Hunter, Stephen

In 1953 Havana, tough war veteran Earl Swagger is conned into being the CIA's pawn, sent to assassinate the threatening young revolutionary Castro, while a Russian veteran of the same grit is sent to protect Swagger's target.

Investigating a World War II Russian sniper who was hunted by both Stalin and Hitler, former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger wonders why such pains were taken to erase the woman's records before finding himself targeted by an unknown adversary.

At the heart of Stephen Hunter's riveting new novel is a 40-year-old crime that has just resurfaced. Bob Swagger, the enormously popular character first introduction in "Point of IMpact," is back--and this time he is both the hunter and the hunted as he tries to uncover the searing secrets of his long-dead father's murder.

When four 1960s radicals are gunned down, Vietnam veteran Carl Hitchcock, an expert marksman, becomes the prime suspect, but FBI Special Agent Nick Memphis thinks the case is a little too perfect and calls on retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger for help in tracking down the real killer.

In the summer of 1946, the newly elected county prosecutor of Hot Springs, Arkansas, hires Earl Swagger, a war veteran disturbed by dark memories of Iwo Jima and of his brutal father, to fight a war against the city's gangsters, led by an Englishman named Owney Maddox, who has a taste for brothels and casinos.

In 1953 Havana, tough war veteran Earl Swagger is conned into being the CIA's pawn, sent to assassinate the threatening young revolutionary Castro, while a Russian veteran of the same grit is sent to protect Swagger's target.

Retired marine Bob Lee Swagger agrees to help Philip Yano, whose father was killed in Iwo Jima by Bob's father, find the sword his dad fought with in World War II--which is considered a national treasure in Japan--and becomes involved in a deadly conspiracy with people who believe having possession of the sword is more important than life itself.

Bob Lee Swagger vows revenge when his car is forced off the road, leaving his daughter in a coma, and, as reporter Nikki Swagger investigates the crash, she uncovers a Southern conspiracy that threatens her own life and Bob's.