Behind the Lines

Behind the Lines is the seventh Corps novel, set in the Pacific War of 1942 as Japanese forces hold the Philippines. Griffin follows a renegade Army officer organizing jungle resistance, a Marine leading a team through enemy territory, and naval intelligence officer Pick Pickering, whose connections to the highest levels of power do not insulate him from the realities of a war going badly in its early phases.

Dick Hill's narration carries the military authenticity that Griffin's novels require, his voice establishing the hierarchy and culture of the armed services with the confidence of someone thoroughly versed in their history. The novel's multiple storylines are held together by Hill's consistent tone, and the Pacific War setting comes through with the weight of a conflict whose outcome was never guaranteed.