compatriots to touch down and carry them away again on a new adventure.”Ĭharley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more is the man to whom the President turns when he needs an investigation done discreetly. “Cutting-edge,” agreed Publishers Weekly. “True virtuosity,” praised the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.By Order of the President, the first novel in Griffin’s crackling new Presidential Agent series, won immediate acclaim from critics and fans alike. It’s slick as hell.” - MONSTERS AND CRITICSīOOKS | AUTHORS | NEWS | TOUR INFO & BOOK SIGNINGS | GALLERY | JOIN MAILING LIST | CONTACT “ Mega-selling Griffin is well on his way to a credible American James Bond franchise. “ Will appeal to thriller readers, especially Griffin’s many fans… fast pacing and the relevance of the story to today’s events and headlines.” - BOOKLIST And if it takes a novelist like Griffin, who has honed his skills and weapons in five previous series, to bring them to life, at least their real counterparts will have some fictional role models to live up to.” Castillo and his team of tough and shrewd experts are just the kind of believable people we want in these situations. diplomat involved in the food-for-Iraqi-oil scandal. Told in Griffin’s trademark clean and compelling prose, studded with convincing insider details, Castillo’s second outing starts with an American diplomat’s murder in Argentina, the kidnapping of his wife, and threats to murder her children unless she reveals the whereabouts of her brother, a U.N. Castillo is an excellent alternative to the usual crew who make it to the headlines. “Is Griffin our Homer or Tacitus? Those military experts wrote about real soldiers-and what the world needs now is a real-life Charley Castillo, Griffin’s smart and efficient Department of Homeland Security agent, who works directly for the president on cases calling for more than routine skills. If you still cannot find what you’re looking for, send us an e-mail and we will try our best to help.
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