Jeff's review of:
The Master Sniper
By Stephen Hunter
Here's a book that would make a fantastic movie! It's got intrigue, action, Allied vs. German operatives in the waning days of World War 2, romance, etc...

Of course, I didn't buy this book on purpose, it was sent to me automatically for not returning my card to the Military Book Club. But, I'm glad I didn't return it, because I zipped through this book as I would a Tom Clancy novel.

PLOT: from Amazon.com "It is the spring of 1945, and the Nazis are eliminating all the witnesses to their horrible crimes, including Jews and foreigners remaining in the prison camps. Kommandant Repp, who is known as a master sniper, decides to hone his sniping abilities by taking a little target practice at the remaining laborers in his own prison camp. But one man escapes and becomes the key to solving the mystery of the cold, calculating Kommandmant Repp and his plans for ending the war.

Repp was the master sniper whose deadly talent had come to the notice of British Intelligence as the linchpin of a desperate Nazi plot to reverse the fortunes of the Third Reich at the eleventh hour. But what was the nature of the weapon that Repp was to aim--and who was to be his last target? Allied Intelligence officers Leets, from the U.S., and Outhwaite from England are dispatched to identify and abort his lethal mission. And when they finally learn the truth, the Second World War's deadliest race against time is on..."

See, a good movie is just screaming from this plot.

My only complaint is that Hunter used too many German words, without an English translation. That had me fishing for clues, which throws off your train of thought. But it didn't happen too much.

Verdict: B+, If you like Clancy, you'll enjoy Hunter.



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