Kill Zone, Sgt. Jack Coughlin
Kill Zone, Sgt. Jack Coughlin
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Kill Zone
A Sniper Novel

Author: Sgt. Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/07/2015


Synopsis

An American general is captured in the Middle East. They threaten to behead him within days. But moments before he is rendered unconscious during the attack, the General realizes that his unseen captors are American.

Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Swanson, a top level Marine sniper, receives top-secret orders to rescue the General. But upon landing in the Iraqi desert his men come under ferocious attack and Swanson is the only one left alive. How did the enemy know details of a mission known only to a few top government officials?

Swanson soon realizes he is fighting a particularly ruthless and dangerous enemy—American mercenaries working with the White House. They're part of a clandestine conspiracy whose agenda is nothing less than total control of the American military. Full of the kind of action author Jack Coughlin lived during his career as a Marine sniper,
Kill Zone marks the debut of an extraordinary writing team.

About Sgt. Jack Coughlin

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin's autobiography, Shooter, describes his experiences as the top-ranked marine sniper in the Iraq War. Coughlin is also the author, with Donald A. Davis, of the Kyle Swanson Sniper Novels, including Long Shot and In the Crosshairs. Coughlin grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts, and joined the Marines when he was 19. He served with the Marines during the drive to Baghdad and has operated on a wide range of assignments in hot spots around the world.

About Donald A. Davis

Donald A. Davis is co-author of New York Times bestseller Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper and author of Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. He lives outside Boulder, Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on March 25, 2009

This gets four stars because even though I thought there were problems with it, I couldn't stop reading it. And, by the end, I realized I'd liked it a lot. Part of the problem, I think, was reader interference. Whenever you have a book that deals with politics, even tangentially like this one does,......more

Goodreads review by Glen on June 28, 2017

First book in the Kyle Swanson series is pretty decent. A Marine general is kidnapped by the usual terrorists, but it's all part of the plan of a deep state coup. Swanson ends up having to rescue the general alone, of course. Pretty good, even if it does occasionally bow to PC, unlike a lot of books......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on March 31, 2009

Decent yarn about a sniper's rescue of a kidnapped general held by American terrorists planning a plot to bring down the government, The authors, one a former Marine sniper and the other a professional writer, know the military equipment and put together a decent novel.......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on April 04, 2014

If you liked "Point of Impact" by Stephen Hunter, you will like this book. There are a lot of parallels between Bob Lee Swagger and Kyle Swanson. Very worth the read.......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on September 17, 2015

Het verhaal gaat over Kyle Swanson, de beste sluipschutter van het Korps Mariniers van de Verenigde Staten. Tijdens een vakantie in de Middellandse zee komt er een opdracht binnen. Hij moet een in het Midden Oosten ontvoerde generaal in veiligheid brengen. Een makkelijke opdracht zou je zeggen, maar......more


Quotes

“The new writing team of Coughlin and Davis offers a gripping account that is sure to enthrall listeners with its authentic approach and suspenseful plot twists. Narrator Scott Sowers delivers a solid and commanding performance...Capturing the urgency of the story through his terse, unwavering tone, Sowers breathes life into the characters and credibly delivers the heart-pounding action. The story becomes instantly believable and all the more thrilling with Sowers's performance and Coughlin's personal experience as a Marine sniper.” —AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner

“The 3rd Battalion has a veteran sniper, Staff Sergeant Jack Coughlin, for whom the war in Iraq was only the latest of many wars; he fought in Mogadishu, too. On the first day of battle at the Diyala Bridge, he had eleven kills. He is one of the best snipers in the Marine Corps, perhaps the very best. When I asked one of his commanders about his skills, the commander smiled and said, 'I'm just glad he's on our side.'” —Peter Maas, war correspondent and bestselling author of Love Thy Neighbor

“The combat narratives here recount battlefield action with considerable energy...A renowned sniper, Coughlin is less concerned with his tally than with the human values of comradeship and love.” —The Washington Post on Shooter


Awards

  • AudioFile Best Voices