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Overview

From New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter comes a thriller that plunges deep into the world of high-tech national security, the hearts and minds of those who kill for duty, and the latest mission for veteran sniper Bob Lee Swagger— who may have finally met the only man who can outshoot him.

Who killed Whiskey 2-2?

And why won’t it stay dead?

A marine sniper team on a mission in tribal territories on the Afghan-Pakistan border, Whiskey 2-2 is ambushed by professionals using the latest high-tech shooting gear. Badly wounded, the team’s sole survivor, Gunnery Sergeant Ray Cruz, aka “the Cruise Missile,” is determined to finish his job. He almost succeeds when a mystery blast terminates his enterprise, leaving a thirty-foot crater where a building used to be—and where Sergeant Cruz was meant to be hiding.

Months pass. Ray’s target, an Afghan warlord named Ibrahim Zarzi, sometimes called “The Beheader,” becomes an American asset in the region and beyond, beloved by State, the Administration, and the Agency. He arrives in Washington for consecration as Our Man in Kabul. But so does a mysterious radio transmission, in last year’s code. It’s from Whiskey 2-2.

MISSION WILL BE COMPLETED.

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.

Is Ray Cruz back? Has he gone rogue, is he insane, or just insanely angry? Will he succeed, though his antagonists now include the CIA, the FBI, and the same crew of bad boys that nearly killed him in Zabol province? Not to mention Bob Lee Swagger and a beautiful CIA agent named Susan Okada who gives Swagger more than just a patriotic reason to take the case.

Swagger, the legendary hero of seven of Hunter’s novels from Point of Impact to last year’s bestselling I, Sniper, is recruited by the FBI to stop the Cruise Missile from reaching his target. The problem is that the more Swagger learns about what happened in Zabol, the more he questions the U.S. government’s support of Zarzi and the more he identifies with Cruz as hunter instead of prey.

With its hallmark accuracy on modern killing technologies, Dead Zero features an older, more contemplative Swagger, but never lets up on the razor-sharp dialogue, vivid characterizations, extraordinary action scenes, and dazzling prose that define Hunter’s landmark series. And with this installment, the stunning revelations— both political and private—will leave readers begging for more long after the last bullet finds its way home.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
Several months after the betrayal of a covert operation in Afghanistan leaves a Marine sniper team dead, the target of that mission, top Taliban commander Ibrahim Zarzi (aka "the Beheader"), changes sides, in bestseller Hunter's stellar seventh Bob Lee Swagger thriller (after I, Sniper). Zarzi travels to the U.S., where he meets the president and key congressional leaders and offers the State Department its best chance at achieving a stable, reliable Afghan government. Meanwhile, a Marine radio operator receives a message from Gunnery Sgt. Ray Cruz (aka "the Cruise Missile"), one of the snipers believed to have been killed. Cruz has returned stateside to continue the mission. The FBI calls in retired Marine sniper ace Bob Lee Swagger to help find Cruz before he blows off the Beheader's head, but someone is following "Bob the Nailer" to get to Cruz first. Solid characterization complements the tight, fast-moving plot. (Jan.)
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Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger (I, Sniper) is back for yet another mission, proving that while older, he is no less clever and potentially deadly. In Afghanistan, the assassination of a terrorist goes wrong, and one marine survivor, Ray Cruz, decides to complete the mission and kill the man known as the "Beheader." There's a problem, though: now the terrorist has become a U.S. ally and a darling of the administration. Thus, our government wants Cruz stopped and recruits Swagger to do the job. But he soon suspects that all is not as it seems to be and that others want Cruz dead as well. As usual, Hunter's latest thriller contains more twists, turns, and surprises than a bad country road.Verdict Like good Scotch, Swagger ages marvelously and, in a similar way, even seems to mellow. Swagger is now 64, and even he wonders just how long he can continue his heroics. Recommended for readers who enjoy a lot of satisfying action, adventure, violence, and an extremely engaging hero. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 8/10.]—Robert Conroy, Warren, MI
Kirkus Reviews

