I, Sniper

Bob Lee Swagger, Book 6

By: Stephen Hunter

Narrated by: Buck Schirner

Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Four famed '60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. Under enormous media scrutiny, the FBI quickly concludes that Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock, whose 93 kills were considered the leading body count tally among American marksman in Vietnam, was the shooter. But as the Bureau, led by Special Agent Nick Memphis, bears down, Hitchcock commits suicide.

In closing out the investigation, Nick discovers a case made in heaven: everything fits, from timeline, ballistics, and forensics to motive, means, and opportunity. But maybe it's a little too perfect?

Nick asks his friend, the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, to examine the data. Using a skill set no other man on earth possesses, Swagger soon discovers unseen anomalies and gradually begins to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy - one that would require the highest level of warcraft by the most superb special operations professionals. Swagger soon closes in, and those responsible will stop at nothing to take him out. But these heavily armed men make the mistake of thinking they are hunting Bob, when he is, in fact, hunting them. And when Swagger and the last of his antagonists finally face each other, reenacting a classic ritual of arms, it is clear that at times there's nothing more necessary than a good man with a gun and the guts to use it.

©2009 Stephen Hunter (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Great novel, outstanding narrator

This is a special genre, and Hunter is a master of it. The environment is good versus evil, with a traditional hero who is an expert with firearms. The technical details are accurate and informative.
The narrator is superb, making the dialogue with a large number of characters understandable, and keeping the plot moving.

Great book, very hard to stop listening to

This was a very good read. The author explained alot of what it takes to be a sniper. And the fact of how snipers save lives more than what they take. I really recommend this book.

If Only True!

Just what I'd like to see in real life! A great story and very entertaining.

You just can't beat Steven Hunter for this genre.

If you could sum up I, Sniper in three words, what would they be?

Couldn't stop.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bob Lee Swagger. How could it be anyone else?

Have you listened to any of Buck Schirner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes he does a great job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Write more books with these characters.

A great listen

Kept you guessing but not too much and it was all very plausible. The story kept dragging you back making it hard to put it down.

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Old guys rule...

Ol' Bob Lee does it again! I've read all of Stephen Hunter's stuff, but this was the first time as an Audible book and I liked the performance. I haven't liked Mr. Hunter's last two books as well as I did earlier ones, but I still enjoyed this book and recommend it for old Bob Lee fans as well as new ones.

Great story for audio

This was an enjoyable audiobook! The narrator was a great match for the lead character and his pacing was wonderful. The story was enjoyable; and although it got off to a slow start, it finished strong. This audiobook made me Moran all over again at how terrible, in comparison, the movie based on this character was. Highly recommended!

A good little story.

Would you consider the audio edition of I, Sniper to be better than the print version?

I didn't read the book. I'm a busy person and I cannot find the time to read but I can listen to audiobooks 3-4 hours while I'm working

Any additional comments?

I found it very cheeky as to the Tom villian and how his life is very much like a certain mogul that shall not be named. The characters are richly developed and I was amazed at the amount of sniper infornmation I gleaned from this story. I would reccomend this story to you guys that like good mental games with the physical stamina too

...And Hunter becomes a right wing extremist

If you're going to make an amazing war hero, like Hunter did, there should be a rule that you can't destroy him by turning him into a right wing political extremist.

It's really hard to respect Swagger now that he hates the media, thinks liberals are evil and only watches Fox News.

If we do make it an official rule, we could name it after Charlton Heston.