Sniper's Honor

Name: Sniper's Honor
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.72 (7 reviews)
Author: Stephen Hunter
ISBN: 9781480521582

Author: Stephen Hunter

Series: Bob Lee Swagger Series #9

Narrator: Stephen Hunter

Abridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/20/2014

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

In this tour de force—part historical thriller, part modern adventure—from the New York Times bestselling author of I, Sniper, Bob Lee Swagger uncovers why WWII’s greatest sniper was erased from history…and why her disappearance still matters today.Ludmilla “Mili” Petrova was once the most hunted woman on earth, having raised the fury of two of the most powerful leaders on either side of World War II: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.But Kathy Reilly of The Washington Post doesn’t know any of that when she encounters a brief mention of Mili in an old Russian propaganda magazine, and becomes interested in the story of a legendary, beautiful female sniper who seems to have all but vanished from history.Reilly enlists her friend, former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, to parse out the scarce details of Mili’s military service. The more Swagger learns about Mili’s last mission, the more he’s convinced her disappearance was no accident—but why would the Russian government go to such great lengths to erase the existence of one of their own decorated soldiers? And why, when Swagger joins Kathy Reilly on a research trip to the Carpathian Mountains, is someone trying to kill them before they can find out?As Bob Lee Swagger, “one of the finest series characters ever to grace the thriller genre, now and forever” (Providence Journal-Bulletin), races to put the pieces together, Sniper's Honor takes listeners across oceans and time in an action-packed, compulsive listen.

About Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter is the author of nineteen novels, including I, Sniper; Point of Impact; and The Third Bullet. In 2003, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism before retiring as chief film critic of The Washington Post.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Danny on August 09, 2014

This is Stephen Hunter at his best. He gave us here three stories in one, which intertwine and complete each other: 1. An historical novel about a master sniper named Ludmilla "Mili" Petrova nicknamed Die weisse Hexe (the white witch). If you Google "female snipers and WWII", you will find a Ludmilla......more

Goodreads review by Jon on December 07, 2015

Back in September I rated The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter. I deemed that novel worthy of three stars(average), but included negative comments in my review, specifically regarding excessive detail, prolonged scenes, and a disjointed pace that switched form present to past. Thankfully, Sniper's Hon......more

Goodreads review by Jan Mc on June 05, 2014

Author Stephen Hunter obviously did his research for this, his third adventure with ex-sniper Bob Lee Swagger. He describes the historical aspects of the World War as well as the contemporary underside of a mafia-influenced Russian government excellently. Hunter illustrates the main characters—Bob L......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on April 26, 2014

Stephen Hunter's "Sniper's Honor" which I won from Goodreads Giveaways is a fast-paced, action-packed history- based thriller set in the Ukraine during WWII during the Nazi regime's reign of terror. It begins when Kathy Reilly, a journalist for The Washington Post and Bob Lee Swagger, a retired expe......more

Goodreads review by Linda on June 08, 2014

Hunter extends the Bobie Swagger series with a finely crafted tale that links a WWII Russian sniper's story with a present day quest for the true story of the sniper's fate. The scale of the Eastern Front battles of WWII, seventy years of political intrigue, and the Snipers' Code, embodied in Swagge......more