Hell and Gone: The Charlie Hardie Trilogy

Duane Swierczynski is the author of thrillers Expiration Date and Severance Package, both published in the US but not the UK. He also writes for Marvel Comics and co-authored Level 26 with CSI creator Anthony Zuiker. Visit his website at secretdead.blogspot.co.uk, or follow him on Twitter @swierczy.

"Charlie's internal voice is fun to follow and the action sequences are killer. 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 end...If non-stop, cool action sequences with fun characters are your thing, you need to read some Swierczynski stories."—Wired.com
"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 theNew York TimesbestsellerBeat 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 ofCriminalandIncognito
"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 ofThe Bottoms,Leather Maiden, andDevil 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 andLoveless
"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 ofDopeandCome Closer