Black Light
3 journalers for this copy...
Picked this up at The Book Thing to share w/ BC.
From the cover -
'Bob Lee Swagger has seen - and delivered - dozens of deaths. As a United States Marine sniper in Vietnam, his astonishing accuracy with a rifle earned him the nickname "Bob the Nailer"; twenty years later he was forced to kill again to unravel a brutal conspiracy (Stephen Hunter's classic Point of Impact). Now happily secluded with his wife and young daughter in the Arizona desert, Swagger believes all the killing is behind him. Until a young writer, Russ Pewtie, arrives at his door with troubling questions about the past.
Forty years earlier, Swagger's father, a dedicated state trooper, was gunned down by two robbers in a sensational shoot-out just outside of Blue Eye, Arkansas. Faced with Russ's persistence and a desire to make peace with a father he never really knew, Swagger decides to discover what really happened that long-ago Arkansas night. But as soon becomes clear, powerful people don't want the truth uncovered - and Swagger must use all his combat skills and ruthless cunning to survive.
Like the infrared "black light" that exposes a sniper's target in the dead of night, Swagger homes in on the shadowy figures desperate to keep the secret of his father's murder buried. And with the relentless you-must-turn-the-page suspense that is Stephen Hunter's trademark, Black Light accelerates to its exhilarating climax - an explosion of gunfire that blasts open the secrets of two generations.'
From the cover -
'Bob Lee Swagger has seen - and delivered - dozens of deaths. As a United States Marine sniper in Vietnam, his astonishing accuracy with a rifle earned him the nickname "Bob the Nailer"; twenty years later he was forced to kill again to unravel a brutal conspiracy (Stephen Hunter's classic Point of Impact). Now happily secluded with his wife and young daughter in the Arizona desert, Swagger believes all the killing is behind him. Until a young writer, Russ Pewtie, arrives at his door with troubling questions about the past.
Forty years earlier, Swagger's father, a dedicated state trooper, was gunned down by two robbers in a sensational shoot-out just outside of Blue Eye, Arkansas. Faced with Russ's persistence and a desire to make peace with a father he never really knew, Swagger decides to discover what really happened that long-ago Arkansas night. But as soon becomes clear, powerful people don't want the truth uncovered - and Swagger must use all his combat skills and ruthless cunning to survive.
Like the infrared "black light" that exposes a sniper's target in the dead of night, Swagger homes in on the shadowy figures desperate to keep the secret of his father's murder buried. And with the relentless you-must-turn-the-page suspense that is Stephen Hunter's trademark, Black Light accelerates to its exhilarating climax - an explosion of gunfire that blasts open the secrets of two generations.'
Journal Entry 2 by 
maryzee
at Rest Stop on US 15S in Emmitsburg, Maryland USA on Friday, March 19, 2004
maryzee at Rest Stop on US 15S in Emmitsburg, Maryland USA on Friday, March 19, 2004
Released on Friday, March 19, 2004 at Rest Stop on US 15S in Emmitsburg, Maryland USA.
Release #12 for the BC Anniversary challenge.
Released this near the restrooms, in a stack of free papers.
This one's no longer in the wild. 5 min. after I left it, as I was sitting there making a call on my cell phone, I saw a fellow leaving with it. Hope he enjoys it, and comes here to claim it.
Release #12 for the BC Anniversary challenge.
Released this near the restrooms, in a stack of free papers.
This one's no longer in the wild. 5 min. after I left it, as I was sitting there making a call on my cell phone, I saw a fellow leaving with it. Hope he enjoys it, and comes here to claim it.
It was at the Maryland Welcome Center, MAr 19 and I plan to keep it a while to read on an upcoming trip, and then set it free. Thank you, Mary Zee!
CAUGHT IN EMMITSBURG MD FREDERICK
CAUGHT IN EMMITSBURG MD FREDERICK
bought the book at a thrift store, great read, giving it it a friend who will then pass it on to another
