Night of Thunder, Stephen Hunter
Night of Thunder, Stephen Hunter
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Night of Thunder

Author: Stephen Hunter

Narrator: Buck Schirner

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/23/2008


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter sends former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger deep into the heart of NASCAR country in this action-packed thriller.Talk about a ride!Woe unto he who crosses Bob Lee Swagger, especially when his daughter’s life is at stake. Forced off the road and into a crash that leaves her in a coma, clinging to life, reporter Nikki Swagger had begun to peel back the onion of a Southern-fried-conspiracy bubbling with all the angst, resentment, and dysfunction that Dixie gangsters can muster. An ancient, violent crime clan, a possibly corrupt law enforcement structure, gunmen of all stripes and shapes, and deranged evangelicals rear their ugly heads and will live to rue the day they targeted the wrong man’s daughter. It’s what you call your big-time bad career move. All of it is set against the backdrop of excitement and insanity that only a weeklong NASCAR event can bring to the backwoods of a town as seemingly sleepy as Bristol, Tennessee.A master at the top of his game, Hunter provides a host of thrilling new reasons to listen as fast as we can. When Swagger picks up peeling where his daughter left off, and his swift sword of justice is let loose, we find a true American hero in his most stunning action to date. And—in the form of Brother Richard, a self-decreed “Sinnerman” out of the old fire-and-brimstone tradition—Hunter offers up his most diabolical, engaging villain yet. A triumph of story, character, and style, Night of Thunder is Stephen Hunter at his very best.

About Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter's novels have appeared on bestseller lists from The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, to Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and The Washington Post. His novel Point of Impact was adapted into the recent film Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger. Recently retired as chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, Hunter has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work, American Gunfight. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on March 21, 2019

This is the first book I have read by Stephen Hunter. I have an earlier book in the series on my To-Be-Read Bookshelf, and I will have to find it so I can read it soon. This novel referred back to instances in previous novels and I feel it would have been better if I had read them first so I had a b......more

Goodreads review by Jim on December 20, 2008

I wouldn't say that Stephen Hunter has lost his edge, only that he's indulging himself. His new Bob Lee Swagger book isn't a patch on the old ones – Dirty White Boys; Point of Impact; Black Light; Hot Springs; etc. The previous one – The 47th Samurai – was evidently inspired by his interest in Samur......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on April 01, 2012

Well, if I went 4 stars on 47th Samurai I have to go at least that here. I (like others here) often bemoan the limited range of our 5 start system. I like these books, like all of them that I've read (it seems I missed one and will have to go back and pick up Time To Hunt, oops.) I don't however thi......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on February 10, 2009

One of the problems that I have with thrillers of a certain vintage of long term authors is that we know that the main character is not going to die. SO you need to suspend your basic disbelief. This is not to say that authors do not kill off major characters -- wives being the most useful apparentl......more

Goodreads review by DJMikeG on January 21, 2012

2.5 Stars. A fun read, but definitely a serious step down in quality from Hunter's other Swagger novels. I hate NASCAR, so I'm a little biased against this book from the get-go. In his afterword, Hunter marvels at the Bristol Speedway because it shows "man's limitless imagination", really, Hunter? S......more