Books by Dean Koontz
Born: 07/09/1945Dean Koontz Biography & Notes
Dean Koontz grew up in desperate poverty under the tyranny of a violent alcoholic father (Koontz's father served time in prison for trying to murder him). Despite his traumatic childhood, Koontz put himself through Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (then known as Shippensburg State College), and in 1967 went to work as an English teacher at Mechanicsburg High School. In his spare time he wrote his first novel, Star Quest, which was published in 1968. From there he went on to write over a dozen more science fiction novels.
In the 1970s, Koontz began publishing mainstream suspense and horror fiction, under his own name as well as under several pseudonyms; Koontz has stated he used pen names after several editors convinced him that authors who switched genre fell victim to "negative crossover": alienating established fans, while simultaneously not picking up any new fans. Known pseudonyms include Deanna Dwyer, K. R. Dwyer, Aaron Wolfe, David Axton, Brian Coffey, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Owen West, and Richard Paige. Currently some of those novels are sold under Koontz's real name.
Koontz's breakthrough novel was Whispers (1980). Several of his books have reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Koontz is renowned for his skill at writing suspenseful page-turners. His strengths also include memorable characters, original ideas, and ability to blend horror, fantasy and humour. Koontz has been criticized for his tendency to include too many similes and therefore to drag out descriptions, his frequent use of similar plotting structures, and a tendency to moralize heavily.
Koontz's protagonists,with the exception of Odd Thomas,arm theirselves with guns to do combat against the various monsters and madmen,and Koontz gets all the technical details right.There are no mistakes(functions and capabilities of different types of guns.)
Arguably, most of Koontz's work can still be classified as science fiction, as he tries to create plausible, consistent explanations for the unusual, fantastic events featured in most of his novels.
Koontz also has a very interesting way of adding his own little quirks to his novels, such as adding simple quotes from a book by the name of The Book of Counted Sorrows. Counted Sorrows was originally a hoax, like the nonexistent Keener's Manual Richard Condon cited for epigraphs he wrote himself. Eventually Koontz put together a poetry collection of that name, using all the epigraphs; it was printed as a limited edition in 2003 by Charnel House and as an eBook by Barnes & Noble. His more recent novels, starting with The Taking, have no verse by Koontz; rather, they have quotes by other authors (in particular, The Taking uses quotes from T. S. Eliot, whose works figure in the plot of the novel).
Koontz has long been a fan of Art Bell's radio program, Coast to Coast AM. He appeared as a guest after a fan reported to Bell that one of Koontz's novels featured a character describing a paranormal event as an "Art Bell moment."
Koontz currently resides in Newport Beach, a city in Southern California (as such, most of his novels are set in Southern California) with his wife Gerda and their dog Trixie Koontz, under whose name he published the book, Life is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living, in 2004. Trixie is also often referenced in his official newsletter "Useless News".
Dogs often figure heavily in Koontz's novels, as he is an avid dog lover. Watchers, Dark Rivers of the Heart, and One Door Away from Heaven are prime examples. However, lately he has seen fit to include cats as characters, most notably the smart cat Mungojerrie in the Christopher Snow novels.
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3 Complete Novels The House of Thunder, Shadowfires, Midnight by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
The House of Thunder. She woke up in a hospital room, barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Thorton's mind? What terrible accident brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers - waiting, like death, in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step, she approached the torment of her past: a single night of violence, waged by four young men. Shadowfires. Rachael's request for a quick, clean divorce enraged her husband. She had never seen Eric so angry, so consumed by pure, terrifying hatred. Then, in the heat of the moment, Eric was struck down in a traffic accident, his death instantaneous. Shocked but relieved, Rachael had nothing left to fear...until Eric's body disappeared from the morgue - and she began to be stalked by someone resembling her dead husband.... Midnight. The citizens of Moonlight Cove, California, are changing. Some are losing touch with their deepest emotions. Others are surrendering to their wildest urges. And the few who remain unchanged are absolutely terrified - if not brutally murdered in the dead of night. Four unlikely survivors are drawn together to make a stand against the swiftly descending darkness that threatens to bring endless night to Moonlight Cove.
