W.E.B. Griffin Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Delta Force Major Charley Castillo returns in the third crackling adventure in Griffin's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. The first two novels in W. E. B. Griffin's exciting new Presidential Agent series, By Order of the President and The Hostage, immediately raced up the bestseller lists–The Hostage debuting at #1. The Hunters picks up right where The Hostage left off. Two brutal murders and millions of missing dollars in the growing UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal have lead Castillo and his team to an estancia in Uruguay, where, to his shock, the man they are seeking is himself murdered right before their eyes. Who is responsible? Most likely, the people higher up in the money chain, those willing to risk anything to keep their secrets from being revealed. They've left just enough of a trail, though, for Castillo to pick up the scent, and, with carte blanche from the president, to follow it wherever it takes him, he ends up . . . well, not exactly where he expected

By Order of the President, the first novel in Griffin's Presidential Agent series, follows Charley Castillo, who works with the Department of Homeland Security and is the man the President turns to for discreet investigations. An American diplomat's wife is kidnapped in Argentina, and her husband is murdered before her eyes. She is threatened with the lives of her children if she doesn't reveal the whereabouts of her brother, who may know about the UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal. As the investigation unfolds, a lot of money is at stake, and those involved are willing to shed blood to get it. Before the investigation is over, it might even be Castillo's blood.

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 answered the call gladly. 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...