In Hunter's latest (I, Sniper, 2009, etc.), Bob Lee Swagger stalks Bob Lee Swagger. Well, just about,

If anyone could be more valorous, more skilled and resourceful, more uncompromisingly upright, and at the same time more downright deadly than Bob Lee Swagger, it would have to be Gunnery Sergeant Ray Cruz. As it is, the men are mirror images of each other, both U.S. Marine templates—super snipers, hands that have never known a tremor, iron-nerved and killer-eyed. When they meet it almost goes without saying that they will admire and respect each other enormously, but it's a meeting that will happen under desperate circumstances. Cruz has had a task assigned to him that Swagger is charged with interrupting at all costs. Cruz, nicknamed "the Cruz Missile" to suggest his devotion to getting the job done, has been ordered to take out a certain Ibrahim Zarzi, nicknamed "the Beheader," for reasons that have made him hated and feared up and down the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Suddenly, however, Zarzi seems to undergo an epiphany, which transforms him from a malodorous jihadist into a sweet-smelling American asset, a sea change with an obvious effect on Cruz's mission. Except that Cruz, who has suffered and survived much during his pursuit of the Beheader, doesn't buy the varnished version and refuses to back off. Nothing to be done, then, it's decided in the inscrutable, impenetrable corridors of power, but to haul the 64-year-old Swagger out of retirement and set a super sniper to catch a super sniper. And so the intricate, interchanging game of predator to prey and prey to predator is lethally afoot.

A premise that had a chance to be compelling is diffused by a momentum-killing willingness to digress. Hunter has done much better.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781439138663
  • Publisher: Pocket Star
  • Publication date: 8/23/2011
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Simon & Schuster
  • Pages: 528
  • Sales rank: 45,732
  • Series: Bob Lee Swagger Series , #7
  • Product dimensions: 7.28 (w) x 4.26 (h) x 1.15 (d)

Meet the Author

Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter has written 17 novels. The retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, he has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work, American Gunfight. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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  • Posted March 23, 2011

    Good Book

    I found it to be an easy read and it went by quickly. Too quickley, in fact I found mysekf staying up way too late just so I could read a little more. In typical Stephen Hunter fashion his details for the weaponry is excellent which I believe not only ' puts you there' it brings the adventure to life. Simply pur if you enjoyed ISnipe you will right at home with Dead Zero. Enjoy!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 11, 2011

    horrible

    was the worst stephen hunter book i have ever read. i looked to me like he was trying to set the series up for a new character. bob lee was not bob lee, he had none of the quality's that we grow to love about this character. the idea was sound but the delivery was reckless and unimaginative. it seemed to me like he is tired of writing this character so he just made it bad on purpose. i could expect this kind of novel from a beginner, but not after books like time to hunt and 47th samurai. shame on him and shame on his editors

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  • Posted December 16, 2010

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    The latest Swagger thriller is a fabulous entry with a strong cast

    In Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, U.S. marine sniper team Whiskey 2-2 is deployed on a covert operation to kill Taliban commander Ibrahim "the Beheader" Zarzi. However, someone betrayed the unit leaving them massacred by professionals in the tribal area.

    Several months later, Zarzi quits the Taliban. He travels to America where he meets the president and congressional leaders. The State Department believes he is the best choice to bring a corrupt free stable government to the war torn nation. At the same time, apparently Marine Gunnery Sergeant Ray "the Cruise Missile" Cruz, thought dead in the Zarzi massacre especially with the crater remains of the unit as proof, has reported by radio using last years codes. He resolutely will complete his final mission. The FBI deploys retired Marine sniper Bob "the Nailer" Lee Swagger to prevent Cruz from beheading the Beheader while someone in the shadows tracks Bob in order to kill Cruz before he can be debriefed.

