Instant#1NewYorkTimesBestseller!MichaelMann,four-time-Oscar-nominatedwriter-directorofTheLastoftheMohicans,TheInsider,Ali,MiamiVice,Collateral,andHeatteamsupwithEdgarAward-winningauthorMegGardinertodeliverMann’sfirstnovel,anexplosivereturntotheuniverseandcharactersofhisclassiccrimefilm--withanall-newstoryunfoldingintheyearsbeforeandaftertheiconicmovie“Ahard-boiled,cinematicreadthatmovesasfastasawell-plannedheist.“--EsquireOnedayaftertheendofHeat,ChrisShiherlis(ValKilmer)isholedupinKoreatown,wounded,halfdelirious,anddesperatelytryingtoescapeLA.HuntinghimisLAPDdetectiveVincentHanna(AlPacino).Hoursearlier,HannakilledShiherlis’sbrotherinarmsNeilMcCauley(RobertDeNiro)inagunfightunderthestrobelightsatthefootofanLAXrunway.NowHanna’sdeterminedtocaptureorkillShiherlis,thelastsurvivorofMcCauley’screw,beforeheghostsoutofthecity.In1988,sevenyearsearlier,McCauley,Shiherlis,andtheirhighlinecrewaretakingscoresontheWestCoast,theUS-Mexicanborder,andnowinChicago.Driven,daring,they’repullinginmoneyandlivingvividlives.AndChicagohomicidedetectiveVincentHanna--amanunreconciledwithhishistory--isfollowinghiscalling,thepursuitofarmedanddangerousmenintothedarkandwildplaces,huntinganultraviolentgangofhomeinvaders.Meanwhile,thefalloutfromMcCauley’sscoresandHanna’spursuitcauseunexpectedrepercussionsinaparallelnarrative,drivingthroughtheyearsfollowingHeat.Heat2projectsitsdimensionalandrichlydrawnmenandwomenintowholenewworlds--fromtheinnersanctumsofrivalcrimesyndicatesinaSouthAmericanfree-tradezonetotransnationalcriminalenterprisesinSoutheastAsia.Thenovelbringsyouintimatelyintotheselives.InMichaelMann’sHeatuniverse,theywillconfrontnewadversariesinlethalcircumstancesbeyondallboundaries.Heat2isengrossing,moving,andtragic--amasterpieceofcrimefictionwiththesameextraordinaryambitions,scope,andrichcharacterizationsastheepicfilm.
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