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| Original Title: | Point of Impact |
| ISBN: | 0099453452 (ISBN13: 9780099453451) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Bob Lee Swagger #1 |
| Characters: | Bob Lee Swagger, Nick Memphis |
| Literary Awards: | このミステリーがすごい！ for Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year in Japan (2000) |
Stephen Hunter
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 4.27 | 14726 Users | 710 Reviews
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| Title | : | Point of Impact (Bob Lee Swagger #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen Hunter |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | March 6th 2003 by Arrow (first published February 1st 1993) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Action. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Crime |
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He was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind.But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged.
The assassination plot is executed to perfection—until Bob Lee Swagger, alleged lone gunman, comes out of the operation alive, the target of a nationwide manhunt, his only allies a woman he just met and a discredited FBI agent.
Now Bob Lee Swagger is on the run, using his lethal skills once more—but this time to track down the men who set him up and to break a dark conspiracy aimed at the very heart of America.
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Ratings: 4.27 From 14726 Users | 710 ReviewsNotice Based On Books Point of Impact (Bob Lee Swagger #1)
Is Bob Lee Swagger really Superman?Man this book gave me a headache. Stephen Hunter can write great gun battles, and he knows weapons and tactics. But his hero, Bob Lee Swagger, is a boring, monotonous individual. He's not a carefree playboy like James Bond. He's not a family man like Jack Ryan. He's not even a cheerfully amoral mercenary like Conan The Barbarian. No, Bob Lee Swagger is what Tennessee Williams once called "an ass-aching Puritan." He doesn't smoke, drink, raise hell or chaseOutstanding beginning to the Bob Lee Swagger series.
4 ½ stars. Last half is good action suspense.For the first 240 pages (42%) I was depressed and stressed. I had trouble sleeping at night. It was too much hopeless helpless victim feel because innocent man Bob Lee was framed for murder and on the run. THEN it changed and the rest of the book was exciting and hard to put down. Bob Lee was on a mission of retribution -- revenge. The bad guys were worried. There was a happy ending for the good guys which I liked. But I did not like one thing at the
Point Of Impact is the first book that explodes Bob Lee Swagger, a jungle-smart hillbilly and premier sniper into our lives. Bob had served in the Vietnam War and is considered as the crème-de-la-crème of his area of expertise. The book opens with Bob living a quiet life in the Arkansas mountains determined to saving the wild life from the poachers. We find him in the phase where he has sworn not to kill anymore. The environment is serene and Bob enjoys every bit of his loner existence. A
First rate. I will read all of the Swagger books Hunter ever writes.
Done as motion picture, "The Shooter." And if you liked it as I did, you'll be pleased to know the novel is even better. 10 of 10 stars!
This book is a classic action story, but the way Stephen Hunter writes from a strong foundation of knowledge about firearms and shooter culture gives it an authenticity that other authors cannot come close to. And Bob Lee Swagger is the ultimate hero.
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