{"product_id":"9780440226451","title":"Time to Hunt","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Stephen Hunter is in a class by himself.  \u003ci\u003eTime to Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e is as vivid and haunting as a moving target in the crosshairs of a sniper scope.”—Nelson Demille, author of \u003ci\u003eMayday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe is the most dangerous man alive.  He only wants to live in peace with his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's not going to happen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Hunter's epic national bestsellers, \u003ci\u003ePoint of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Light,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of his tortured past, a mortal enemy has once again found Bob the Nailer.  \u003ci\u003eTime to Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTime to Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stephen Hunter is simply the best writer of action fiction in the world and \u003ci\u003eTime to Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e proves it.”\u003cb\u003e—Phillip Margolin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best straight-up thriller writer at work today.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Stephen Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":43515939586208,"sku":"9780440226451","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed04580d-c3f7-443f-a531-339f7335e5d0.jpg?v=1732171073","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780440226451","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}