Sniper Elite: Target Hitler

Sniper Elite

by Scott K. Andrews

Everyone knows the story of Adolf Hitler's final days – cornered, insane, killing himself in despair as Berlin burned above him.

But this story is based solely on the eyewitness accounts of the people who shared the bunker with him – the people most loyal to the Führer; the people most likely to lie to protect him. The world’s foremost Nazi hunter has never believed the official account; he has spent his life chasing a phantom, convinced that Hitler escaped the bunker. Now, as he lies on his deathbed, he receives a mysterious visitor; a man who claims to know the true story of Hitler’s death; a man named Karl Fairburn.

Is he just another conspiracy fantasist, or could his tale possibly be true…?

72 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2012

About the author

Scott K. Andrews has written episode guides, magazine articles, film and book reviews, comics, computer games, audio plays for Big Finish, far too many blogs, some poems you will never read, and a whole bunch of novels. He's online at www.scottkandrews.com.

Reviews

[JJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very pleasantly surprised by Sniper Elite: Target Hitler. It's a six-chapter novella that proceeds briskly, never letting its foot off the gas and never overstaying its welcome. It's not especially concerned with continuity, either with the games or the previous full-length novel -- instead, Target Hitler is focused squarely on telling its own story and doing it well.

Framed with a story of sniper Karl Fairburne talking to a dying Hitler-escaped-Berlin conspiracy theorist, Target Hitler carries out a time-honored tradition from the games: killing Hitler. There's not a lot of character development in these six chapters, but Karl still manages to feel better-realized than in the previous novel. He seems to be a more competent sniper at the top of his game, as he ably makes his way around Berlin before firing off the final shot. Since the novella exists outside continuity, the story could appeal to anybody looking for a quick WWII killing-Hitler fix as well -- no Sniper Elite experience required.

Sniper Elite: Target Hitler is a great, quick read that's easy to recommend.

[Chance · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you came looking for a novelization of the videogame series this book you’ll be disappointed has the story is a completely original story separate from the games think of it has a separate timeline of events.

The story starts overly has a gun-porno has it’s feels like the guns are the Msin chacthers and the people using them are secound are it’s only when we get threw the first 4 or 5 chs to chacthers start to be important. I hoped this would get better but the story just gives a sad time of disappointment for everyone involved.

[Steven Nowak · Rating 4 out of 5]

for what it is, a really interesting read. I was often on the edge of my seat