Hell and Gone (Charlie Hardie #2)
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Rating | : | 4.32 (834 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0316133299 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-07-09 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
And any attempt to escape triggers a "death mechanism" that will kill everyone down here--including a group of innocent guards. Because this isn't just any prison. Faced with an unworkable paradox, and knowing that his wife and son could be next on the Accident People's hit list, Hardie has only one choice: fight his way to the heart of this hell hole and make a deal with the Devil himself.. It's a Kafkaesque nightmare that comes springloaded with a brutal catch-22: Hardie's the warden. The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things can get worse. Drugged, bound and transported by strange operatives of unknown origin, Hardie awakens to find himself captive in a secret prison that houses the most dangerous criminals on earth.And then things get really bad
I haven't had this much fun reading in a long time."Sara Gran, author of Dope and Come Closer. So learn to spell the last name. I could easily see these books as a major summer blockbuster the book goes from action to action, rarely stopping to catch a breath and I stayed up late one night turning the pages to the endIf non-stop, cool action sequences with fun characters are your thing, you need to read some Swierczynski stories."Wired"Frenetic and breathless .Those waiting for the payoff promised will feel amply rewarded by the end."Publishers Weekly (starred)"The compelling premise pulls all our paranoid strings, and Swierczynski, like a mad scientist twirling dials, r
His latest novels include EXPIRATION DATE; LEVEL 26, cowritten with CSI creator Anthony E,. Zuicker; and SEVERANCE PACKAGE, which has been optioned by Lionsgate films. . Duane Swierczynski is the author of several crime thrillers and also writes the X-Men spinoff CABLE and IMMORTAL IRON FIST for Marvel Comics. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children
Duane Swierczynski is the best! Amazon Customer I don't know where Duane gets the ideas for his stories but he is a truly warped individual, which is a good thing. I see all his posts on Facebook and it's nice to see him respond when asked a question. He always has the time for his fans. This book, as with all his others, makes for an excellent read. I always look forward to what's next. If you haven't read his books you should start. A few favorites are The Blo. Quite a change from the first book in the series Jeff If there is someone writing more original plots in high quality popular fiction today than Duane Swiercynski, please let me know who is are. I've been a fan of DS ever since The Driver. Some of his ideas work out better than others, but he is always the master of the unforeseen, but fitting, plot twist.Hell and Gone is the second book in a series about an ex policeman named Charlie Hardie. The first book introduced. Wag The Fox said down the rabbit hole. I read the first book in the Charlie Hardie trilogy, Fun and Games, back in the spring and it wound up becoming my favorite book of the year so far. While I've been fortunate to read a lot of great books this year, Fun and Games easily remains in my top three and I wouldn't be surprised to see it stay there. But what about its sequel, Hell and Gone? After a powder keg of a debut, I had to wonder just how in the hel