Duane Swierczynski
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Canary
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Narrator: George Bryant
- Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: February 24, 2015
- Language: English
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3.8(1060 ratings)
Honors student Sarie Holland is busted by the local police while doing a favor for her boyfriend. Unwilling to betray him but desperate to avoid destroying her future, Sarie has no choice but to become a “CI” — a confidential informant.
Philly narcotics cop Ben Wildey is hungry for a career-making bust. The detective thinks he’s found the key in Sarie: her boyfriend scores from a mid-level dealer with alleged ties to the major drug gangs.
Sarie turns out to be the perfect CI: a quick study with a shockingly keen understanding of the criminal mind. But Wildey, desperate for results, pushes too hard and inadvertently sends the nineteen-year-old into a death trap, leaving Sarie hunted by crooked cops and killers alike with nothing to save her — except what she’s learned during her harrowing weeks as an informant.
Which is bad news for the police and the underworld. Because when it comes to payback, CI #1373 turns out to be a very quick study…
Fun and Games
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Narrator: Pete Larkin
- Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 20, 2011
- Language: English
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3.9(2120 ratings)
Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner’s entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he’ll suffer the same fate.
Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actress who rants about hit men who specialize in making deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it’s the real deal. Hardie finds himself squared off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People.
It’s nothing personal-the girl just happens to be the next name on their list. For Hardie, though, it’s intensely personal. He’s not about to let more innocent people die. Not on his watch.
Hell and Gone
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Narrator: Pete Larkin
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 31, 2011
- Language: English
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3.85(1114 ratings)
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. Because this isn’t just any prison. It’s a Kafkaesque nightmare that comes springloaded with a brutal catch-22: Hardie’s the warden. And any attempt to escape triggers a “death mechanism” that will kill everyone down here — including a group of innocent guards. 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.
Point and Shoot
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Narrator: Pete Larkin
- Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 30, 2013
- Language: English
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3.8(753 ratings)
Charlie Hardie finds himself in a steel box, tubes and wires attached to his body, trapped inside a satellite parked in orbit 500 miles above the Earth. He’s got a year’s supply of food, air, water, and no communication back to Earth, and must complete his 12 months’ duty or his wife and son will have an “accident.”
But when someone all-too-familiar docks on the satellite, informs Hardie he’s sitting in a veritable zero-G vault containing the world’s most dangerous secrets, and forces a crash-landing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hardie must decide whether he’s come face-to-face with the partner he needs to save his family — or with his nemesis. After years of exile, Hardie’s arming up….and heading home.
Revolver
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Narrator: Rick Zieff
- Length: 9 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 19, 2016
- Language: English
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3.88(839 ratings)
Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops — one black, one white — are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy.
Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father’s alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth.
Philadelphia, 2015: Jim’s daughter Audrey, a forensic science student, re-opens her grandfather’s murder for a research paper. But as Audrey digs deeper, she comes to realize that Stanton probably didn’t pull the trigger — and her father may have made a horrible mistake…
X Volume 1: Big Bad [Dramatized Adaptation]
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Length: 1 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: GraphicAudio
- Publish date: December 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.36(134 ratings)
“A masked vigilante known only as “”X”” dispenses justice without mercy to the criminals who rule the decaying city of Arcadia. When muckraking blogger Leigh Ferguson snoops down the wrong alley, she gets swept into X’s bloody war with a politically powerful crime lord.Duane Swierczynski (Godzilla, Cable and X-Force) and Eric Nguyen (Batman: Arkham Unchained) dish out nonstop, visceral action, with Dark Horse’s most brutal and exciting character — X!Collects issues #0 – #4 of the ongoing series. Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Performed by Eric Messner, Natalie Van Sistine, Matthew Bassett, Joe Mallon, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Christopher Graybill, Terence Aselford, Rayner Gabriel, Tyler Hyrchuck, Richard Rohan, Laura C Harris, Anthony Palmini, Cody Roberts, Ryan Haugen, Bradley Foster Smith, Mark Harrietha, Michael John Casey, Scott McCormick, Ryan Reid, Karen Novack, and Alejandro Ruiz.”
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- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Length: 1 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: GraphicAudio
- Publish date: June 01, 2022
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)
“When X attacks the notoriously corrupt narcotics squad known as “”The Dogs of War,”” the manipulative Lt. Setter fights back by pitting him against the last few honest cops in Arcadia… and X’s battle escalates into a war for the soul of the city!Collects issues #5–#8 of the series. Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Includes the disturbing story of “”the ‘Rents,”” three murderous suburbanites!Performed by Eric Messner, Rayner Gabriel, Natalie Van Sistine, Andrew James Spooner, Steven Carpenter, Gabriel Michael, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, James Lewis, Peter Holdway, James Konicek, Earl Fisher, Anthony Palmini, Bradley Foster Smith, Darius Johnson, David Engel, David Cui Cui, Evan Casey, James J. Johnson, Jean Rosolino, Jon Vertullo, Keith Richards, Ken Jackson, Keval Shah, Matthew Bassett, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Nickolette Kong, Nicole Perez, Nora Achrati, Patrick Boylan, Richard Rohan, Rob McFadyen, Sam Intrater, Scott McCormick, Shawn K. Jain, Sheree Wichard, Shravan Amin, Torian Brackett, Trei Taylor and Yasmin Tuazon.”