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The A-Z World Directory of Revolvers, Pistols & Submachine Guns by Dean Koontz, Will Fowler, Charles Stronge ( 2009) |
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After the Last Race by Dean Koontz ( 1974) |
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Alive in God's World Human Life on Earth and in Heaven As Described in the Visions of Joa Bolendas by Dean Koontz, Joa Bolendas ( 2001) |
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The Bad Place by Dean Koontz ( 2004)
A man awakens from sleep to find the evidence of terrible crimes on his person, and cannot tell whether his travels are mental or physical. Although he hires a team of private investigators to follow him, a young boy with Down's Syndrome is the only one who can help him figure out how to stop going to "The Bad Place."
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The Bad Place/Limited Edition by Dean Koontz ( 1994)
When Frank Pollard keeps awakening in unfamiliar places, he begs Nick and Julie Dakota, husband and wife detectives, to watch where he goes in his sleep.
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Beastchild by Dean Koontz ( 1992)
After an alien invasion of Earth, only a handful of humans survive. A young human befriends an alien, defying alien law, and the friends are forced to flee for their lives. Koontz is planning a major revision of this novel, to be published in 1997.
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Beautiful Death Art of the Cemetery by Dean Koontz, David Robinson ( 1996)
A collection of photographs from the burial grounds of Europe explores the beauty of cemeteries and the emotions the survivors of the dead placed into the making of the tombs, accompanied by a meditation on the death of his own parents by Dean Koontz.
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A Big Little Life A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
The best-selling suspense author presents a tribute to the late golden retriever previously depicted in
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Bliss to You Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
Words of simple wisdom and touching reminders of life's little joys fill the pages of Trixie Koontz's third book (after LIFE IS GOOD! and CHRISTMAS IS GOOD!). Trixie, bestselling author Dean Koontz's dog, died in 2007, but her posthumous wisdom is sure to warm hearts.
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The Bone Yard by Dean Koontz ( 1994)
A collection of short stories in the fields of horror, suspense, and dark fantasy, dealing with money, murder, evil forces, and faceless killers.
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Brother Odd by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
Leaving Pico Mundo, the small desert town in which he has spent his life, Odd Thomas, a hero who lives between the living and the dead, seeks the peaceful solitude of an isolated monastery high in the western mountains, but he soon finds himself confronting an evil killer stalking the ancient, holy halls of his sanctuary. Reprint.
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By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz ( 2007) |
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By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz ( 2003)
Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as “America’s most popular suspense novelist”(Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. Reviewers hail his boundless originality, his art, his unparalleled ability to create highly textured, riveting drama, at once viscerally familiar and utterly unique.
Author of one #1 New York Times bestseller after another, Koontz is at the pinnacle of his powers, spinning mysteries and miracles, enthralling tales that speak directly to today’s readers, balm for the heart and fire for the mind. In this stunning new novel, he delivers a tour de force of dark suspense and brilliant revelation that has all the Koontz trademarks: adventure, chills, riddles, humor, heartbreak, an unforgettable cast of characters, and a climax that will leave you clamoring for more. Dylan O’Connor is a gifted young artist just trying to do the right thing in life. He’s on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe when he stops to get a room for himself and his twenty-year-old autistic brother, Shep. But in a nightmarish instant, Dylan is attacked by a mysterious “doctor,” injected with a strange substance, and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him...or transform his life in the most remarkable way. Then he is told that he must flee--before the doctor’s enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body. No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police. Stunned, disbelieving, Dylan is turned loose to run for his life...and straight into an adventure that will turn the next twenty-four hours into an odyssey of terror, mystery--and wondrous discovery. It is a journey that begins when Dylan and Shep’s path intersects with that of Jillian Jackson. Before that evening Jilly was a beautiful comedian whose biggest worry was whether she would ever find a decent man. Now she too is a carrier. And even as Dylan tries to convince her that they’ll be safer sticking together, cold-eyed men in a threatening pack of black Suburbans approach, only seconds before Jilly’s classic Coupe DeVille explodes into thin air. Now the three are on the run together, but with no idea whom they’re running from--or why. Meanwhile Shep has begun exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior. And whatever it is that’s coursing through their bodies seems to have plunged them into one waking nightmare after another. Seized by sinister premonitions, they find themselves inexplicably drawn to crime scenes--just minutes before the crimes take place. What this unfathomable power is, how they can use it to stop the evil erupting all around them, and why they have been chosen are only parts of a puzzle that reaches back into the tragic past and the dark secrets they all share: secrets of madness, pain, and untimely death. Perhaps the answer lies in the eerie, enigmatic messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about an entity who does his work “by the light of the moon.” By the Light of the Moon is a novel of heart-stopping suspense and transcendent beauty, of how evil can destroy us and love can redeem us--a masterwork of the imagination in which the surprises come page after page and the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout. From the Hardcover edition. |
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CIA Flaps and Seals Manual by Dean Koontz ( 1975) |
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Chase Chase by Dean Koontz ( 2002)
A collection of interwoven tales by the master of horror and suspense reveals the inner terrors and turmoils of the choices humans make on their journeys through life.
