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Runaway Heart (Abridged): A Novel Audiobook
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The New York Times bestselling author combines medical sciences and action-packed suspense in this stunningly original thriller What if the military's foot soldiers were not our sons and daughters, but genetically engineered animals programmed to kill, with superhuman strength and speed and just enough intelligence to follow orders blindly? This is exactly the weapon that a top-secret government agency is developing in the desert. Attorney Herman Strockmire, a rumpled man with a very big but defective heart, is a champion of lost legal causes who becomes involved when his employee is literally torn limb from limb by one of the creatures. At great personal risk, Herman, his beautiful daughter and law partner, Susan, and ex-LAPD detective Jack Wirta, plunge headlong into harm's way, finding themselves in a nightmare beyond anyone's wildest imagination.
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"I can't resist a book full of down-in-their-luck, bleeding-heart characters. This is one. Plus it involves secret government testing and a cover-up! Cool! "
— Mardi (5 out of 5 stars)
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Cannell has a genius for creating memorable characters and quirky, gripping plots.... This is a fun read.
— Publishers Weekly
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" Don't bother even if bored. "
— Susan, 2/3/2011 -
" Cartoon-caption writing disguised as a novel. Maybe it got better after 20 pages - I wouldn't know, as I couldn't cope with any more than that. It was a struggle to knock over that many. <br/> <br/>Would have been impressive if it was a primary school essay, rather than a published book. "
— Mic, 3/16/2009 -
" The author has tightened up his writing a lot in the 4 years since this book was published. <br/> <br/>Interesting take on the Evilness of DARPA. "
— Davehk, 2/7/2009 -
" One of the funniest books I ever read. "
— Oiseaux831, 7/29/2008
About Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen J. Cannell (1941–2010) was the author of the New York Times bestselling Shane Scully books, including The Prostitute’s Ball, The Pallbearers, and Three Shirt Deal. He was also an Emmy Award–winning television writer and producer, and in his thirty-five-year career, he created or cocreated more than forty television series. He was a third-generation Californian and resided in the Pasadena area with his wife, Marcia, and their children.
About Tony Plana
Tony Plana is an actor and director. He studied at Loyola-Marymount University, where he earned a BA program in literature and theatre arts, graduating magna cum laude; he also received professional training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Plana is the co-founder and executive artistic director of the East L.A. Classic Theatre, a group primarily made up of Hispanic American theatre professionals. He is the recipient of two Nosotros Golden Eagle awards for outstanding work in film and television, as well as five Los Angeles Dramalogue Awards for Theatre, and in 2005 was honored as an Educator of the Year by Loyola Marymount University’s Department of Education. Plana is perhaps most popularly known as Ignacio Suarez on the hit series Ugly Betty.