title: The Exterminators Vol. 2: Insurgency
author: Simon Oliver
description: Henry, Stretch and Kevin, exterminators with the Bug-Bee-Gone company ("here to mop up nature's little mishaps"), are called in to handle an infestation at a literary brothel where clients pay to act out fantasies from Burroughs, Kafka and Carroll. But the problem is much larger, as tens of millions of roachlike critters begin coursing through the sewers and taking over electrical plants. The final showdown between the exterminators and the bugs is typical of the book's outstanding dialogue, as the three partners engage in lengthy conversations about world religion while stomping through the "crap bisque" of a city sewer. The bug story (which incorporates Egyptology and allegory about the war in Iraq) weaves through Henry's deteriorating relationship with his girlfriend, Kevin's after-hours job as a pro wrestler in a seedy fight club and a particularly well-done interlude where three major characters visit their respective mothers for advice. The color palette is appropriately dark and grimy; this is evidently a world where the sun seldom shines and when it does, it does so harshly. Artists Moore, Samnee and Parks use closeups to powerful effect and the scenes involving the army of bugs maximize the squirm factor. <i>(Mar.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Racing to rescue a child  
  Danger heats up in the Military K-9 Unit series
  
  
  A little boy is missing, and it’s up to search-and-rescue K-9 handler Ava
  Esposito and her dog to find him...before the Red Rose Killer does. FBI
  special agent Oliver Davison is hot on the trail of the escaped convict and
  joins forces with Ava. But when the killer turns his crosshairs on them,
  Oliver must protect them all before time runs out.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Ava, when the shooting starts, I need you to dive down.”
  
  
  “Okay. But what about you?”
  
  
  “I’ll be fine.”
  
  
  Oliver kept zigzagging, but the car stayed with them, the driver not moving a
  muscle but keeping the car close.
  
  
  “We’re going to keep moving and hope they’ll either back off...or play chicken
  with us.”
  
  
  But the vehicle advanced and tapped the back bumper.
  
  
  “Now they’re getting serious,” Oliver said.
  
  
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  MILITARY K-9 UNIT:  
  These soldiers track down a serial killer w