Time To Hunt

Package arrived on time however 3 books where crammed into 1 box forcing the pages to be bend. This was a present for a family member now have to order again. Picture is after trying to fix the pages

Gripping, say's it all!

If you are a Bob Lee Swagger fan (i.e. enjoyed the film Shooter) then you will like this. Some very credible 'Nam action and some usual Bob Lee sniper-duel action. Not much in the way of characterisation etc etc, but a well written sniper tale.

very good book

I bought this for my husband and he had read Stephen Hunter before, he said he was not dissapointed with this book

ok

TIME TO HUNT by Stephen HunterIn TIME TO HUNT, which again features the tough, sniper-eyed hero, Bob Swagger he is deep in the jungle of Vietnam. Bob's main concern is to make sure his buddy and comrade in arms, Donny Fenn makes it back safely to base camp. It is Donny's last mission. He will have served his tour of duty. The mission proves uneventful until Bob picks up a May Day call from Team Arizona base camp. Team Arizona are taking heavy incoming fire and are trapped. Due to the appalling weather there is little chance of being air lifted out. Bob sets off to go to their aid. Donny, determined not to leave his buddy without back up cover goes with him. So begins a game of cat and mouse, in which Bob, using his deadly-eyed sniper talents, gradually begins to undermine the platoon of crack Viet Cong troops on their way to eliminate the Arizona base camp.Preceding this part of the story, Stephen Hunter sets the basis of his novel, (it is a really chunky novel at 595 bullet stopping pages - hence my amazon rating of four instead of the full five points) at the Parade Deck, Washington DC, in which the character of Donny becomes established against the background of civil unrest and anti Vietnam war marchesSo the story moves on away from the jungles of Vietnam, ......... to the current day. Bob has completed his tour of duty. It is here that to my mind the most suspenseful part of the story begins. Bob finds that he is he being targeted by an ace sniper who was connected to that same campaign in Vietnam, in which Bob and Donny played such a deadly and active part. Not only does Bob realise that his own life is once again on the line, but also the lives of his wife and child.What establishes this novel is the detail in which the author gives his readers, about the precision required by a sniper and the difficulties encountered in hitting a target hundreds of yard away. It takes into account the angle of elevation, wind speed factor as well as weather conditions. I found this engrossing.But to say it is entirely a novel devoted to guns and warfare would be given the wrong impression. It also, towards the second half of the novel, creates a family involvement In which the loyalty and character of Bob's wife is put to the test.To sum up, if you like a tough-shooting-action- packed-suspense thriller, THE HUNTER, hits the target.

This was the first kinda 'big book' I ever read all by myself. I was about 13. It was a massive hard-back that I chose from the libary because it was about war. I was really taken in by the book and actually really looked forward to reading it on a night, which for an 11 year old is quite something. I can still vividly remeber the book, which is also quite something. I must really credit Stepen Hunter with the amount of detail he includes. I still have vivid memories of the sniper running over the steep terrain of vietnam in the dead of night with his spotter in tow, bumping into the odd NVA patrol and hiding, with the skill and complete invisibility only a sniper could achieve.I had actually forgotten the name and author of the book (originally remebered it as Point of Impact) until I recently stumbled upon it again. A really engrossing read. A real thriller. Makes one really appreciate the skillful art of the sniper - It's not just being able to shoot.