Time to Hunt: Bob Lee Swagger
Written by Stephen Hunter
Narrated by Beau Bridges
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
He is the most dangerous man alive. He only wants to live in peace with his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him...
It's not going to happen.
Stephen Hunter's epic national bestsellers, Point of Impact and Black Light, introduced millions of readers to Bob Lee Swagger, called "Bob the Nailer," a heroic but flawed Vietnam War veteran forced twice to use his skills as a master sniper to defend his life and his honor. Now, in his grandest, most intensely thrilling adventure yet, Bob the Nailer must face his deadliest foe from Vietnam--and his own demons--to save his wife and daughter.
During the latter days of the Vietnam War, deep in-country, a young idealistic Marine named Donny Fenn was cut down by a sniper's bullet as he set out on patrol with Swagger, who himself received a grievous wound. Years later Swagger married Donny's widow, Julie, and together they raise their daughter, Nikki, on a ranch in the isolated Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho. Although he struggles with the painful legacy of Vietnam, Swagger's greatest wish--to leave his violent past behind and live quietly with his family--seems to have come true.
Then one idyllic day, a man, a woman, and a girl set out from the ranch on horseback. High on a ridge above a mountain pass, a thousand yards distant, a calm, cold-eyed shooter, one of the world's greatest marksmen, peers through a telescopic sight at the three approaching figures.
Out of his tortured past, a mortal enemy has once again found Bob the Nailer. Time to Hunt proves anew why so many consider Stephen Hunter to be our best living thriller writer. With a plot that sweeps from the killing fields of Vietnam to the corridors of power in Washington to the shadowy plots of the new world order, Hunter delivers all the complex, stay-up-all-night action his fans demand in a masterful tale of family heartbreak and international intrigue--and shows why, for Bob Lee Swagger, it's once again time to hunt.
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter has written over twenty 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.
More audiobooks from Stephen Hunter
The Bullet Garden: An Earl Swagger Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Basil's War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master Sniper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bibliomysteries Volume 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I, Ripper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dirty White Boys Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Saladin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tapestry of Spies Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Time to Hunt
Related audiobooks
The Bloody Spur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Mars Hill Bank Robbery: The True Adventures of Maine's Zaniest Criminal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWar Horse 40th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Slaughter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Victory - Volume 4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shots Fired Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First Blood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slaughter [Dramatized Adaptation] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Serial Killers: Biographies of Ted Bundy, Al Capone, and Jack the Ripper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAssegai Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fury of the Mountain Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Indestructible: The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Stag: A Permafrost Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood Is Thicker than War: Brothers and Sisters on the Front Lines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDevil's Guard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cutthroat Canyon [Dramatized Adaptation] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProperty Values: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Whisper of Southern Lights Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Continental Contract Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Suspense For You
The Silent Patient Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Then She Was Gone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guest List: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Perfect Marriage: a completely gripping psychological suspense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fool Me Once Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Missing Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Teacher Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Know You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dead Zone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Billy Summers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The It Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Turn of the Key Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Green Mile Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Misery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Night She Disappeared: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under The Dome: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Time to Hunt
140 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another Bob Lee Swagger book and a super one. I love books about snipers and sniping, fiction or fact, and I love Bob Lee. You might have seen the Mark Wallenberg movie 'Point of Impact' which did a decent job of a Swagger book - the book was better.Bob Lee was (and for part of this book is) a Marine sniper. The author describes him as 'the looks of Clint Eastwood and the voice of Gomer Pyle' - cute but Bob Lee has a laconic drawl which is quite unlike Gomer. This book starts in the days of the Vietnam War protests in Washingon, DC which had me wondering and not too engaged but this is essential for the book. It also fills in some of the blanks for us Bob Lee fans. The rest of the book is split between Vietnam and the US - Oregon and the DC area. Ironically, the Vietnam part is located in Da Nang, Hoi An, and Kham Duc - all places we'll be visiting next March! The Kham Duc part is what made Bob Lee the legend he became and fill in essential blanks in other books.The ending could have been better for me but didn't really detract.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5More back story - time in vietnam, his famous sniper attacks and sniper duel, pretty well told. I enjoyed the history part (inevitably sad, but well told). The modern day events were a bit of a stretch, plot wise.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"Time to Hunt" brings Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger and idealistic Marine, Donnie Fenn, together.The first part of the story details how Fenn was given an assignment to Viet Nam, even though he only had about a year to go on his enlistment. He was given this punishment because he wouldn't betray another Marine who was in contact with the peace marchers in Washington, D. C.In Viet Nam, the two men team up and cause such havoc to the Viet Cong that the VC ask their Russian advosor for help. The advisor is able to identify Swagger by the weapon the sniper uses and his choice of ammunition. It turns out that Swagger had been in competition against the Russian and beat the Russian. Now this man is sent into the field against Swagger to try to eliminate him and his spotter, Donnie.As the plot moves swiftly from Viet Nam to Swagger's home on a farm in Iowa, I was so caught up in the plot and drama that I was almost spellbound. The author has given an excellent story with a number of plot twists that left me shaking my head. Needless to say, nothing was as it seemed.The novel is a good example of why the author is considered one of the top thriller writers in America. The plot is unique and Swagger is a great character and true hero.Highly recommended.