This latest Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter is a more enjoyable read than his last couple of books IMO. Plot has some nice surprises, and a subplot involving a duel in North Carolina in 1780 adds new texture to the Swagger genealogy.

Highly recommended!

I've read all the rest of them, I'll have to read this one too. Bob Lee, his daddy Earl and his grandfather Charles were all bad ass mother fuckers.

Thanks for posting the review
I have read most of Stephen Hunters books but the last couple I struggled with.

I am glad he is getting back on track..

I just finished book 1 - ‘Point of Impact’. Great ending but it sure took a long time to get there. I’ll head on to book 2 after I finish Dean Koonz’s ‘Quicksilver’.

Sooooo many great books and so little time.

Thanks! I am a huge Hunter fan, will buy this as soon as it's out in paperback.

I have read all of his from The Master Sniper (1980) up to Game of Snipers (2019) and was entertained by all, some more than others. And Bob's boy is bad ass also.
My top three are
Point of Impact
Dirty White Boys
Time to Hunt

I'm glad I saw this thread. It reminds me to get a Stephen Hunter book from the library. I have read several of his books. Bob Lee, Earl,etc. I thought "The Third Bullet" was interesting. It put me in the mind of the old guy in the movie "Shooter" that talked about the bullet wrapped in paper. It's been a while since I read that book so I am not sure if my memory is accurate on that.

Charles Swagger can suck start a pistol for all I care.

I will look for a copy of this latest work when ice got a chance. I'm a couple books behind now.

Thanks, I was not aware of the new release.

To Revive an old thread
His last few books were okay but looks like he has one debuting in Jan 2023

I am not sure about this one
I wish he would have written about his exploits in the Pacific.

This one seems a little far off to me.
I will check it out from the library.

The gist of the book:


The Bullet Garden: An Earl Swagger Novel
The long-anticipated origin story of legendary Marine, fan favorite, and father of literary icon Bob Lee takes us to the battlefields of World War II as Earl Swagger embarks on a top secret and deadly mission—from Pulitzer Prize­–winning and New York Times bestselling Stephen Hunter, “one of the best thriller novelists around” (The Washington Post).

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?

General Eisenhower demands his intelligence service to find the best shot in the Allied military to counter this deadly SS operation. Enter Pacific hero Earl Swagger, assigned this crucial and bloody mission. With crosshairs on his back, Swagger can’t trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers.

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Originally posted by mrapteam666:

...I wish he would have written about his exploits in the Pacific...

"The 47th Samurai" starts with Earl fighting on Iwo Jima (Feb-March 1945:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...sch_vapi_tkin_p1_i11

In "The Bullet Garden" he goes to Europe in July 1944, presumably he had fought on Tarawa or another battle. I've read every Hunter book (many twice) but cannot remember.