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Dead Zero
From New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter comes a thriller that pits former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger against the only man who might be able to outshoot him.
A marine sniper team on a mission in tribal territories on the Afghan-Pakistan border, Whiskey 2-2 is ambushed by professionals using the latest high-tech shooting gear. Badly wounded, the team’s sole survivor, Gunnery Sergeant Ray Cruz, aka “the Cruise Missile,” is determined to finish his job. He almost succeeds when a mystery blast terminates his enterprise, leaving a thirty-foot crater where a building used to be—and where Sergeant Cruz was meant to be hiding.
Months pass. Ray’s target, an Afghan warlord named Ibrahim Zarzi, sometimes called “The Beheader,” becomes an American asset in the region and beyond, beloved by State, the Administration, and the Agency. He arrives in Washington for consecration as Our Man in Kabul.
And that brings Ray Cruz out of hiding.
Swagger, the legendary hero of seven of Hunter’s novels from Point of Impact to last year’s bestselling I, Sniper, is recruited by the FBI to stop the Cruise Missile from reaching his target. The problem is that the more Swagger learns about what happened in Zabol, the more he questions the US government’s support of Zarzi and the more he identifies with Cruz as hunter instead of prey.
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Reviews
If you haven’t read the Bob Lee Swagger books by Stephen Hunter, you’re cheating yourself. They are great!
By Jaa1701
As is the case in most series, the first book is usually the best. The BL Swagger books are no different with Point of Impact being the best BL Swagger book. The books that followed the first one have been so close, and I love the BL Swagger character. I have binge read the rest of them in the past few weeks. Granted the last few books have been weaker, but still very entertaining. This was the first Swagger book that I struggled with. I almost quit, but curiousity got the best of me to see how it would turn out so I stuck with it. Not sure if I’m going to continue to the next book. But its been a good run.
By I am Skibby
A real spellbinder. I could not set it down. I enjoyed the mil speak and the plot. I look forward the next book!
By Sad dinosaur
This was such a departure from his other books, this was so bad I can't believe that he wrote this. I was embarressed for him.
By madirowe
Stephen Hunter at his best. Could not put down. Stayed up late, so immersed in the story. When finished, disappointed. Hoping for more with more story about the history between Swagger and Cruz
By Ghostrover78