Best Selling Books by Duane Swierczynski

**THE DOCTOR IS IN_SANE!** X has been abducted by the Skin Traders! Their gruesome, animal-faced leader is determined to get a slice of X's famously resilient flesh. While Leigh and Ruidoso mobilize to track down X's whereabouts, X fights tooth and nail to keep a deranged doctor from getting under his skin! Dark Horse's _X_ is really hitting its stride and readers should get on board immediately.�Unleash the Fanboy

Assault on Project Rising Spirit! Bloodshot is finally free of the memories that have haunted him since his awakening – but now even greater mysteries remain. Who was he before he was transformed into a walking weapon of mass destruction? And does he have a real family out there somewhere? Unfortunately, the only man with the answers is the former mastermind of Project Rising Spirit, the quasi-governmental science division that created him – and he’s just struck a devil’s bargain with Bloodshot. “Destroy your creators and I’ll reveal everything.” Well, almost everything… Collecting BLOODSHOT #5-9 by acclaimed writer Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey) and artists Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Arturo Lozzi (Immortal Weapons), and Matthew Clark (Avenging Spider-Man), Bloodshot’s brutal, bullet-riddled tour of duty through the Valiant Universe continues right here in the second shock-inducing volume of the series that Complex calls “hard and heavy with each issue.”

When Leigh Ferguson's high school friend becomes the latest victim of the Skin Traders�a mysterious band of surgically modified thugs who slice skin from their abducted victimsshe knows X is the only person in Arcadia who can stop them. The only question is: who's got thicker skin? * With a shocking Easter egg for longtime readers! * Perfect jumping on point for new readers.

Re-presenting Valiant?s best-selling crossover event in complete chronological order, the acclaimed Harbinger Wars saga gets the deluxe oversized hardcover treatment ? with more than 20+ pages of bonus content and rarely-seen special features! When an untrained and undisciplined team of super-powered test subjects escape from Project Rising Spirit and onto the Vegas Strip, Bloodshot and the Harbinger Renegades will find themselves locked in battle against a deadly succession of opponents ? and each other. As the combined forces of the H.A.R.D. Corps, Generation Zero, and omega-level telekinetic Toyo Harada all descend on Las Vegas to vie for the control of Rising Spirit?s deadliest assets, the world is about to discover the shocking price of an all-out superhuman conflict?and no one will escape unscathed. Who will survive the Harbinger Wars? Collecting HARBINGER WARS #1-4, HARBINGER #11-14, BLOODSHOT #10-13 and material from the HARBINGER WARS SKETCHBOOK, the Harbinger Wars Deluxe Edition HC is the only place to find the complete story of the groundbreaking crossover that IGN calls ?one hell of a ride.?

Collects Cable (2008) #1-12, King-Size Cable #1, X-Men: The Times & Life of Lucas Bishop #1-3, X-Men: Future History - The Messiah War Sourcebook. Cable is a man on a mission once again! To protect the first mutant born since M-Day, Cable flees with the girl into the timestream — and now must raise young Hope as his daughter! But hot on their trail is the relentless Bishop, a former ally turned deadly foe who believes that the child must die at any cost. And to make matters worse, Cable’s time machine is broken and they can only travel forward. Can Cable protect Hope from unforeseeable future dangers, from cyborg bears to cockroach armies to nuclear Armageddon? Can Cyclops, back in the present day, find a way to take the fight to Bishop? And will Hope survive to save the mutant race?

A merciless and unstoppable army calling themselves the Chosen� have invaded Arcadia, starting a full-fledged war with Carmine Tango's forces. They're looking for something . . . or _someone_. X has recovered from Tango's torment and is ready to pound some answers out of both parties! * A game-changing new villaina new chapter in the Project Black Sky event!

**The perverse pig-man� unmasked!** A nameless man, scarred from an encounter with the Skin Traders, is wheeled into the hospitalonly Leigh Ferguson knows that this John Doe is none other than Arcadia's most wanted, X! But the sicko surgeon that sliced him up is closing in to finish the job. Dark Horse's _X_ is really hitting its stride and readers should get on board immediately.�Unleash the Fanboy

The Birds of Prey lose one member but gain another, all while the team itself is pulled apart by personal demons and a traitor in their midsts. Plus, Mr. Freeze is out of Arkham Asylum and looking for revenge on the Court of Owls! His first target? The newest member of the Birds team, Strix! Collects #13-17 and BATGIRL ANNUAL #1.

The Birds bring a gravely injured Poison Ivy to the Amazon hoping to help rejuvenate her, but they're going to need her help to stay alive!

Danny Rand and the Immortal Weapons from the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven begin to discover the shocking, shameful secrets of the Capital City of Hell. But what does it mean for K'un-Lun, and for our world? And how will each of them overcome the absolute worst and most terrifying enemies they've ever faced? Also includes the story of Park Li, a pacifist who sought to pursue wisdom rather than war. But fate would defy him--as K'un-Lun is overwhelmed by a deadly plague, Park Li is the only student ready to become the city's Immortal Weapon. And finally, in the year 3099, Danny Rand, The Immortal Iron Fist, travels to a remote planet colonized by the People's Republic of China to free the people from a totalitarian government bent on ultimate control at any cost.