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Chase/Includes Bonus Short Story from the Strange Highways Collection "Down in the Darkness" The Strange Highways Collections by Dean Koontz ( 1995)
Benjamin Chase, Vietnam War hero, finds himself the target of a sociopathic killer when he interrupts a murder in progress.
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Chemical Investigations for Chemistry for Changing Times by Dean Koontz ( 2000) |
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Cold Fire by Dean Koontz ( 2004)
Attraction and fascination draw reporter Holly Thorne to Jim Ironheart, a strange and quiet man who is compelled to save twelve lives in three months, driven by the conviction that an evil being will soon arrive on Earth. Reissue.
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Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz ( 2007) |
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Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
Dean Koontz's latest suspense novel involves a woman and a man, each alone, each with secrets. They meet once in a bar, and suddenly they're being pursued by a frighteningly powerful agency with access to the government's information, weapons systems, and surveillance. The man who chases them does so with robotic, banal efficiency, but his prey is different from any he's encountered before--bold, tenacious, and determined not to succumb.
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Dark Rivers of the Heart/Intensity/Sole Survivor Three Complete Novels by Dean Koontz by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
Dean Koontz is one of the world's top-selling authors with total worldwide sales of his novels at 225 million copies! He achieves what few writers can: he creates books that consistently jump to the top of the bestseller lists in both hardcover and paper. His newest novel had a half-million copy first printing, and it went straight to the Number One position in its first week on The New York Times and Publishers Weekly Bestseller lists! His many fans will snap up this handsome foil-and-embossed volume, with three of his best works in one book. The perfect impulse buy or gift. The collection includes the complete and unabridged novels Dark Rivers of the Heart, Intensity, and Sole Survivor.
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The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
Dedicated to the cause of dog rescue, Amy Redwing risks everything, including her relationship with long-time suitor Brian McCarthy and her own well-being, to come to the aid of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity. 850,000 first printing.
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The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
Dedicated to the cause of dog rescue, Amy Redwing risks everything, including her relationship with long-time suitor Brian McCarthy and her own well-being, to come to the aid of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity. (Suspense)
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The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
Dedicated to the cause of dog rescue, Amy Redwing risks everything, including her relationship with long-time suitor Brian McCarthy and her own well-being, to come to the aid of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity. Simultaneous.
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The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
Dedicated to the cause of dog rescue, Amy Redwing risks everything, including her relationship with long-time suitor Brian McCarthy and her own well-being, to come to the aid of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity. Reprint.
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Darkfall Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
At first the police thought they were dealing with a psychopath or a vicious gangland war. Then, they heard the eerie sounds in the ventilation system and saw the silver eyes in the night. In a city paralyzed by a blizzard, something watches--something whose ultimate victims are young and innocent.
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Darkness Comes by Dean Koontz ( 1984) |
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Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
In the third and final installment in Dean Koontz's modern retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel, Helios (aka Victor Frankenstein) is still up to his monster-making tricks in New Orleans--still constructing bio-engineered creatures of his own hideous design. With the Big Easy in grave danger, the only one who might be able to stop the evil Doctor is Frankenstein, Helios's original mangled monster.
