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The Bullet Garden

An Earl Swagger Novel

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The Bullet Garden

By: Stephen Hunter
Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
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The long-anticipated origin story of legendary Marine, fan favorite, and father of literary icon Bob Lee takes us to the battlefields of World War II as Earl Swagger embarks on a top secret and deadly mission—from Pulitzer Prize­-winning and New York Times bestselling Stephen Hunter, “one of the best thriller novelists around” (The Washington Post).

July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new feature—German snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. It’s clear that someone is tipping off these snipers with the locations of American GIs, but who? And how?

General Eisenhower demands his intelligence service to find the best shot in the Allied military to counter this deadly SS operation. Enter Pacific hero Earl Swagger, assigned this crucial and bloody mission. With crosshairs on his back, Swagger can’t trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers.

From “a true master at the pinnacle of his craft” (Jack Carr, author of the Terminal List series), The Bullet Garden is an electrifying historical thriller that is sure to become a classic.

©2023 Stephen Hunter (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Historical Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage Military Fiction Dwight Eisenhower Sniper War
Engaging Storyline • Rich Character Development • Historical Authenticity • Masterful Writing • Authentic Accents
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Great detective story set in WWII. I don’t understand the reviewers that complain that there’s too much information, or “minutia.” The characters are well developed, with rich backstories, and the information on weapons, or tactics, or just background details paint a fully realized world that make for an engaging and gripping story. Eric Dove does a great job with the narration, and, while I’m not an expert on dialects, his accents sound true and add authenticity.

Classic Stephen Hunter

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Brilliant as always. Very well researched.
Amazing how much true WWII history one can learn from a novel!
Witty and very creatively written. I was sad to reach the end with no more listening to enjoy.
I just wish Mr Hunter could write faster so I would not wait so long for his next book!

2 years of Mr Hunter’s work and another Masterpiece!

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Earl is the epitome of a self-deprecating chess grand master. The story takes us from is always humble self to the highest of praise.

Earl consistently one step ahead

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OSS, panzers, Snipers, Infantry, traitors, beautiful women, and Swagger What more could you wish for? Heres to hoping Hunter is working on the next book.

More please

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I love the stories about Earl. It brings you back to another time. Always a good listen.

Another great S. Hunter story

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Maybe more books on Earl Swagger in the future?!?
I love the precise description of the weaponry that were used.

Another great book from S. Hunter

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Don’t give up. At first confusing but levels out into a great WWII novel. OSS becomes real.

Great Listen

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No let down here. What an excellent story. The Swaggers live on. I love Stephen Hunter books!!!!!!!!!

Excellent

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Loved it, always like the details and the performance by Eric Dove was right on.

Classic Earl Swagger tale…

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Does not disappoint, fun, shoot ‘em up and intrigue set against the backdrop of WW2.

On target

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