29 DECEMBER 2009
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
INTERVIEWS FOUR
Writer David Martindale recently spoke with Four leading up to the book tour for THE HONOR OF SPIES (itinerary here). He writes:
“It’s impossible for William E. Butterworth IV to talk about his life as a novelist without mentioning his famous father.
“After all, his dad, W.E.B. Griffin, the prolific author of six bestselling book series, casts a long shadow.
“ ‘Dad’s one of the masters,’ Butterworth, 49 and a longtime North Texan, says. ‘His body of work is huge...’ ”
Read the entire piece here.
08 DECEMBER 2009
BOOK TOUR FOR THE HONOR OF SPIES
The promotion tour for Book V in the bestselling Honor Bound series, THE HONOR OF SPIES, has been posted here.
07 DECEMBER 2009
PAPERBACK EDITION OF BLACK OPS
Book V in the #1 bestselling Presidential Agent series, BLACK OPS, will be published as a paperback edition on 29 December 2009. Click here for where to buy your copy. And read the excerpt here.
04 DECEMBER 2009
SPECIAL OPERATORS DEFENSE FUND
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night,” George Orwell wrote, “only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, on 31 March 2004 ambushed four Americans working for the military contractor Blackwater USA. The former U.S. Army Rangers and U.S. Navy SEALs were serving as security guards when attacked and killed. The images of these murdered men, particularly of their mutilated and burned bodies hanging from the steel superstructure of a Euphrates River bridge, are indeliably etched in our memory. (One news account can be found here.)
In the aftermath came “Objective Amber,” and into harm’s way went our elite warriors — U.S. Navy SEALs who tracked and captured Ahmed Hashim Abed, the high-value target whom intelligence said led the brutal insurgents.
In other times, the success of the SEALs’ work would’ve been considered a job well-done. But, inexplicably, these elite warriors now face assault charges — some five years after the capture — because Ahmed Hashim Abed has claimed to investigators that the SEALs punched him.
A legal defense fund has been established for these SEALs. And a website, which in part states:
This Fund was created in response to the prosecution of 3 Navy SEALs who have been criminally charged with “assault” of the alleged mastermind of the torture, murder and mutilation of the 4 Blackwater security guards (former SEALs and Army Rangers) in Fallujah on March 31, 2004. The 3 SEALs have refused Non-Judicial Punishment (Captain’s Mast), which is based on an assumption of guilt resulting in consequences that can be career changing, and have opted to take their chances with a Special Courts-Marshal. If convicted, they carry a federal conviction that will follow them throughout their lives, and punishment that can include a year detention and a separation from the service with an Other than Honorable Discharge.
U.S. Navy SEAL/Warrior Legal Defense Fund
Acct. # 435020290711
c/o Bank of America
P.O. Box F
Fort Eustis, VA 23604
Donations can be made to the address above, on their website, in person at any Bank of America (provide the teller with the fund’s name and account number) and online using Paypal.
20 OCTOBER 2009
TO TRY MEN’S SOULS: A POWERFUL NEW BESTSELLER
 We are always asked what WEBG readers should pick up in between the release of new WEBG titles. So we’re going to begin a section on this website that lists notable new books. And the first book could not be a better one: TO TRY MEN’S SOULS, the new bestselling novel by Newt Gringrich and William R. Forstchen, published yesterday. This powerful epic tale about General George Washington’s heroic battles in the bitter winter of 1776 could not come at a better time considering our country’s trying political climate today. TO TRY MEN’S SOULS is not only a brilliant look at our Founding Fathers’ strengths and struggles, it is fine entertainment as well. Get your copy today! Find details here.
19 OCTOBER 2009
EXCERPT OF THE NEXT W.E.B. GRIFFIN NOVEL
THE HONOR OF SPIES, Book V in the bestselling Honor Bound series, will be published in hardback on December 29, 2009. You can read Chapter One here. And find details on the book, including how to pre-order, here.
01 OCTOBER 2009
ANOTHER EXCERPT ADDED
Read an excerpt from HONOR BOUND, the first book in the Honor Bound series, here. The excerpt from SECRET HONOR, Book III, can be read here. And Book V, THE HONOR OF SPIES, will be released December 29, 2009. Details here.
24 SEPTEMBER 2009
NEW EXCERPT ADDED
Read an excerpt from BLACK OPS, Book V in the #1 best-selling Presidential Agent series, here. Hardback editions still are available. The paperback edition will be released in December 2009.
21 SEPTEMBER 2009
NEXT W.E.B. GRIFFIN BOOK
THE HONOR OF SPIES, Book V in the bestselling Honor Bound series, will be published in hardback on December 29, 2009. Find details here.
26 AUGUST 2009
EMAIL & MAILING LIST LIVE
A glitch with info@webgriffin.com has been fixed. If you had trouble sending an email before, please send another. And if you haven’t joined the mailing list for updates, please do!
(Make sure to allow “mailinglist@webgriffin.com” as an accepted email so we don’t get caught in your spam)
04 AUGUST 2009
THE TRAFFICKERS RELEASED
In conjunction with the publication of THE TRAFFICKERS, Book IX in the Badge of Honor series, the speech that W.E.B. Griffin delivered in Philadelphia to the Police Chiefs Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and the State of Delaware is posted here. See photographs from that event, as well as from the FINAL JUSTICE book tour, here.
29 JULY 2009
NEW Q&A SECTION CREATED FOR FANS
In response to readers’ queries, “From the Book Promotion Tour: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS” is added here. Find out what’s most discussed during book tour events, and why.
15 JULY 2009
EXCERPT FROM THE TRAFFICKERS POSTED
Excerpt from THE TRAFFICKERS, the next Philadelphia Police thriller featuring Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne, is posted here.
01 JUNE 2009
W.E.B. GRIFFIN MOVIE (SORT OF)
The latest DENSE BOOKS AND HOLLOW BULLETS short film, in which W.E.B. Griffin takes aim at novelist James O’Neal (sci-fi penname for writer James O. Born) with somewhat less than hoped-for results, is released. See it here.
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