Goon Squad, Vol. 2

Product Description [Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)][Read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Nicholas Guy Smith] [*Introduction read by the author - Jonathan L. Howard] The infamous Goon Squad must protect modern-day Manchester from monsters, mutants, freaks, and masterminds. An ongoing, episodic ''prose comic'' from which the pictures are summoned by the magic of words, Goon Squad is set in a version of modern-day Manchester. Its biggest divergence from the real city is that it-- along with most other large urban centers-- has a team of superheroes to protect it against unusual threats with which the conventional forces of law and order would have problems. Goon Squad, Volume 2: Without Sin is composed of ''A Star in Strange Ways,'' ''Holy Fool,'' ''Dead Man Tells Tale,'' ''A Brief History of the Goon Squad,'' ''Tale of Terror,'' and ''Pomona Island,'' as well as an introduction read by the author. About the Author Jonathan L. Howard is a game designer, scriptwriter, and a veteran of the computer game industry since the early 1990s, with titles such as the Broken Sword series to his credit. He is author of the Johannes Cabal series, as well as the YA novels Katya's World and Katya's War. He lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and daughter.