Wanneer een geheime Amerikaanse lanceerbasis voor kernraketten door een Russisch commando bezet wordt, moet de verantwoordelijke van het beveiligingssysteem, in een race tegen de klok, zijn eigen systeem kraken om een ramp af te wenden.
Een Amerikaanse ex-marinier belandt door een zwaard dat toebehoorde aan de Japanse soldaat met wie zijn vader in 1945 een gevecht op leven en dood had, in de maffia in Japan.
“A harsh, visceral, novel of conspiracy and betrayal . . . a distrubing mix that plays on our sense of history while at the same time it appeals to our darkest fantasies of rough justice.”—Chicago Tribune The inspiration for the USA Network series Shooter 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.
A smooth talking Chicago lawyer has come to chat with Sam Vincent, a former prosecutor, about a dangerous unknown - a prison for violent black convicts in Thebes, Mississippi, a place of many questions but no answers. Would Sam, a white man and a Southener, be willing to investigate?
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Bob Lee Swagger is a true American literary icon." --Mark Greaney, author of Mission Critical In this blazing new thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, master sniper Bob Lee Swagger takes on his biggest job to date...and confronts an assassin with skills that match his own. When Bob Lee Swagger is approached by a woman who lost a son to war and has spent the years since risking all that she has to find the sniper who pulled the trigger, he knows right away he'll do everything in his power to help her. But what begins as a favor becomes an obsession, and soon Swagger is back in the action, teaming up with the Mossad, the FBI, and local American law enforcement as he tracks a sniper who is his own equal...and attempts to decipher that assassin's ultimate target before it's too late. With all-too-real threats and twisty, masterly storytelling, Game of Snipers is another gripping addition to a bestselling Bob Lee Swagger series.
From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter comes the World War II origin story of legendary sniper and fan-favorite Earl Swagger.
After his successful takedown of a dangerous terrorist, Bob Lee Swagger learns that no good deed goes unpunished. Summoned to court by the United States Congress, Swagger is accused of reckless endangerment by a hardheaded anti-gun congresswoman. But what begins as political posturing soon turns deadly when the auditorium where the committee is being held is attacked.
Four renowned '60s radicals are shot from a distance by a sniper, prompting the FBI to quickly identify Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock as the shooter. Under intense media scrutiny, Hitchcock, who had a notable record in Vietnam, commits suicide. Special Agent Nick Memphis, leading the investigation, finds everything fits too perfectly—timeline, ballistics, forensics, motive, means, and opportunity. Doubting the conclusion, he enlists retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to analyze the evidence. Swagger, utilizing his unique skills, uncovers hidden anomalies and begins to unravel a complex conspiracy involving elite special operations professionals. As he delves deeper into the sniper world and its advanced technology, Nick faces mounting pressure from the media and powerful interests seeking his removal. Swagger's pursuit intensifies, and those behind the conspiracy resort to extreme measures to eliminate him. However, they misjudge the situation, believing they are the hunters when Swagger is actually tracking them. This gripping narrative will captivate Stephen Hunter's fans and attract new readers with its intricate plotting, compelling characters, sharp dialogue, and thrilling gunfights. The climactic confrontation between Swagger and his adversaries underscores the necessity of a good man with a gun willing to fight for justice.
July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new feature -- German snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. It's clear that someone is tipping off these snipers with the locations of American GIs, but who? And how?
