Night of Thunder (Swagger) (Swagger) by Stephen Hunter and Buck Schirner

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Night of Thunder (Swagger) (Swagger)
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Updated on 12-13-2008.

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Audio CD

Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed; Library edition (October 7, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1423369572

ISBN-13: 978-1423369578

Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.5 x 1 inches

Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces ()

From Publishers Weekly
Near the start of Hunter's cartoonish fifth Bob Lee Swagger thriller (after The 47th Samurai), Nikki Swagger, the series hero's journalist daughter, is seriously injured when a hit man runs her car off the road in Tennessee hill country. Despite Swagger's fears that the legion of enemies he's made over the years are responsible for the attack, the former marine leaves Nikki vulnerable to another attempt on her life in the hospital where she's being treated—an attempt foiled only by chance in the nick of time. Such plot-driven implausibilities are rampant as Swagger investigates his daughter's recent assignments, which lead him to drug-running along the Tennessee-Virginia border and to a NASCAR event. At the violence-filled conclusion, one of the supporting characters, in keeping with the book's overall arms-length relationship with realism, says, In some perverted way, I think everybody who didn't die or lose their business kind of enjoyed it. Hunter fans may feel similarly. (Sept.)
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Product Description
Woe unto him 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, possibly corrupt law enforcement, 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 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.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Night of Thunder: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel (Hardcover) Being an avid Stephen Hunter fan since reading Point of Impact, I found the caricature that is Bob Lee to be a fascinating and welcome resurgence to the long forgotten "real man's" hero. Since Hunter missed the mark on the last few books--namely The 47th Samurai--I have been waiting for Hunter to return to his forte, namely the ability to write a tightly woven story intertwined with realistic gun fights. To my surprise Night of Thunder attempts to bring back Bob Lee and all his skills to once again amaze the reader. I don't want to waste your time going over the story but I will address a few points that stopped me from giving this book a better rating. 1) It is very difficult to not compare Hunter's latest books against his 2 pinnacles of achievement: Dirty White Boys, and Point of Impact. Each of those novels contained an excellent story, properly edited, and allowed you to fall in love with the protagonist and antagonist. It just seems that Hunter hasn't been able to achieve that kind of storytelling in his latest books. 2) While Bob Lee has returned in this novel, I felt separated from who he is and what he has become. The author has left holes in the story that the readers are supposed to fill in with what we know of Bob Swagger. I think Hunter needs to return to the basics and write about Bob Lee so anyone can pick up the book with as little confusion as possible and read on. 3) The plot of this book seems a little childish, and the enemies as well as the people Bob bumps into along the way are nothing more than mere words on a page. I do not connect with any of them, and I certainly feel they could have been better written (those of you who have read Dirty White Boys know what I am talking about). Lastly, maybe it is time for Hunter to retire Bob and find another anti-hero. I, along with many of you would mourn the loss of Bob the "Nailer" but I also hate to see Mr. Swagger driven through terrible plot twists that only make sense in the story due to the author placing much of the story telling burden on Bob. Anyway, I give it 3 stars. I wanted to give it 4 as at times I felt like I was reading the old Bob Lee books, but the story lacks any real appeal. I will give Hunter a decent pat on the back for continually trying to bring Bob back; I just keep waiting for a good story to go along with it.

Night of Thunder (Swagger) (Swagger)
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Updated on 12-13-2008.