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Title: Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter ISBN: 0-671-03546-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (69 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: 4 1/2 stars
Comment: See storyline above.
Stephen Hunter brings Earl Swagger back after his Hot Springs adventure. If you think Swagger had a tough time in Hot Springs, wait till you get a load of this story.
This time around Swagger is called on to help his friend Sam Vincent, an ex-prosecutor from Arkansas, who is being held captive at a secret Prison farm in Thebes, Arkansas. Thebes Prison Farm is run by ruthless men in the swamps of Mississippi. A subplot includes the investigation of a secret Army research project that ties in with the Farm.
Filled with surprises and evil twists, this violent and sometimes cruel look at life on the Farm, will make you race to the end of the story where you know justice will prevail. The gettin' even part will make you cheer.
Hunter fans will love this one. A Well plotted and well told thriller taking place in the racial turmoil of Mississippi in the 1950's.
Highly recommended
Rating: 3
Summary: A Good Book But Not Nearly Hunter's Best!
Comment: If this is your first book by Stephen Hunter you'd probably give this book four stars, possibly more. However, having read Point Of Impact, Dirty White Boys, Time To Hunt, Hot Springs etc., Hunter's latest effort doesn't quite measure up. The first half of Pale Horse Coming was in typical Hunter fashion -- action upon action, details about guns, a Swaggert being larger than life. I couldn't put the book down! The second half, however, dragged in too many areas and the action slowed down considerably. Further, many of the events that occurred were somewhat predictable. Overall, Pale Horse Rising is a book I think you'll like -- you just won't love it -- an emotion that true Hunter fans have come to expect (demand?) from his books!
Rating: 4
Summary: A fun entertaining thriller
Comment: Earl Swagger and his son Bob Lee are the antiheros of this wonderful series of thrillers by bestselling author, Stephen Hunter. Guns play a major part of his work. They are lovingly described and their use is always necessary to gain the desired result. The books are always thick, yet, the pages fly by so quickly that they read like much shorter books. The writing is always strong and sure and this latest is no exception.
It is 1951 and Earl Swagger is approached by his good friend, Sam Vincent, ex prosecutor of Polk County, Arkansas. Sam accepts a job from a Chicago attorney to locate a black man living in Thebes State Penal Colony in Thebes, Mississippi. The prison is truly Hell on Earth surrounded by swamps and only accessible by a muddy river. The guards are brutal and gain much perverse pleasure in torturing the inmates. Sam just wants Earl to know where he is headed and to investigate his whereabouts if he doesn't return in a certain time. As expected, Sam is not heard from and Earl must start on his perilous journey to rescue his friend.
Stephen Hunter, a film critic for The Washington Post, is an expert on entertainment and uses his expertise when creating his novels. They are among the best thrillers being written today. It is true that the plot can be quite contrived and silly at times, however, they work well. The characters are straight out of the pages of pulp fiction or comic books. The sadistic prison guard, Bigboy, is a pure stereotype. Earl is a superman able to suffer great punishment in just a few minutes than the mere mortal man can endure in a lifetime. Yet, it is fun to root for Earl Swagger to fight and defeat evil wherever he finds it.
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Title: Hot Springs by Stephen Hunter ISBN: 0671035452 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 22 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Black Light by Stephen Hunter ISBN: 044022313X Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 07 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter ISBN: 0440226457 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 13 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter ISBN: 0553563513 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dirty White Boys by Stephen Hunter ISBN: 044022179X Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 05 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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