{"product_id":"dead-zero","title":"Dead Zero","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Stephen Hunter was \"back at the top of his game\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) with \u003ci\u003eI, Sniper\u003c\/i\u003e. And in \u003ci\u003eDead Zero\u003c\/i\u003e Hunter kicks it up another notch, as Bob Lee Swagger must track down an AWOL Marine sniper hell-bent on completing his last mission.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho was Staff Sergeant Ray Cruz? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To the grunts of 3-1-3, at war in the remote mountains of northern Afghanistan, he was a hero, a marine's marine, a sniper's sniper, with three tours in one war and three in another. He was the man they called when a patrol was pinned down, or to cover an IED casualty evac or to shadow SEALs on a snatch-and-grab op. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To his superiors, he was a tragedy, another brave man KIA in the scrub hills of a godforsaken land: on a long-range top secret mission into hostile territory, he and his spotter disappeared just as they were closing in on the quarry, an Afghan warlord Sediq Chikari, with ties to both Taliban and al Qaeda. At battalion headquarters, the brass watched helplessly as Cruz's GPS transmitter signal disappeared on an image relayed from a high-altitude satellite. It was swallowed in a white smear, signifying detonation. Then...nothing. They were dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But that was last year. This year the question is: Who IS Staff Sergeant Ray Cruz? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because somehow, he is back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, to the CIA Cruz is a loose end and he has sent an ominous message to Marine HQ. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CRUZ INBOUND TO COMPLETE OPERATION; PUT THE BEER ON ICE, BOYS! WE ARE LOCKED AND LOADED! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To the FBI, tasked with security, Cruz is a target. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And to Bob Lee Swagger, he's an enigma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ray Cruz--called the Cruise Missile by the grunts because he never missed a shot--is still hunting Sediq Chikari, the warlord who has since become America's proudest ally in the Afghan war and may be the political savior all have been waiting for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Is Ray alive? Did Ray survive? Has Ray gone rogue, or insane, or has he turned? Or is someone imitating Ray while playing a deeper game with a more terrifying objective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Swagger, advising Assistant FBI Director Nick Memphis on the task force meant to catch Ray Cruz before he takes out his pray, has to find out, even if in some deep place, his heart is with the sniper.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52344938168536,"sku":"9781668266694","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_bb0d1ce6-ec28-48f7-bbd6-9ee9964d488b.jpg?v=1788291053","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/dead-zero","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}