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Dean Koontz Winter Moon/Icebound by Dean Koontz ( 1995) |
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Dean Koontz Cd Collection by Dean Koontz ( 2009) |
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Prodigal Son Book One by ( 2005)
This volume marks the launch of a new series, in which two bestselling authors join forces to update Mary Shelley's most famous work. Two police detectives hunting down a serial killer stumble upon a shocking secret: the murderer was not born but manufactured, created by scientist Victor Helios, who in the 19th century bore another name: Victor Frankenstein.
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Book Two City of Night by Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson, Edward Gorman ( 2005)
From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of…
DEAN KOONTZ’S CITY OF NIGHT They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created–and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios–once Frankenstein–can stop the engineered killers he’s set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now the only hope rests in a one-time “monster” and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as Victor’s first and failed attempt to build the perfect human–and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have imagined–an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us. |
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein 1 Prodigal Son by Chuck Dixon ( 2009)
In a graphic novel reworking of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel, detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison confront a vicious serial killer who stalks the streets in search of victims who possess the humanity missing in himself and uncover an ages-old conspiracy in which their quarry is not only a homicidal maniac but also his deranged maker. 60,000 first printing.
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Book 2 City of Night by Dean Koontz, Ed Gorman ( )
They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created, and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios, once Frankenstein, can stop the engineered killers he's set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now the only hope rests in a one-time "monster" and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion's centuries-old history began as Victor's first and failed attempt to build the perfect human, and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor's malignant mind could have imagined, an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind?s collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.
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Dean R. Koontz Three Complete Novels/the Servants of Twilight/Darkfall/Phantoms by Dean Koontz ( 1991)
An absolutely terrifying collection of spine-chilling novels ("Evil beyond imagination . . ".--San Francisco Chronicle) from this New York Times bestselling author. The Servants of Twilight, Darkfall, and Phantoms are among the works that have made Koontz the new king of the genre. )P
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Dean R. Koontz 1 Midnight, Lightning, Darkfall by Dean Koontz ( 1990) |
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Demon Seed by Dean Koontz ( 1999)
A computer with human-like qualities of artificial intelligence develops criminal obsessions and takes over the completely automated home of Susan Harris.
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Door to December by Dean Koontz ( 2002)
A frantic mother, who has been separated from her nine-year-old daughter, Melanie, for six years, strives to rescue her from the people who have been subjecting her to terrifying psychological experiments, in a new edition of the classic novel of psychological suspense, featuring a new afterword by the author. Reissue.
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Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz ( 2003)
Harry Lyon, a decent cop struggling to remain rational in a crazy world, finds his sanity threatened after being forced to shoot a man and having a homeless stranger chant haunting words at him that predict his own death by dawn. A reissue new on CD.
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Espejo Mortal by Dean Koontz ( 1999) |
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The Eyes of Darkness Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 2008) |
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The Face by Dean Koontz ( 2003)
Aelfric ("Fric") Manheim, aged 10, son of a Hollywood superstar, teams up with the head of security at his father's outrageously opulent estate, an ex-detective named Ethan Truman, to outwit a horrific supernatural villain.
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The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
A psychopath terrorizes a man and a woman who are left terrified and trapped on the fortieth floor of a deserted office building, with elevator service completely cut off and the security guards murdered. Reissue. NYT.
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Falsa Memoria by Dean Koontz ( 2002) |
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False Memory by Dean Koontz ( 2000)
While struggling to help an agoraphobic friend cope, Martie Rhodes, a young video game designer, suddenly falls prey to her own traumatic autophobia, a fear of herself, and when her husband tries to uncover the roots of her problem, he comes face to face with an enigmatic therapist and his own bizarre nightmare. Reprint.
