Battleground

Battleground is the fourth Corps novel, following the Marines and Navy personnel who fought the brutal Pacific campaign for Guadalcanal in 1942. Griffin weaves together multiple storylines across the island's airstrips and jungle approaches, from fighter squadron commanders to infantry battalion leaders to naval intelligence, building a portrait of a campaign that was simultaneously a strategic pivot and a human catastrophe.

Dick Hill narrates Griffin's military fiction with a command voice that fits the Corps novels' celebration of professional soldiers. His ability to distinguish between officers, enlisted men, and the various service branches gives the ensemble cast immediate definition, and the Guadalcanal campaign's historical weight comes through in Hill's delivery as more than mere period detail.