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 missionâfrom Pulitzer Prizeâwinning and New York Times bestselling Stephen Hunter, âone of the best thriller novelists aroundâ (The Washington Post).
July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new featureâGerman snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. Itâs 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 canât trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers.
From âa true master at the pinnacle of his craftâ (Jack Carr, author of the Terminal List series), The Bullet Garden is an electrifying historical thriller that is sure to become a classic.