The Fierce Women of Hell's Kitchen

Bob Lee Swagger saw McCullen appear in the window through the scope of his sniper rifle.

Through his communicator, Bob heard Robert report that the terrorists had taken control of the building and were launching an attack.

In that situation, a strange face appearing in the window across from him could not possibly belong to an "innocent" person.

Bob pulled the trigger without hesitation. A bullet streaked across 1,500 meters, shattered the window, and hit McCullen in the head.

The kinetic energy of the 12.7-millimeter anti-materiel sniper rifle round easily blew McCullen's head clean off.

The Cobra leader, who had nearly destroyed the world order, probably never imagined he would die at the hands of a nobody he should have been able to use at will.

When the orbital weapons had taken shape, he had believed he could control everything. He had even planned how to deal with Alvin if Alvin came after him.

But one "righteous" bullet from Bob Lee Swagger had turned all his plans to dust.

If Bob had shot and killed that congressman, he would have committed a crime. If someone revealed his identity later, prison for the rest of his life might have been the only outcome.

But the man who had died was McCullen, the leader of Cobra. That made the bullet righteous.

That was the irony of it. McCullen had planned how to deal with powerful people like Alvin and his crew, but all his efforts were undone by an ordinary soldier—a hapless soldier who knew nothing at all.

More ironically, that hapless soldier hadn't even been aiming for him. He had been aiming for the congressman McCullen had impersonated. It was only the changing circumstances that led Bob to fire that righteous bullet.

Bob's combat instincts as a sniper made him focus