From Publishers WeeklyStarred . Bestseller Hunter keeps Bob Lee Swagger, his home-spun, hard-charging hero, doing what Swagger does best in his sixth novel to feature the former Marine sniper: thwarting the authorities, staying loyal to a disappearing code of honor and hunting down evildoers who deserve everything they get. When a sniper shoots dead Joan Flanders (think Jane Fonda) and three other victims associated with the 1960s peace movement, the FBI decides the killer is the most famous sniper in America, Carl Hitchcock, who's gone nuts and decided to up his total number of kills. Swagger soon realizes that Hitchcock, a fellow ex-Marine and Vietnam vet, is innocent, while the real killer, who's using cutting-edge, electronic sniper gear, is still at large. After two inferior Bob Lee Swagger books, The 47th Samurai (2007) and Night of Thunder (2008), Hunter is back at the top of his game. He's the best on the subject of guns and what damage bullets can do to human flesh. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ."..Hunter is back at the top of his game."--"Publishers Weekly", starred review"It's a troubling moral position, of course, the idea of the sniper as a man of courage, and Hunter makes the most of it, demanding that the reader rethink common cultural assumptions about good and evil. Those philosophical underpinnings give the narrative depth, but finally, as all Bob Lee fans know, it comes down to 'straight killing time.' And so it does, in a ramped-up, high-tech High Noon finale that will leave even unsympathetic readers gasping. As always, Hunter makes it work with precise, detail-rich prose that strips the faux glamour from gun fighting and leaves only the skills of the combatants set against the horrors they wreak."--Bill Ott, "Booklist", starred review"In his guns-a-poppin' latest, Hunter pits his series hero against a nest of sharp-shooting vipers. [D]ust off the OK Corral. Even the somewhat squeamish, and even certifiable gun-dummies, may once again find chivalric, heroic Bob Lee just about irresistible."--"Kirkus s""Hunter's thrillers are always taut, exciting, and well written, and his latest is no exception. There's also a lot of gun and tech talk as Swagger uses decades' worth of skills to stay a step or three ahead of the baddies. Swagger fans will not be disappointed."--Robert Conroy, "Library Journal""Stephen Hunter's "I, Sniper "brings back one of the great characters in modern thrillerdom, Bob Lee Swagger, everyone's favorite lethal, dour Southerner. I kind of want Swagger to meet up with Lee Child's Jack Reacher one day, in a contest to see who could say the least while doing the most damage."--Malcolm GladwellAbout the AuthorStephen Hunter has writteneighteen novels. The retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, he has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work, American Gunfight. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. is it profitable to sell on I, Sniper (Bob Lee Swagger Novels)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. DisappointedBy JanuwineI loved Point of Impact so much and all the earlier books by Stephen Hunter starring Bob Lee Swagger and Earl Lee. But I must say that these later renditions of Bob Lee are just not that interesting to me. I think that Mr. Hunter has seen the success of other writers of the same genre, churning out a multitude of books starring their hero in order to please their readers and making scads of money. So, by resurrecting an updated Bob Lee Swagger in a rapid succession of books is a business decision that Mr. Hunter has made at the expense of a good story. I'm disappointed that Mr. Hunter is a sellout. I still love Bob Lee and I hope that Mr. Hunter being the terrific writer that he is will just slow down and take Bob Lee into another well thought out story that I would be happy to read. I'll be waiting for that.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Best Not Sleep Between ChaptersBy Keith BrownmillerStephen Hunter shows not only a true understanding of the uniqueness of the sniper community, but displays the story as a true craftsman using the English language as his tools.While I have read numerous authors, Stephen Hunter displays a level of expertise others can only dream about.So go grab book 1 and work your way through and you will understand.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good but not Great Swagger storyBy Stephen H GrayThis particular Bob Lee Swagger tale is not one of Stephen Hunter's best works. Oh, there is plenty of action and dirty scumbags to be punished but you can see the outcome a mile away, so to speak. The whole thing felt forced and a bit trite. When compared against Mr. Hunter's other efforts, this story just does not have the overall pop or keep you on the edge of your seat drama his other narratives do.