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    Night of Thunder
    Night of Thunder
    Night of Thunder
    Audiobook9 hours

    Night of Thunder

    Written by Stephen Hunter

    Narrated by Buck Schirner

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter sends former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger deep into the heart of NASCAR country in this action-packed thriller.

    Talk about a ride!

    Woe unto he 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, a possibly corrupt law enforcement structure, 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 peeling 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 23, 2008
    ISBN9781423369608
    Night of Thunder
    Author

    Stephen Hunter

    Stephen Hunter has written over twenty 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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    • 4/5
      I love Stephen Hunter's novels, especially the Bob Lee Swagger ones and this one doesn't disappoint. It's not quite up there with Time to Hunt but it's a solid book through and through. Bob Lee takes on redneck thieves, killers and drug deals who tried to take out his daughter. There's a nice NASCAR undercurrent running through the book and it's hard to put down read.
    • 3/5
      Introduction to the crazy hillbilly family that also shows up in some of the earl stories. Doesn't tie together all that cleanly story wise, many of the connections are a stretch. Still entertaining.
    • 5/5
      Another fine Bob Lee Swagger story. I do not have any idea why I am so drawn to this series. On the surface, I do not approve of Swagger or what he does or has done or how he thinks and yet, I'm drawn to him and his macho adventures like a bee to the hive. This one was no different. Can't wait for the next.
    • 4/5
      Stephen Hunter had passed away. I came to his books late and must say that he was a terrific writer, and had been a worthy reviewer for The Washington Post. "Night of Thunder" captivated me.
    • 3/5
      Night of Thunder, a Bob Lee Swagger Novel. Stephen Hunter. 2008. Swagger’s daughter, a journalist in east Tennessee, is almost killed when a car runs her off the road. Swagger, a former Marine, FBI agent, and all around he-man, decides to poke around and see exactly why his daughter who was investigating meth labs in the mountains was almost killed. It is NASCAR race weekend in Bristol Virginia, as Swagger struggles to identify the villains. The redneck family is priceless: a mix of The Beans of Egypt Maine and the vile yokels in Deliverance. His descriptions of the NASCAR environment and its people are also peerless.
    • 4/5
      Very fast paced and hard to put down. Save it for a time that you can do it in one reading.
    • 5/5
      Masterful. Hunter continues at the top of his game. One of the greats, showing how it is done.