A Good Read

I just finished the Honor Bound series by W. E. B. Griffin. It is a fast-paced story of a father and son, conflicting loyalties during the war, and the interesting history of Argentina during WWII. I first became acquanted with Griffin with his series Brotherhood of War and The Corps.

In this series, in late 1942, marine fighter ace Clete Frade, Army demolitions engineer Anthony Pelosi and electronics wizard David Ettinger are sent by the OSS on a top-secret mission to neutral Argentina. The U.S. is hoping that Clete will be able to influence his estranged father, an eminence grise in Argentine politics by the name of "El Coronel" Jorge Guillermo Frade, to throw his influence behind the Allies. Meanwhile, Luftwaffe ace Peter von Wachtstein heads to Buenos Aires to consolidate the Nazi position. The Frades are convincing central characters, whose developing father-son relationship anchors much of the novel's plot.

I will leave you with that and a warning. Once you read Honor Bound you will be hooked and will be compelled to read the remaining four books in the series.