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Levon Cade #9
Levon's Prey
Levon Cade stirred up a hornet’s nest when he uncovered a child trafficking ring—earning the attention of a congressman and a major player in the conspiracy who’s made it his mission to find Levon at all costs.
At the same time, Levon’s Uncle Fern, a former moonshiner, is starting up a legitimate distillery business, bringing him into conflict with a moonshining clan and past rival of the Cades.
Both proving mounting distractions, Levon is caught by surprise when a private investigator—whose sole purpose is to end the threat that Levon embodies—finds him and vows to gun him and his family down.
All Levon wants is to be left alone to raise his daughters in peace…but these enemies are begging to be put to sleep.
At the same time, Levon’s Uncle Fern, a former moonshiner, is starting up a legitimate distillery business, bringing him into conflict with a moonshining clan and past rival of the Cades.
Both proving mounting distractions, Levon is caught by surprise when a private investigator—whose sole purpose is to end the threat that Levon embodies—finds him and vows to gun him and his family down.
All Levon wants is to be left alone to raise his daughters in peace…but these enemies are begging to be put to sleep.
155 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 12, 2022
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Chuck Dixon
3,430 books1,033 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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July 13, 2022
One of my favorite series is back!
Levon's minding his own business, trying to help his uncle get his whiskey distillery up and running, raising his girls, improving his land, when a congressman sends a thug out to find him. At the same time, a family of moonshiners decide to harass the distillery. These are not ways to live a long life.
Twenty years ago, I might have rolled my eyes at the ending, but these days, it seems more realistic than ever. Amazingly there actually are people who believe Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
Best Men's Adventure book I've read in a while.
Levon's minding his own business, trying to help his uncle get his whiskey distillery up and running, raising his girls, improving his land, when a congressman sends a thug out to find him. At the same time, a family of moonshiners decide to harass the distillery. These are not ways to live a long life.
Twenty years ago, I might have rolled my eyes at the ending, but these days, it seems more realistic than ever. Amazingly there actually are people who believe Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
Best Men's Adventure book I've read in a while.
December 14, 2024
Go west young Cades. This ending is a bit of a gut punch for the girls. Thankfully, I will find out what happens next in no time.
May 14, 2024
I'm in awe of just how good this series is. Chuck Dixon has always been one of my favourite comic book writers. Now he's one of my favourite authors. His work on the Levon Cade novels ranks right up there with thriller superstars Lee Child, Jack Carr, Mark Greaney and Brad Thor, just to name a few. 'Levon's Prey' is another banger, with trouble once again finding Levon as he's ready to move beyond all that. This a fantastic series and I'm sad knowing I've only got two more books to go through.
July 24, 2022
Levon is at it again, trying to take care of his daughter Merry and his new found daughter Hope, rescued from child traffickers last book. This time the consequences of his tearing down a child prostitution ring has echoes that reach higher than before and a congressman wants to find out what happened to his favorite play room.
Things spiral worse and worse out of control, and the ending of this book is more somber and sobering than previous books.
Things spiral worse and worse out of control, and the ending of this book is more somber and sobering than previous books.
July 30, 2022
Good solid read
I've read all the books in the series. They are no nonsense (not a lot of fluff) and well written. The characters are pretty well developed and easy to relate to. This book went a direction I didn't expect. Its a quick, easy read. Im looking forward to the next one.
I've read all the books in the series. They are no nonsense (not a lot of fluff) and well written. The characters are pretty well developed and easy to relate to. This book went a direction I didn't expect. Its a quick, easy read. Im looking forward to the next one.
June 27, 2024
Another excellent installment in the Levon Cade series. Levon and Fern are trying to set up a real distillery business when a competitor decides to slow things down. But that's not the main issue. Someone further up the child trafficking chain has decided to go looking for Cade too. We get one of the best villains in this one. Can't wait to see what happens next.
September 23, 2024
This second (homefront) arc appears to have drawn to a close here, but I'm excited to see what trouble the Cade clan find themselves in next, down the road some, as I, for one, Prey this thrilling book series never comes to an end, so long as Dixon can keep finding convincing frying pans and fires for Levon and his family to keep jumping between.
July 23, 2022
Poke the bear
The start of another adventure as the Cade family et al flee from hunters who want something they have.
Hang on
The start of another adventure as the Cade family et al flee from hunters who want something they have.
Hang on
August 6, 2022
Interesting story with a cliffhanger. Kevin fans will like it, but not as strong as Mr. Dixon's previous Levon Cade novels.
July 17, 2023
Good read. Levon tries to keep out of trouble but it keeps finding him.
May 1, 2024
This is as close to family life as the Cades are going to get for awhile. Possibly my favorite one of the series.
November 18, 2024
Good read
June 10, 2025
Another smack 'em down, shoot' em up jaunt. It's just sad that Levon is dragging his girls along with him.
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