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Fantasmas by Dean Koontz ( 1996) |
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Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz ( 1999)
Christopher Snow is the best-known resident of 12,000-strong Moonlight Bay, California. This is because 28-year-old Chris has xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)--a light-sensitivity so severe that he cannot leave his house in daylight, cannot enter a normally-lit room, cannot sit at a computer. Chriss natural element is the night, and his parents, both academics, chose to live in Moonlight Bay because in a small town Chris can make the nightscape his own--roaming freely through the town on his bike, surfing in the moonlight, exploring while most people sleep.But Chriss brilliant mother, a scientist, was killed in a car accident 2 years ago, and as the book opens his father, Steven Snow, is dying of cancer; Chriss protected life is about to change forever. We meet Chris as he is carefully preparing himself to go out in the late-afternoon sun to visit the hospital. In his last moments of life his father tells Chris he is "sorry" and that Chris should "fear nothing"--cryptic words that Chris cannot really relate to.Steven Snows body is removed to the hospital basement for transport to the funeral home/crematorium, and when Chris goes downstairs for a final moment of farewell, he witnesses a frightening and clandestine encounter: the funeral director and another man Chris doesnt recognize are substituting the body of a hitchhiker for Steven Snows body--which is being taken not to the crematorium but to some secret destination.For Chris, this scene is the first intimation of a conspiracy that he will come to realize envelopes many of his townspeople. His parents knew of it and wanted to protect Chris from it. His best friend has had hints of something wrong because of the frightening nocturnal visitors that have come to his beachhouse. And the first person to try to explain to Chris whats going on--and warn him about the special danger he himself is in--will be hideously murdered.In the 24 hours this book encompasses, Christopher Snow will find out that, sheltered though he's been, he has the soul of a fighter and an adventurer. By the end of the book he will have killed a man, will have discovered the role his own mother played in the birth of the conspiracy, will have come to recognize the extraordinary guardians that, unknown to him, have watched over him for years. He will realize that some people hate him, others revere him, and neither his own life nor those of anyone he knows will ever be the same.
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Forever Odd by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
In the unique world of Pico, Odd--an unforgettable hero who lives between the living and the dead--takes a stand against evil in a battle where there are no innocent bystanders. Reprint. 65,000 first printing.
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Forever Odd by Dean Koontz ( 2005)
In the unique world of Pico, Odd--an unforgettable hero who lives between the living and the dead--takes a stand against evil in a battle where there are no innocent bystanders.
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From Subservience to Strike Industrial Relations in the Banking Industry by Dean Koontz ( 1983) |
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From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz ( 2007) |
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From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
His birth was marked by wonder and tragedy.
He sees beauty and terror beyond our deepest dreams. His story will change the way you see the world. On the heels of his #1 bestseller False Memory, Dean Koontz brings together his most compelling themes and an unforgettable cast of characters to create what is perhaps the most thrilling and emotionally powerful work of his critically acclaimed career. Bartholomew Lampion is born on a day of tragedy and terror that will mark his family forever. All agree that his unusual eyes are the most beautiful they have ever seen. On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruthless man learns that he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew. He embarks on a relentless search to find this enemy, a search that will consume his life. And a girl is born from a brutal rape, her destiny mysteriously linked to Barty and the man who stalks him. At the age of three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. As he copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother counsels him that all things happen for a reason and that every person’s life has an effect on every other person’s, in often unknowable ways. At thirteen, Bartholomew regains his sight. How he regains it, why he regains it, and what happens as his amazing life unfolds and entwines with others results in a breathtaking journey of courage, heart-stopping suspense, and high adventure. |
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Funhouse by Dean Koontz ( 1994)
Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she hated and begat a child she could never love. Now Ellen has a new life, a new husband and two normal children. Memory is drowned in alcohol and prayers--neither of which will save her kids when the carnival comes back to town. A premiere release by the bestselling author of Dragon Tears.
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The Funhouse by Dean Koontz ( 1981)
An insane carnival barker vows revenge on his ex-wife by threatening to murder any children she has in the future.
