Everybody wants to rule the world [sound recording] : a novel / Ace Atkins.
It's 1985, what will soon become known as "The Year of the Spy," and fourteen-year-old Peter Bennett is convinced his mom's new boyfriend is a Russian agent. "Gary" isn't in the phone book, has an unidentifiable European accent, and keeps a gun in the glove box of his convertible Porsche. Peter thinks Gary only wants to get close to his mom because she works at Scientific Atlanta, a lab with big government contracts. But who is going to believe him? He's just a kid into BMX and MTV. But after another woman who works at the lab is killed, Peter recruits an unlikely pair of allies a has-been pulp writer and muckraker named Dennis Hotchner and his drag performer buddy and heavy, Jackie Demure. Both soon become the target of an unhinged Russian hitman (Is it Gary? Maybe!) with a serious Phil Collins obsession. Meanwhile, Sylvia Weaver, a young, Black FBI agent, investigates Scientific Atlanta in the wake of the employee's murder and discovers a nest of Russian spies in the Southern "city too busy to hate." Little does she know her investigation is being thwarted by a seriously compromised colleague in Washington, D.C., who is in league with a lovesick, hypochondriac KGB defector who is playing both sides of the Cold War to his benefit.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798228688162
- ISBN: 9798228688179
- ISBN: 9780063293496
- ISBN: 0063293498
- Physical Description: 9 audio discs (11 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York, NY] : HarperAudio, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by MacLeod Andrews.
- System Details Note:
- Compact discs.
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- Teenage boys > Fiction.
Spies > Fiction.
Cold War > Fiction.
Nineteen eighties > Fiction.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Audiobooks.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
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- 7 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 1 current hold with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | CD FIC ATKINS (Text) | 36015000768982 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | CDBOOK ATKINS (Text) | 39493110183789 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | CMB1954182 (Text) | CMB1954182 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Forsyth Central | ATKINS, ACE 9 CDS (Text) | 2112502357112 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | CD F Atkins (Text) | 33115007717562 | Adult Audiobook | In transit | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | BD-8479 (Text) | 39149008503245 | Adult Audiobook | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Moore County Library | CD ATKINS (Text) | 48198001006051 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Northern Wayne Library | CD ATK (Text) | 990000000556268 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Stoneville Library | BOCD orange (Text) | 31554012268925 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Transylvania County Library | BCD FIC ATK [9discs] (Text) | 38079300324720 | Adult Audiobook | In transit | - |
