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The Bullet Garden: An Earl Swagger Novel
By (Author) Stephen Hunter
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Simon & Schuster
Emily Bestler Books
14th August 2024
4th July 2024
United States
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
813.54
Paperback
496
Width 135mm, Height 210mm, Spine 28mm
338g
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 missionfrom Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 featureGerman snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. Its 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 cant trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers.
From a true master at the pinnacle of his craft (Jack Carr, author of the Terminal List series), The Bullet Garden is an electrifying historical thriller that is sure to become a classic.
"A true master at the pinnacle of his craft. No one does it better!" -- Jack Carr, former NAVY SEAL sniper and #1New York Timesbestselling author ofDead Fall
"One of the best thriller novelists around." * The Washington Post *
"A tour de force of a war novel." * Booklist (starred review) *
Terrific writing, amusing literary references, fascinating gun lore, and intense action scenes help make this one of Hunters best. Established fans and newcomers alike will be enthralled. * Publishers Weekly *
"An electrifying historical thriller that is sure to become a classic." * The Real Book Spy *
Stephen Hunters THE BULLET GARDEN is a thriller with an awesome mix of humor, intrigue and descriptive writing that makes hairs on your neck stand at attention. * Ballistic Magazine *
Stephen Hunter has written over twenty novels. The retired chief film critic forThe 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.