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The Good Guy by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
Chatting with a nervous stranger sitting at a local bar, Timothy Carrier soon realizes that he has been mistaken for a killer-for-hire and has been given an envelope full of cash and a contract on a pretty young woman whose photograph and address accompany the money. (Suspense)
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Great Escapes New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis by Steven Castle ( 2003) |
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Great Mysteries Great Writers Lucky Day/Trapped/Pastime/Snagged/Dealer's Choice by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark ( 1994) |
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Hanging on by Dean Koontz ( 1973) |
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The Harem's Secret by Dean Koontz ( 2007) |
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Hideaway by Dean Koontz ( 2005)
When Hatch Harrison is brought back to life in an ambulance, his second chance turns into a nightmarish quest to squelch the evil he brought back with him from the afterlife. Reissue.
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The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz ( 1982)
Susan Thorton gradually recovers from amnesia caused by an automobile accident and sees in the hospital her lover's murderers, who are supposedly dead.
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The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz ( 1993)
When Susan Thornton woke up in a a hospital room, she could barely remember her own name. As she fought to unlock the mysteries of her past, four shadowy strangers waited, like death, in the darkened corridors. The only witness to the single night of violence that brought her here...
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How to Write Best Selling Fiction by Dean Koontz ( 1981)
Tells would-be novelists about the fiction market, offers advice on grammar, style, character development, and plot, and explains how to deal with agents and editors.
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The Husband by Dean Koontz ( 2006)
When landscaper Mitchell Rafferty receives a phone call that his wife has been kidnapped and there is a two million dollar ransom, his extraordinary commitment to his wife will take him on a harrowing, seventy-two hour journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption.
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Icebound by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
A team of scientists looking for new sources of water get stranded on an icecap between Greenland and Norway. Their fight for survival breeds startling displays of personality and perseverance.
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In Odd We Trust by Dean Koontz, Queenie Chan ( 2008)
In a graphic novel prequel to the original novel, Odd Thomas, a fry cook from Pico Mundo, California, must use his talent to communicate with the dead to solve the murder of a young boy whose killer may now be stalking a second child. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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Intensidad by Dean Koontz ( 2001) |
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Intensity by Dean Koontz ( 2000)
Past midnight, Chyna Shepherd, twenty- six, gazed out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend's family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Forman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed "homicidal adventure," Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as the arise, to immense himself in sensation, t o live without fear, remorse or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.
Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive-until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess's next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl--as moment by moment, the terrifying threat Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies. |
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Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz ( 1982)
Millionaire investigator Alex Hunter meets exciting, desirable Joanna Rand while on a mission in Japan but finds that she is a Senator's daughter who disappeared ten years ago and now has a new identity.
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The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz ( 1995)
From the master of terror and suspense--a woman is plagued by a disturbing dream, which holds the key to a past she never knew existed...
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Key to Midnight, Shattered, and House of Thunder by Dean Koontz ( 1998) |
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Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz ( 2004)
With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz returns with an emotional roller coaster of a tale filled with enough twists, turns, shocks, and surprises for ten ordinary novels. Here is the story of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy--a story that will challenge the way you look at good and evil, life and death, and everything in between.
Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. It's a strange vigil made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm's fury, Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the frist and last time since his stroke. What he says before he dies is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson--five dates whose terrible events Jimmy will have to prepare himself to face. The first is to occur in his twentieth year; the second in his twent-third year; the third in his twenty-eighth; the fourth in his twenty-ninth; the fifth in his thirtieth. Rudy is all too ready to discount his father's last words as a dying man's delusional rambling. But then he discovers that Josef also predicted the time of his grandson's birth to the minute, as well as his exact height and weight, and the fact that Jimmy would be born with syndactyly--the unexplained anomal of fused digits--on his left foot. Suddenly the old man's predictions take on a chilling significance. What terrifying events await Jimmy on these five dark days? What nightmares will he face? What challenges must he survive? As the novel unfolds, picking up Jimmy's story at each of these crisis points, the path he must follow will defy every expectation. And with each crisis he faces, he will move closer to a fate he could never have imagined. For who Jimmy Tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days when his world turns is a mystery as dangerous as it is wondrous--a struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive, only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through. |
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Life is Good! Lessons in Joyful Living by Trixie Koontz ( 2004)
Many readers wonder what inspires the creative genius of bestselling suspense writer Dean Koontz. Much of the credit must go to Trixie, the golden retriever who has taught him things about life that no human ever could. Trixie shows us how to be happy every moment of the day, except those fleeting moments after a meal when the dish is (temporarily) empty. Dogs know how to work hard and to play even harder. With words of wisdom only a bird dog knows, and beautiful photos to warm your heart, this book will lift your spirits and make your leg shake uncontrollably with pleasure! Trixie wrote LIFE IS GOOD to support her friends who are service dogs for people with disabilities. She is donating her royalties to Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the national organization that breeds and trains assistance dogs for adults and children with disabilities.
