By Order of the President, W.E.B. Griffin

Every now and then I like to read a good military-based thriller. Usually they are so heavy on military terms and equipment that it reads more like an encyclopedia than a novel. Is either that or they have “experimental” gadgets for any situation that work like magic.

I just finished By Order of the President, by W.E.B. Griffin. It had a solid story, with an interesting plot, and didn’t go overboard on the military terms. I liked the characters, but there were so many key players it became hard to keep track of who was who.

My only real annoyance was that the main character, Charley Castillo, who is half German and was raised by his father’s Tex-Mex family, was accompanied by his cousin Fernando, who called him by his nickname “gringo” nearly every time he said something to him.

This is the first book by Griffin I’ve read. If you like Tom Clancyor Dale Brownor even Vince Flynn
you would like this book.