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The Colonels
- Brotherhood of War Series, Book 4
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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- Brotherhood of War, Book 1
- Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams. From the Nazi-prowled wastes of North Africa to the bloody corridors of Europe, they honorably answered the call. War - it was their duty, their job, their life. They marched off as boys and they came back - those who made it - as soldiers and professionals forged in the heat of battle....
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- Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America’s first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the story of the men of the Marine Corps, their loves and loyalties, an elite fraternity united by courage and honor, as they steel themselves for battle, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice....
Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
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Top Secret
- Clandestine Operations, Book 1
- Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the first weeks after World War II, a squeaky-clean new second lieutenant named James D. Cronley Jr. is spotted and recruited for a new enterprise that will eventually be transformed into something called the CIA. One war may have ended, but another one has already begun, against an enemy that is bigger, smarter, and more vicious: The Soviet Union. The Soviets have hit the ground running, and Cronley's job is to help frustrate them, harass them, and spy on them any way he can.
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Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
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- Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Michael Russotto
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
June, 1941. Determined that the United States will be prepared for war, Franklin D. Roosevelt and "Wild Bill" Donovan orchestrate the most complex espionage organization in history, the Office of Strategic Services. Young and daring, the OSS assemble under a thin camouflage of diplomacy and then disperse throughout the world to conduct their operations. And no operation is more critical than the one being conducted by hotshot pilot Richard Canidy and his half-German friend Eric Fulmar: to secure the rare ore that will power a top-secret weapon....
Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
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- Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
It's 1942. A Marine aviator, an Army paratrooper and demolitions expert, and a non-com radio man are on an impossible mission for the OSS - sabotaging the resupply of German ships and submarines - by any means necessary!
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an incredibly entertaining read
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Written by: W. E. B. Griffin
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- North and South Trilogy, Book 1
- Written by: John Jakes
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 30 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Two strangers, young men from Pennsylvania and South Carolina, meet on the way to West Point.... Thus begins this brilliant novel of antebellum America, spanning three generations and chronicling the lives and loves of two great family dynasties. The Hazards and the Mains are brought together in bonds of friendship and affection that neither jealousy nor violence can shatter - until a storm of events sunders the nation and brings the cataclysm of war!
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Publisher's Summary
They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier - one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come....
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- Dennis
- 2012-11-03
A Great Series!
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Can't wait for the other books in this series is put out by Audible, please hurry up :)
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- C,L, Richey
- 2014-01-01
Soap opera for men
I have really enjoyed this series by W. E. B. Griffin. The character development is great and the narrator, Eric G Dove is very good. This entire series has been like a soap opera for men. I find myself getting attached to some characters and not liking others. There is plenty of military action but there is also some of the day to day stuff that happens in life. The descriptions of the day to day life in the military is very accurate and the details are spot on. The narrator gets most of his terminology right and keeps his characters in their unique style of voice throughout the series. If you're a military history buff or just looking for a good series to start give this one a try.
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- Michael
- 2012-11-01
Pleasant experience
What did you love best about The Colonels?
Glad that they are finally producing the BoW series and hopefully the publishers will finish out the series and TC also.
What about Eric G. Dove’s performance did you like?
While his voice is pleasant and much less aggravating than Dick Hill, Dove has no idea (and obviously neither does the editor) about the military or the language. It is the simple things like misstating military time (one=thousand hours, not ten=hundred hours on a 24 hour military clock). But Dove does know it is a [M Nineteen-eleven A one] pistol not a [M one nine one one A one] pistol. Significant improvement over listening to Dick Hill in the other books. Enjoyable listen and recommend it to other W E B G fans.
Any additional comments?
Pick it up, its a worthy listen but you need to start with the Lieutenants.
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- Joyce Jones
- 2023-02-09
Great book fun reading. Looking forward to the next
Looking forward to the next episode. Fun book read all the books in the series.
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- Kieron Moore
- 2022-11-28
Fantastic Story
The Colonels was another great story in the Brotherhood you get so involved in the characters it’s hard to not want more
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- Gilbert M. Stack
- 2022-10-30
Too Much Soap Opera
The soap opera aspects of this series go into high gear as Major Craig Lowell simply cannot keep his pants zipped no matter how stupid he knows he is being. Perhaps the alcoholism (which no one in the novel comes close to recognizing) is part of the problem. In any event, Lowell’s problems with sexual partners make up way too much of this story as Griffin appears to use them to pad the novel which continues to focus on the development of army air power and also the green berets. I think of this book as a positioning novel. Vietnam is coming, and to get there Griffin needed his get his cast out of the 1950s and into the Kennedy administration. Hopefully he will get back in his groove in the next book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-06-29
Wonderful
This story has captured my imagination and my great respect for my father Ret AF Lt Colonel and my uncle Major General WLStarnes. One of the best stories i have read in close to 400 books on Audible. If you liked Crash Dive you will love this. The narrator is superb rivaling Guidall, Bray etc. So much fun reliving history and the struggle of armed conflict and the struggles soldiers had trying to protect our country by outwitting the paper jockeys vs on the ground an in the air heros through this group of characters interactions! Wonderful!
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-04-24
Soap Opera
The ending is great. I listen to all the books since the Lts. This one dragged most of the book with personal relationships. I don’t know why it did not cover more of the Korean War up front. I like the history / fiction of Army Aviation. But like i said to much dragged on the personal relationships. I like the characters. I am moving on to The Berets and hopefully it will be more militaristic and less personal relationships
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- Ed H.
- 2021-09-26
Excellent series in a Military setting
If you liked W.E.B Griffin's "Corp" series, you'll also like this series, “Brotherhood of War”. They are very similar in style, although the characters and stories are all different. As with "Corp", this series is really about people and the trials and challenges of their lives, and much less about the actual wars during with the books are set. The 9 books in the series follow the principle characters thru promotions and ensuing wars over 20 years, spanning from the mid 40’s to the mid 60’s. This book, (The Colonels), picks up in Dec 1958 and ends April 23, 1961, just after the Bay of pigs. You most definitely should start with book 1 in the series, though - "The Lieutenants".
These books are about character development and growth in the military setting. I love the military background and the details of life for career service men and women, perhaps because it’s a world I never experienced. I have the greatest respect and admiration for our service men and women, although I never served. There’s no doubt that part of my enjoyment of these books is seeing the inner workings of a life I never experienced – but this review is coming from a guy who was never there.
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- Wayne C. Wood
- 2021-01-05
Language problems
The reader needs to brush up on his foreign language pronunciations... most notably Vietnamese and Southern US
Damnyankees (and it IS one word)