W. E. B. Griffin The Devil's Weapons
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3.7 • 155 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis most dangerous weapon in this new entry in W.E.B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling Men at War series.
April 1940. By terms of the Soviet Nazi Nonaggression pact, the two dictatorships divided the helpless nation of Poland. Now, the Russians are rounding up enemies of the state in their occupation zone, but one essential target slips away. Dr. Sebastian Kapsky had spent years working with Walter Riedel and Werner von Braun in the early days of rocket science, but as a man with a conscience he refused to continue when he saw the perversion of their work by the Nazis. That makes him the most knowledgeable person about German superweapons outside of Germany.
The Germans want him. The Soviets are desperate to grab him, but Wild Bill Donovan knows there's only one man who can find him in the middle of a war zone and get him out—Dick Canidy.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kirsanow (the Mike Garin series) does a credible job with his first contribution to bestseller Griffin's Men at War franchise, the eighth installment (after The Spymasters). In 1940, Col. William "Wild Bill" Donovan of the OSS taps U.S. Army Air Force major Dick Canidy to rescue Sebastian Kapsky, a mathematician trapped between the Russians and the Germans in Poland who has knowledge that could lead to the development of an atomic bomb. Donovan chooses Canidy not only for his physical and mental attributes but also because he's "an unconventional, reckless SOB." Canidy joins forces with Army lieutenant Eric Fulmar and British sergeant Conor McDermott for what all assume will be a suicide mission. Working with Polish Home Army guerrilla fighters, the team hit what they believe to be a dead end, but which turns out to be just the beginning. Soon the Russians and the Germans are also looking for Kapsky, and it's a deadly race to see who will win the superweapon prize. Kirsanow ticks off all the boxes, including beautiful women and interesting historical figures, most importantly Lt. Cmdr. Ian Fleming. An open ending and a teaser point to a continuation of the story to come. Griffin fans will be satisfied.
Customer Reviews
Devil’s Weapons
A surprise ending.
Amateurish and second rate
This writer managed to make the characters in the book boorish, adolescent and for the lack of a better term.. made the characters appear to be butt kissers when in the original books the characters are strong and confident and entertaining characters. I have read every book in every Griffin series but this one was absolutely terrible.
Sort of worth it, but challenging
Too much predictability
Off on the timeline
Became predictable (minus the twist in the last sentence)
I’ve been a fan of WEB Griffin storylines since 1990, this doesn’t live up to the masters talent.