02176cam a2200325 4500 759983830 TxAuBib 20230210120000.0 220619s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982169763 hbk. $28.99 1982169761 hbk. $28.99 (OCoLC)1330895635 YDX eng rda YDX OCO JVK IUK JQM RNL VP@ JTH ILC TxGR TxAuBib Hunter, Stephen, 1946-, author. The bullet garden [Book] / Stephen Hunter. First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2023. 465 pages ; 24 cm. Earl Swagger novel, An ; 4 Prequel. This book is the origin story and takes place in 1944. The first three books in the Earl Swagger series take place from 1946 to 1953. "July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new feature--German snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. It's 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 can't trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers" -- Provided by publisher. 20230210. Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy Fiction. Snipers Fiction. Intelligence officers Fiction. An Earl Swagger novel ; 4. RV8