... Read moreX Volume 3: Siege [Dramatized Adaptation]
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Length: 1 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: GraphicAudio
- Publish date: July 01, 2022
- Language: English
“Arcadia descends into chaos as old villains return to town and new ones are born! While X faces down suicidal psychos, superstitious mobsters, and thrill-junkie assassins, Leigh uncovers the secrets of his past . . . before he locked on his mask and became X!Collects issues #9–#12. Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Featuring the return of some of the original X characters from Comics’ Greatest World.Performed by Eric Messner, Rayner Gabriel, Natalie Van Sistine, Andrew James Spooner, Steven Carpenter, Gabriel Michael, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, James Lewis, Peter Holdway, James Konicek, Earl Fisher, Anthony Palmini, Bradley Foster Smith, Darius Johnson, David Engel, David Cui Cui, Evan Casey, James J. Johnson, Jean Rosolino, Jon Vertullo, Keith Richards, Ken Jackson, Keval Shah, Matthew Bassett, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Nickolette Kong, Nicole Perez, Nora Achrati, Patrick Boylan, Richard Rohan, Rob McFadyen, Sam Intrater, Scott McCormick, Shawn K. Jain, Sheree Wichard, Shravan Amin, Torian Brackett, Trei Taylor and Yasmin Tuazon.”
... Read moreX Volume 4: Better Off Dead [Dramatized Adaptation]
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Length: 1 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: GraphicAudio
- Publish date: July 01, 2022
- Language: English
“Tango’s gang was a handful, but the Archon and his army, the Chosen, are more powerful than any enemy X has ever faced! Betrayed or abandoned by his allies, X must face Arcadia’s newest threat the old-fashioned way: alone!Collects issues #13–#16. Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.X faces the greatest foe Arcadia has ever seen!Performed by Eric Messner, Rayner Gabriel, Natalie Van Sistine, Andrew James Spooner, Steven Carpenter, Gabriel Michael, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, James Lewis, Peter Holdway, James Konicek, Earl Fisher, Anthony Palmini, Bradley Foster Smith, Darius Johnson, David Engel, David Cui Cui, Evan Casey, James J. Johnson, Jean Rosolino, Jon Vertullo, Keith Richards, Ken Jackson, Keval Shah, Matthew Bassett, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Nickolette Kong, Nicole Perez, Nora Achrati, Patrick Boylan, Richard Rohan, Rob McFadyen, Sam Intrater, Scott McCormick, Shawn K. Jain, Sheree Wichard, Shravan Amin, Torian Brackett, Trei Taylor and Yasmin Tuazon.”
... Read moreX Volume 5: Flesh and Blood [Dramatized Adaptation]
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Length: 1 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: GraphicAudio
- Publish date: August 01, 2022
- Language: English
“X’s former accomplice Leigh Ferguson is shocked to learn that her high school friend has become the latest victim of “”the Skin Traders,”” a mysterious gang of surgically modified thugs stealing slices of flesh from their abductees. Only the resilient vigilante X can stand up to the demented plastic surgeon who leads this “”patchwork”” crew. Scalpels clash with swords in a bloody hospital showdown!Collecting issues #17 through #20, this latest volume of Dark Horse’s edgy superhero series is a perfect starting point for new listeners, but it’s also packed with Easter-egg references for longtime fans. Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Performed by Eric Messner, Alejandro Ruiz, Andrew James Spooner, Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Davenport, David Zitney, Eva Wilhelm, Mark Harrietha, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Mike Carnes , Natalie Van Sistine, Nazia Chaudhry, Nick J. Russo, Nora Achrati, Patrick Boylan, Peter Holdway, Peter Stray, Rayner Gabriel, Mort Shelby, Wyn Delano.”
... Read moreX Volume 6: Marked for Death – Enter The Mark [Dramatized Adaptation]
- By: Duane Swierczynski
- Length: 1 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: GraphicAudio
- Publish date: August 01, 2022
- Language: English
“The last time the racist dictator known as the Archon came to Arcadia, he mistook X for an old nemesis and beat him to within an inch of his life. Now the Archon is back, along with his actual nemesis, a mysterious figure called the Mark–and their ancient battle threatens to tear Arcadia to the ground! Even if X can halt a superpowered grudge match, can he rescue his beloved city from the scars it leaves?New characters and wall-to-wall action make this volume, which collects issues #21 through #24, X’s most brutal yet! Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.Performed by Eric Messner, Rayner Gabriel, Natalie Van Sistine, Steven Carpenter, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Peter Holdway, Eva Wilhelm, Chris Davenport, Terence Aselford, Bradley Foster Smith, Michael John Casey, Patrick Boylan, Andrew James Spooner, Alejandro Ruiz, Nora Achrati, Peter Stray, Mort Shelby, Mike Carnes, Wyn Delano, Nazia Chaudhry, Marni Penning, Mark Harrietha, Nick J. Russo and David Zitney.”
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