The Master Sniper.

STEPHEN HUNTER

Publication: Morrow, 1980, New York

First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket with two tiny closed tears to the top edge of the rear panel. It is the spring of 1945, and the Nazis are eliminating all the witnesses to their horrible crimes, including Jews and foreigners remaining in the prison camps. Master sniper Kommandant Repp decides to hone his abilities by taking target practice at the remaining laborers in his own prison camp. But one man escapes to Allied lines, and his strange story gives the Allies a clue that the Germans have some sinister project in the works. Repp possesses the ultimate killing tool, and with it, he will commit the ultimate crime!

Inventory Number: 30689