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The Good Guys
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- 22 Ratings
3.7
- Duration
- 6H 27min
- Language
- English
- Format
- Category
Fantasy & SciFi
Longlisted for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
The Good Guys is a tale of failure and redemption. Set in Singapore in the not-so-distant future, superheroes, born from a worldwide conflict called War of the Long Winter, save the day. But who will save them when they break? The Good Guys is Darren Chen, a third-year law undergraduate’s first novel.
Deep beneath the Singapore General Hospital is The Vault—a hidden sanctuary for broken superheroes in need of a little time-out. Away from the eyes of the worshipping public, they take the sofa and have a dose of therapy. But when a death occurs, the facility is immediately locked down. Small-time superhero, Landslide, finds himself in a whodunnit, and realises that being cooped up underground amongst unstable superheroes with immense power is not the best place to be…
© 2021 by Darren Chen. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789152164389
© 2021 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814901543
Release date
Audiobook: 15 September 2021
Ebook: 7 August 2021
The Good Guys
- By
- With:
- Publisher
- 22 Ratings
3.7
- Duration
- 6H 27min
- Language
- English
- Format
- Category
Fantasy & SciFi
Longlisted for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
The Good Guys is a tale of failure and redemption. Set in Singapore in the not-so-distant future, superheroes, born from a worldwide conflict called War of the Long Winter, save the day. But who will save them when they break? The Good Guys is Darren Chen, a third-year law undergraduate’s first novel.
Deep beneath the Singapore General Hospital is The Vault—a hidden sanctuary for broken superheroes in need of a little time-out. Away from the eyes of the worshipping public, they take the sofa and have a dose of therapy. But when a death occurs, the facility is immediately locked down. Small-time superhero, Landslide, finds himself in a whodunnit, and realises that being cooped up underground amongst unstable superheroes with immense power is not the best place to be…
© 2021 by Darren Chen. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789152164389
© 2021 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814901543
Release date
Audiobook: 15 September 2021
Ebook: 7 August 2021
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3.7
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JoyKeane
21 Sept 2021
Page-turnerThrillingHeartwarmingUnpredictableMind-blowingMan, at the ending when tremor said we might, i was kinda sad that this book didnt have a sequel
Charmander
2 Nov 2021
Page-turnerThrillingInspiringMotivatingInformativeMind-blowingG
Tania
11 Aug 2022
BoringConfusingIf you like video games with unaccountable mental health side stories, here is a book. I don’t know why it’s a book, at the very least it should have been a comic. But no, it’s a book.
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English
Singapore
