Preview Dead Shot
The truth is about to be revealed. In Baghdad’s Green Zone, an Iraqi scientist is murdered just before he can reveal the secret that Saddam Hussein took to his grave: the location of the Palace of Death—home to a devastating chemical weapon quietly developed by Islamic militants. The world is about to be stunned. The assassination is the work of a mysterious sniper called Juba, who was trained by the British but now works with a twisted mastermind determined to steal control of the terrorist world from Al Qaeda. When he tests the new weapon by killing hundreds of people at a British royal wedding in London, the devastation is all too real. The showdown is about to begin. Kyle Swanson, once the top sniper in the Marine Corps and now the key member of a secret special operations team known as Task Force Trident, is assigned to hunt down his old special ops rival. A new reign of global terror can be stopped only by a confrontation between the two best snipers in the world, a duel in which the first shot wins—most of the time… “Stunning action, excellent tradecraft, insider politics, and the ring of truth.”—Lee Child on *Kill Zone*
Former Gunnery Sergeant Coughlin teams up with Davis to offer yet another wartime novel that thrills with its realistic depictions of combat. Sgt. Kyle Swanson has returned to duty, emerging from undercover to stop a terrorist group that possess a weapon so deadly it threatens the entire planet. Scott Sowers steps into Swanson's boots and delivers a gritty and intense reading. More than merely doing justice to the earnest narrative, Sowers fully inhabits his role, and his performance is riveting. A St. Martin's hardcover (Reviews, Jan. 12). (Mar.)
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The sequel to Kill Zone (2007) puts a target on former marine sniper Kyle Swanson’s back. Believed to be dead, Swanson takes on secret missions under the radar of the conventional alphabet agencies. A rival sniper, who appears to be an even more accurate shot than Swanson, kills an Iraqi scientist who had proof of a secret weapons plan concocted by Saddam Hussein before his death in the Iraq War. Then a chemical-weapon attack on British soil forces Swanson to confront the reality that the murderer is someone he knows. The manhunt to stop the killings propels the pages forward, but this one isn’t all about action: Swanson proves a surprisingly complex character. The military man pictured on the jacket, along with Swanson’s backstory as a sniper, suggest a hardware-heavy story that only an armed- services veteran could love. Surprisingly, it’s completely the opposite. Readers will be compelled to find the first in this series and will look forward to another Swanson adventure. --Jeff Ayers
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