Rating: 
Summary: One great action-packed book.
Review: Time to Hunt
By: Stephen Hunter
Reviewed by: O. Wang
Period: 5This book was a great book overall, basically about a lance corporal, Donny Fenn - Bronze Star, who is hired by Ward Bonson he wants Donny to spy on Eddie Crowe to raise his own rank to a Sergant, one of his PFC's and while he gets information about Eddie Crowe, Donny finds out more about his job. He was to find out about Trig Cater whom the marines believe were part of Weather Underground, soon Donny gets Eddie and they are sent to judgement, Donny is asked whether he finds Eddie guilty of charge, but Crowe is let off, and Fenn, back to Vietnam. While he is packing his things, he gets married with Julie, they are given the money from a generous First Sergant who is then shipped off to Vietnam too. Donny is now in Vietnam with Sergant Bob Lee (Bob the Nailer) Swagger a man very attached to his rifle. They're squad was the snipers of Sierra Bravo Four. They set off to "Dodge City" where they will wait until evac day and keep Dodge City safe. When they get there, they encounter many "sappers" of the Vietnamese people, who serve Colonel Hu Co. They had defeated all of the sappers while getting to Dodge City, when the had reached Dodge City, they had a Russian sniper on their tail. T. Solaratov. While scouting out one day, they see Solaratov, he had tried to stakeout at Dodge City, but when Bob and Donny went on patrol, they encounter the sniper, they try to take him out, but they call in the M60's and Napalm. Miraculously Solaratov survived, his tale, untold. He was left weaponless and is forced to create a new rifle, one which would match his own unique talent for sniping. Swagger had found Solaratovs old gun, the SVD Dragnuv a Russian creation, a semi-automatic sniper rifle. He was awarded from the find. When they were 1 day away from DEROS, Swagger was to take patrol again, Fenn, foolish enough wanted to go with him, Swagger left with no choice, let him go with him. Solaratov was sniping and Fenn is now dead. It was now in the mountains of Utah which was where Swagger now is. Swagger married Julie, Fenn's widow. Swagger then faces many problems, and sets out to find out about them. Trig Carters past was discovered and how his death was only made as a coverup. Trig is then linked to many other activities of the U.S.S.R. and many other things. Swagger met with Bonson now Deputy Director of the CIA. He then goes back home with all his questions answered except one thing. Solaratov. He goes back and realized Solaratov is after his wife, he calls Bonson and is parchuted for the drop and the dramatic scene ends, but there is still the final end to come, What ever happened to the U.S.S.R.? Read this book and find out what happens. I enjoyed this book very greatly, not only by the action, but by the excellent description on the many different items in this story. I think the plotline was excellent and as for all the rest of the story. I also enjoyed some of the violence such as "I saw the blood foaming from his mouth" and the many other great details about this story. I also disliked the book in a way because i felt there was no point to Crowe, there shouldve only been Trig and his followers, and Fenn were to track down Trig, because Crowe had no point in this story that much. I also enjoyed the sniper events where Hunter always included how they zoomed their scopes. "He set his rifle and saw the two men 600 Meters away. Solaratov pulled the trigger." I think that Hunter's cliffhangers are awesome and very excellent. My favorite part of the book was in the end, when Swagger ingenuously found out about the Secret Conspiracy and put an end to it, i especially enjoyed the part where he had asked the leader how he did it all, and which of his men did what kill whomever. I find it amazing to how he figured it all out, without even dying.
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