About the Author

Stephen Hunter is the author of 20 novels and the retired chief film critic for the Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His novels include The Third Bullet; Sniper's Honor; I, Sniper; I, Ripper; and Point of Impact, which was adapted for film and TV as Shooter. Hunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reviews

Originally published as The Spanish Gambit

Some came for love. Others for money. In a country ripped apart by war, each will find a way to live--or die...

"Brilliant."
--Tom Clancy

"Constantly surprising."
--The Washington Post

"Hunter is a deft craftsman with a sure sense of pace and scene."
--The Washington Post

"Stephen Hunter is the best writer of straight-out thrillers working today."
--Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colo.)