"Stephen Hunter is in a class by himself. Time to Hunt is as vivid
and haunting as a moving target in the crosshairs of a sniper
scope."--Nelson Demille, author of Mayday
He is the most dangerous man alive. He only wants to live in peace with
his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him. . . .
It's not going to happen.
Stephen Hunter's epic national bestsellers, Point of Impact and Black
Light, introduced millions of readers to Bob Lee Swagger, called "Bob
the Nailer," a heroic but flawed Vietnam War veteran forced twice to use
his skills as a master sniper to defend his life and his honor. Now, in
his grandest, most intensely thrilling adventure yet, Bob the Nailer
must face his deadliest foe from Vietnam--and his own demons--to save
his wife and daughter.
During the latter days of the Vietnam War, deep in-country, a young
idealistic Marine named Donny Fenn was cut down by a sniper's bullet as
he set out on patrol with Swagger, who himself received a grievous
wound. Years later Swagger married Donny's widow, Julie, and together
they raise their daughter, Nikki, on a ranch in the isolated Sawtooth
Mountains in Idaho. Although he struggles with the painful legacy of
Vietnam, Swagger's greatest wish--to leave his violent past behind and
live quietly with his family--seems to have come true.
Then one idyllic day, a man, a woman, and a girl set out from the ranch
on horseback. High on a ridge above a mountain pass, a thousand yards
distant, a calm, cold-eyed shooter, one of the world's greatest
marksmen, peers through a telescopic sight at the three approaching
figures.
Out of his tortured past, a mortal enemy has once again found Bob the
Nailer. Time to Hunt proves anew why so many consider Stephen Hunter
to be our best living thriller writer. With a plot that sweeps from the
killing fields of Vietnam to the corridors of power in Washington to the
shadowy plots of the new world order, Hunter delivers all the complex,
stay-up-all-night action his fans demand in a masterful tale of family
heartbreak and international intrigue--and shows why, for Bob Lee
Swagger, it's once again time to hunt.
Praise for Time to Hunt
**
"Stephen Hunter is simply the best writer of action fiction in the world
and Time to Hunt proves it."--Phillip Margolin, author of The
Burning Man
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"The best straight-up thriller writer at work today."--Rocky Mountain
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