Point of Impact
He was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind.But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged.The assassination plot is executed to perfection--until Bob Lee Swagger, alleged lone gunman, comes out of the operation alive, the target of a nationwide manhunt, his only allies a woman he just met and a discredited FBI agent.Now Bob Lee Swagger is on the run, using his lethal skills once more--but this time to track down the men who set him up and to break a dark conspiracy aimed at the very heart of America.From the Paperback edition.
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Retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger lives alone in the Arkansas hills until a shadowy outfit hires him to consult on a presidential assassination plot. He realizes too late he is the patsy.
Yes. Point of Impact (1993) is the first novel in Stephen Hunter's Bob Lee Swagger series. The series has continued for more than a dozen books and includes spinoffs about Bob Lee's father Earl.
Yes. The 2007 film Shooter, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mark Wahlberg, is based on Point of Impact. The 2016 USA Network TV series Shooter, also starring Ryan Phillippe, draws from the broader Bob Lee Swagger series.
Point of Impact was written by Stephen Hunter, published in 1993 by Bantam.
Point of Impact is 526 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Point of Impact takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Point of Impact is a standalone novel by Stephen Hunter, not part of a series.
Point of Impact is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
