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Loading... Time to Hunt (1998)by Stephen Hunter
None. Stephen Hunter   jsharvison | Sep 23, 2011 |  Stephen Hunter jsharvison | Sep 23, 2011 | "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. (  ) mikedraper | Dec 1, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0440226457, Mass Market Paperback)After a literally explosive opening where sniper fire cuts through the chest of an unnamed victim (Swagger?), readers of Time to Hunt are plunged into the final years of the Vietnam War and the struggles of Marine Donny Fenn. Stationed in Washington, D.C., after recovering from a nearly mortal wound, Fenn is asked to spy on Marines who may have ties to the peace movement. What Donny quickly learns, however, is that his Navy superiors are more interested in framing somebody than they are in finding the truth. In this first section, readers waiting to discover the outcome of the assassination and glimpse Bob "The Nailer" Swagger will instead be swept away by Hunter's vivid painting of the divided loyalties and torn identities that plagued soldiers and citizens in the early 1970s.But all of this action is only a prelude to Donny's subsequent relationship with Swagger in Vietnam. Hunter fleshes out the mythology that he began to create in Point of Impact as readers watch Swagger add to his famed body count and confront his nemesis, Solaratov. Hunter moves deftly from the mind of Solaratov to Donny and back to Swagger, and in each character finds the core of the Vietnam experience--fear, coldness, sadness, horror, elation. The last two sections cut to contemporary events and find Swagger married to Donny's former love, Julie. Slowly, the events of the first half of the book begin to merge with Swagger's present history and stories that readers will recognize from Hunter's earlier novels. Swagger uncovers a deep connection between the Vietnam demonstrations of the 1970s, the predatory work of the CIA, and the killer who is after him and his family now. Nothing is as it first seems, and readers of Point of Impact and Black Light will have to revise all their expectations. --Patrick O'Kelley (retrieved from Amazon Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:01:41 -0400) Two snipers from the Vietnam War--one Russian, the other American--resume their duel in the mountains of Idaho. Round two opens when ex-Marine Bob Swagger and his wife are wounded by rifle fire. |
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