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Point and Shoot
By Duane SwierczynskiPublisher Description
Fun & Games and Hell & Gone come full circle in the Hardie Series' astonishing conclusion.
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.
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.
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“"The trick to becoming someone else isn't selling it to others. Most people don't look too closely. The trick is selling it to yourself."
Those are words spoken by Charlie Hardie. Well, the other Charlie Hardie.
Over the past 8 years, Hardie has been through a lot. After giving up the cop-life and becoming a house sitter in California, Hardie had his first encounter with The Cabal (or The Accident People or Secret America). Since then, he's been beaten up, murdered (and un-murdered), tossed in a maximum security underground prison and finally, shot into space,. Yes, you read that right. This time around, Hardie is forced to confront his most unexpected foe yet – himself.
You see, Hardie isn't nicknamed Unkillable Chuck because it's cute. Charlie is seemingly unable to die. Throughout the first two books, Hardie appears to be just a guy with a string of good luck that barely makes it through deadly situation after deadly situation. In Point & Shoot, Swierczynski maps out a bit of a back story showcasing just how Hardie can repeatedly avoid the grave. Swierczynski's reasoning was definitely needed given the sheer amount of punishment he's subjected Hardie to this time around. I'm not even sure Wolverine could walk away from this beating – both physically and mentally.
Taking nothing away from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9583669.Fun___Games or https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9583670.Hell_and_Gone but Point & Shoot takes the cake in this series. Considering that franchises – be they books, movies or television – can start to show signs of wear and tear as they get older, it's not often that they can only get stronger. Whether it’s the characters that he's created over three books and their interactions with one another or the insane situations Charlie Hardie has to get out of, Swierczynski has developed one of the most entertaining series out there.
Like its predecessors, Point and Shoot shares the same frenetic action and abrasive dialogue that we've come to know and love with this series. However, that’s not unusual when it comes to Swierczynski. His previous novels https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2461765.Severance_Package and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166966.The_Blonde , just to name a few, are both high octane reads that barely give you enough time to catch your breath between action sequences.
It’s sad to know that we've seen the last of Charlie Hardie but with a writer as talented as Swierczynski, I'm sure he's got other stories swimming around in his head. I doubt we'll have to wait long before he throws another great novel or character our way.
Also posted @ http://everyreadthing.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/point-and-shoot/”
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About Duane Swierczynski
Duane Swierczynski is the Edgar-nominated author of nine novels including Canary, Severance Package, and the Shamus Award-winning Charlie Hardie series (Fun and Games, Hell and Gone, Point and Shoot). He's written over 250 comics for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Valiant and IDW, including The Black Hood, the first comic for Archie's Dark Circle imprint. Swierczynski has also collaborated with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on the bestselling Level 26 series. He lives in Burbank with his wife and children.
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