    The latest Swagger thriller (see I, Sniper and Night Thunder) is a fabulous entry with a strong cast especially the lead male trio. Besides non-stop action, the story line contains an insightful look at political strange bedfellows in which yesterday's most wanted for assassination becomes today's most wanted ally or visa versa; think of Reagan-Bush 41 befriend Hussein in the 1980s becoming public enemy number one for Bush 41 and Bush 43. Swagger understands this as his mission is to do whatever including kill a fellow marine to protect an Afghan who probably led the slaughter of Whiskey 2-2. Fast-paced, fans anticipate the collision as The Cruise Missile targets the Beheader with The Nailer targeting the Cruise Missile while someone waits in the shadows to clean up the mess.

    Harriet Klausner

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted July 10, 2011

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    Action-packed relentless suspense thriller!

    Stephen Hunter does it again. More intense action than usual, even! Don't read all the reviews - they tell too much about the plot! Just start the book and you will be hooked.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 13, 2011

    Good read.

    Satisfying!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 4, 2011

    Another good read... so where are the other movies?

    Another page turner with seemingly promise of more to come. Mr. Hunter writes with well researched prose weaving another great story.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 1, 2011

    Always a excellent read

    Started reading and didn't put down until finished.
    Stephen Hunter is factual while still keeping the reader totally absorbed.
    Top marks again for an excellent read.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 26, 2012

    Zero

    He walks away of agony

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 26, 2012

    X-13

    "Well Black-Dawn is dead. Hes at result two. Im whats left of him. His robot side" *he hides his features with his tattered black cloak*

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 26, 2012

    Agony

    Stands up and staggers around.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 22, 2012

    Big Bad Swagger

    Swagger comes ouy of the hills and hollers to excite us once again. Each new book just brings me closer to Swagger as if he were the neighbor up the road and just stopped by and asked if I would feed his dog for a few days. Then he is gone for a few months and just reappears. It never ceases to amaze me how many people know of his exploits the world over he was never declared a national hero. I know this is fiction but written as if you really do know the man as a close neighbor. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to ne entertained with a fast moving good read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2012

    Like all the Bob Lee Swagger series, this one was great!

    From beginning to end, a great read. Stephen Hunter has introduced Ray Cruz. Bob Lee is gettingn too old for all the action and Ray is going to pick up where he leaves off. The only problem I had was I couldn't put it down once I got started reading. I've read all the Earl Swagger, Bob Lee Swagger series and have enjoyed every one. I hope there will be more to come.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 26, 2011

    Excellent

    This book continues the series in a good way. Enjoyed the book immensely.

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  • Posted November 10, 2011

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    The Best "Bob the Nailer" to date!!

    Although Swagger did not do any shooting in this book, I still think it was the best in the series. The story was modern, believeable and well told, a real page turner. I liked all of the high tech elements the author incorporated as well as the need to try to figure out who the bad guys were.

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  • Posted April 18, 2011

    Dead Zero

    I just finished reading this book on my new ebook reader. I've read most of Hunter's books, this one is the least satisfying of the bunch. It was a mediocre introduction for a new charactor I think.

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  • Posted April 16, 2011

    Great book

    I found the book hard to put down. The characters of Cruz and Bobby Lee kept your attention from start to finish, with a twist at the end.........

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  • Posted April 11, 2011

    I Also Recommend:

    Slow to get started... fairly exciting middle... uninteresting climax.

    First of all, Bob Lee does not come into the picture for a little while in this one. It finally gets started when he is teamed up with Nick Memphis again, but the ending left me unsatisfied. Bob Lee Swagger has always been a character with a hands-on approach to solving things, and the ending to this one did not really match up to his character. It felt more like a Jack Ryan story than a Bob Lee Swagger story. My favorite Swagger story is still I Sniper.

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  • Posted February 9, 2011

    Don't waste your time

    If you like Bob Lee Swagger, do not read this book. I think this was supposed to be an introduction to a new series about Ray Cruz because Swagger wasn't really in this book, at least the Swagger that we all like. Hunter replaced him with a Swagger that was a slow, stupid, dim-witted impersonator. This was a waste of time and money. Don't you be fooled too.

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    Posted February 12, 2011

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