Something strange is happening to Black Canary...and only one man can be responsible. But Kurt Lance died years ago--right?

A new arc begins in the wake of a team member's betrayal...and the team crosses paths with a cult of assassins that has ties to Katana!

The only thing worse than a bomb on a speeding train is three bombs. Hidden inside the skulls of three different people. All on the same speeding train. And the Birds of Prey know the names of only two of these walking bombs. Don't miss the shocking revelation that will rewrite the rules of the team forever! Guest-starring Batgirl!

Something strange is happening to Black Canary, and Starling's not sure what to do about it. Is this a hint of darker things to come? Plus, the team loses one member and gains another!

-- The main target for scams are those 50 years of age or older. -- This book will expose all the latest scams, frauds, and cons -- and can be updated yearly, if necessary, to expose all the latest schemes. Fraud -- credit card fraud, telemarketing scares, Internet scares, identity theft and hundreds of other items that are geared to separate you from your money -- is a multi-billion dollar business, both in the U.S. and worldwide. From a simple three-card monte game on a street corner to sophisticated banking and Wall Street swindles, cons, frauds and scams are destined to strike one in ten Americans this year. Check kiting, ATM scares, bankruptcy fraud, real estate scams, Nigerian money offers, and even slave reparation scams -- there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of ways to get suckered by telemarketers or just plain fast-talking swindlers. Scary stuff, right? This book identifies the myriad of scams, cons, and frauds perpetrated every minute of every day in this country, and gives cutting-edge, up-to-date advice on how you can protect yourself from unscrupulous cons of every conceivable stripe. There will also be an entertaining section on con artists through history, from the infamous grifters of the Great Depression to the masterminds of the recent Enron collapse -- perhaps one of the greatest scams in America's history.

Poison Ivy: Savior of the Green? The team is in the jungles of the Amazon and the boardrooms of Dubai, where the Birds must make a deal with the Devil!

The Birds of Prey are hot on the trail of a mysterious cult with ties to Katana, but their hunt is about to be intercepted by the powerful force of Condor! And what is the connection between the Birds and the Teen Titans?

Collects Immortal Iron Fist 21-27. Danny Rand was not the first Immortal Iron Fist... and he won't be the last! The year - 3099. The place - a distant planet first colonized a millennium ago by the People's Republic of China. Now, a humanity oppressed by a totalitarian technological tyrant has just one hope for salvation - the kung-fu freedom-fighting of the Immortal Iron Fist! But his coming is nothing more than a prophecy and a silent prayer... and even if the Iron Fist does arrive, he must first defeat the most powerful weapon the evil robot empire has - Robo Fat-Cobra!

Shock follows shock as the team learns that the plant monsters were the creation of POISON IVY! With deadly toxins in their bloodstreams, THE BIRDS have six months to live--and they'll be given an antidote only if they help Ivy punish those who are despoiling the planet.

The team agrees to take 24 hours to take stock of the previous issue's events. But there's no such thing as R&R for the Birds of Prey, as Black Canary realizes that Gotham City is still in grave danger!

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. * Nguyen's shocking art is a fever dream of violence!

An explosion in a secure Gotham City airport terminal hurls Black Canary and Starling headlong into a nightmare involving stolen pharmaceuticals, terrorists for hire and killers in stealth suits who can appear at will. When Canary calls in backup, Starling's not so sure a vengeful samurai who talks to her dead husband in a sword is the best choice.

In today's business world, information is everything: and no one gathers it more effectively than spies. The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage brings real spying techniques into the workplace, with the same appeal as The Action Hero's Handbook. Step-by-step instructions disclose the secret methods used by the CIA, KGB and Fortune 500 companies to steal computer passwords and spy on competitors.

Steve Dark devrait être au fond du gouffre : la femme qu'il aimait est morte par sa faute et le psychopathe qui l'a tuée court toujours. Mais Dark n'est pas un homme ordinaire. Loin de baisser les bras, il se sent désormais investi d'une mission. Une mission qui ne requiert pas l'assistance de la police. Une mission qu'il ne soumet à aucune autorité, qu'elle soit gouvernementale ou morale. Une mission qui, il l'espère, lui permettra enfin de restaurer la justice.

Stingrays--they solve unsolvable crimes. When a teenager goes missing on a Caribbean beach, the local police are baffled. It's up to the Stingrays, a world class team that solves the unsolvable, to unearth the truth--a truth that no one will believe. BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading All original content from James Patterson.

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For generations, the people of Gotham City have looked to Wayne manor as the embodiment of wealth and high society. But when construction crews discover a corpse buried on the grounds, the venerable family estate is embroiled in scandal. Is someone trying to frame billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne for a shocking and heinous crime? Forensic scientists determine the body is that of Bruce's father, Dr. Thomas Wayne. Torn between the need to protect his family's honor and his obligation to deliver justice, Batman sets out to solve the coldest of cases, using nine mysterious clues (included throughout the book as facsimiles). It's up to you to sift through the clues and uncover the shocking answer.