Product Description

From the authors of the "New York Times" bestseller "Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top Ranked Sniper" comes a story with all the same action and drama.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21752 in eBooks
• Published on: 2007-11-13
• Released on: 2007-11-13
• Format: Kindle Book
• Number of items: 1

From Publishers Weekly
Coughlin wrote with Davis on Shooter, a memoir of Coughlin's career as a Marine Corps sniper. In the team's debut novel, the two pit Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Swanson, the corps's best sniper, against a secret alliance of government and business bigwigs. A triumvirate of National Security Adviser Gerald Buchanan, Senate Armed Services Committee chair Ruth Reed and megarich businessman Gordon Gates IV are using Gates Global (the world's preeminent private security company) to implement a plan to take over the military, rewrite the Constitution and usher in the creation of a New America. In Saudi Arabia, Marine Brig. Gen. Bradley Middleton is kidnapped by two mercenaries working for Gates Global. After Swanson is chosen to be part of a rescue team, helicopters carrying the rescuers crash on landing, and Swanson is left with only his exceptional combat skills and his high-tech rifle, Excalibur (a sniper's wet dream). The action reaches such a furious pitch that readers will hardly notice an overly romantic subplot or the clumsy machinations of the evil trio. (Nov.)
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From Booklist
Here's the fiction debut of Coughlin, the Marine sniper whose memoir, Shooter (2005), took readers inside the mind of a military assassin. Kill Zone does the same thing in fiction. The hero is Kyle Swanson, a Marine sniper who is assigned to rescue an American general held hostage in the Middle East. Swanson soon realizes this is no ordinary situation: the people who abducted the general appear to be Americans, mercenaries who, incredible as it sounds, may be part of a White House plot to topple the American military. Fans of Stephen Hunter's novels about sniper Bob Lee Swagger will see some similarities in theme and tone, but make no mistake: this is not a retread or imitation. Coughlin, ably assisted by coauthor Davis, tells a tight, suspenseful story, and Kyle's philosophical arc, from cool, detached professional to disillusioned, embittered loner, is well developed, with a substantial emotional payoff at the end. Here's hoping this is the first of many Swanson novels. Pitt, David

Review

Customer Reviews

Pretty Good First Effort Novel
I'm not going to get into the plot of this book. That can be read elsewhere on this page.

Military action thrillers are a tough genre for a first effort. I was not disappointed with this book. While parts of the book are predictable, over all it is worth reading. I would certainly hope that Mr. Coughlin does go ahead and writes a follow on novel. With some experience, Coughlin might well hear his name mentioned with the icons of this genre.

Prospective readers: Enjoy the book.

I smell a sequel
An action packed story. Great read with a complex character at its center stage.

Although similar plotline to most action adventures, it still kept me interested and intrigued.

Great escapism.

I couldn't put it down!
This novel is chock full of action, suspense, tantilizing detail and intrigue. I couldn't put it down once I started and finished the novel in one weekend. Reading the book gave me the same feeling that I had when I first watch the Kevin Costner movie classic "No way out". The storyline is laced with intrigue, suspense and action. I loved the way that the authors weaved different storylines together as the adventure played out. Coughlin's real life experiences seem to play out on the pages and his attention to detail engrossed me in the action. I would highly recommend this book for anyone that likes a good action book. Though the main character is a sniper, the story is not simply a detail of one kill after another, but rather an expertly woven story that moves from storyline to storyline and keeps the reader on the edge of the page. Great Job!