Goon Squad, Vol.1

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)] [Read by Gabrielle De Cuir] [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 1: Special Talents is composed of six tales: ''The New Girl,'' ''Nightclubbing,'' ''By the Water, by the Grave,'' ''Changes,'' ''No-No Dojo,'' and ''Exterminating Angel,'' as well as an introduction read by the author.