Hell and Gone

"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, ratchets the tension ever tighter.... Stay tuned for part three of what may be the most unusual thriller series in a long, long time." (Booklist )

"Duane Swierczynski puts the rest of the crime-writing world on notice. So learn to spell the last name. He's going to be around for awhile." (Laura Lippman )

"Duane Swierczynski has ideas so brilliant and brutal that one day the rest of us will have to tool up and kill him." (Warren Ellis )

PRAISE FOR FUN & GAMES:

"Insanely entertaining." (Josh Bazell, author of the New York Times bestseller *Beat the Reaper* )

"More exciting than whatever you're reading now, this is Duane Swierczynski's breakout novel." (Ed Brubaker, Harvey- and Eisner-Award-winning author of Criminal and *Incognito* )

"A high octane, cinematic delight . . . I loved it, man. Duane Swierczynski is the bomb, and this book is a white-hot nuclear explosion." (Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award-winning author of The Bottoms, Leather Maiden, and *Devil Red* )

"An audacious, propulsive thrill ride that kidnapped me on page one and didn't look back." (Brian Azzarello, Harvey- and Eisner-Award-winning author of 100 Bullets and *Loveless* )

"Cool, suspenseful, tragic, and funny as hell, Fun and Games is Duane Swierczynski's best yet. I haven't had this much fun reading in a long time." (Sara Gran, author of Dope and *Come Closer* )

Duane Swierczynski is the author of several crime thrillers and also writes the X-Men spinoff CABLE and IMMORTAL IRON FIST for Marvel Comics. 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. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.