Point of Impact ~ Stephen Hunter

Funk Rating: 9 out of 10

This is an outrageously good book. It was turned into a movie, Shooter, and I wonder if I might have given it a full 10 if I hadn't seen the movie. It's that good. It plays to all my favorite elements: great characters developed exceedingly well, good vs. evil, the avenging angel of justice that removes the bad guys from the face of the earth in such wonderful ways, and so on. Throw in a little love interest, some serious loyalty and integrity, a dog, and plenty of "slyness" and you've got my number pegged.

It might be slightly over the top regarding guns - their manufacture, design, bullets, etc., but there's a reason it needs to be that way. This is a book for those that like Mitch Rapp, and Reacher. You like your "good guys" to have some violence and to be able to beat the bad guys at their own game. It's not a page-turning thriller in the way the story "flies", for it builds and builds. Reminded me a bit of Joseph Finder's Power Play in that sense, although it didn't have the page turning deep into the night aspect...

Very fun, and Stephen Hunter (and the fine friend who recommended it), are tops on my list...