Heat 2: A Novel

Written by:
Michael Mann , Meg Gardiner
Narrated by:
Peter Giles

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
24
Narrator
8
Release Date
August 2022
Duration
18 hours 39 minutes
Summary
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!

Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie

One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother in arms Neil McCauley (De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna’s determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley’s crew, before he ghosts out of the city.

In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, they’re pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna—a man unreconciled with his history—is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.

Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley’s scores and Hanna’s pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years following Heat.

Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worlds—from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Mann’s Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries.

Heat 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic—a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.
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Paula T.

Holy Sh*t! What a ride - better than a movie prequel or sequel! So well written and the narrator nails Pacino’s voice for Hanna -thank you! I’ve been waiting for this book to come out on audio and far exceeds my highest expectations on all levels.

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Dustin H.

Great book. Excellent sequel to the original.

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VictorGP

The book is great !!! Everything about it is cool and awesome … if your a fan of the movie … this is a must … Hope they make it into a tv series … a movie wouldn’t be enough … so much layers and story … it needs at least 10/12 episodes … we will see … any way … book great … read it … period

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Thomas S.

Everything I wanted!!! I could see the set pieces in my head the way they will be shot. A few minor plot holes. But nothing bad enough to hurt the story. I loved every minute of this.

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