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Lightning by Dean Koontz ( 2003)
Aided through many crises throughout her life by the almost miraculous intervention of a stranger, Laura Shane learns the nature of her awesome destiny when, on her thirtieth birthday, the stranger finally requests her help. Reissue.
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The Mask by Dean Koontz ( 1989)
A beautiful young girl appears out of nowhere. A teenager with no past, no family--no memories. Carol and Paul were drawn to her. She was the child they'd never had. Most mothers would die for such a darling little angel. And that's what frightened Carol most of all...
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Mask Mi5's Penetration Of The Communist Party Of Great Britain by Dean Koontz ( 2005) MASK is the codename for one of the most sensitive, long-term sources ever run by any British intelligence organization. It concealed the existence of a radio interception programme operated by the Government Code and Cipher School (GC&CS) which succeeded in monitoring, and reading, large quantities of encrypted wireless traffic exchanged between the headquarters of the Comintern in Moscow, and numerous Comintern representatives abroad, in countries as far apart as China, Austria and the United States. The content of these secret messages was of immense use to the very limited group of people who had access to it. Of greatest interest to MI5 and Stanley Baldwin's Cabinet was the material passing to and from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), which was monitored from a covert intercept station located on Denmark Hill, south London. Its principal target was the daily wireless traffic of a clandestine transmitter based in Wimbledon and operated by a member of the CPGB's underground cell, |
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Mi nombre es raro Thomas/ Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz ( 2007) |
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Midnight by Dean Koontz ( 2004)
A series of bizarre deaths draws Tessa Lockland and Sam Booker to Moonlight Cove, where they team up with natives Chrissie Foster and Harry Talbot to combat the evil that threatens the community. Reissue.
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Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz ( 2005)
Mystery writer Marty Stillwater finds his life and family threatened by a psychotic killer professing to be the real Marty Stillwater and who embarks on a campaign to eliminate Marty and claim his family. Book available. Read by Jay O. Sanders.
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Night Chills by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
Paul Annendale, vacationing with old friend Sam Edison, comes upon an incredible plot by mad genius Ogden Salsbury and his moneyed and military cohorts to take control of the world through mastery of people's minds and behavior.
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Night Visions 4 by Dean Koontz, Robert R. McCammon, Edward Bryant ( 1987) |
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Odd Hours by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
Haunted by dreams of a powerful red tide, Odd Thomas, accompanied by two otherworldly sidekicks--his dog Boo and the Chairman of the Board--is drawn to a small California coastal town, where nothing is at it appears and where he confronts overwhelming and sinister forces out to stop his quest. Simultaneous.
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Odd Hours by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
Haunted by dreams of a powerful red tide, Odd Thomas, accompanied by two otherworldly sidekicks--his dog Boo and the Chairman of the Board--is drawn to a small California coastal town, where nothing is at it appears and where he confronts overwhelming and sinister forces out to stop his quest. (Horror)
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Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
In a small town out west, Odd Thomas works as a short-order cook at the Pico Mundo Grill. But he also communicates with ghosts, and has a particular talent for scoping out bad spirits called bodachs. When he finds a clutch of them hanging around with a stranger who has come to town, Odd starts to worry--and before long, he finds evidence that the stranger may be a serial killer. The question is, who's next? And can Odd stop the new wave of violence before it starts?
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Oddkins A Fable for All Ages by Dean Koontz ( 1988)
When the death of their creator leaves them without protection, a band of magic living toys must attempt a dangerous journey across the city to another toyshop, while under attack from evil toys serving the Dark One.
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One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz ( 2002)
A troubled young woman named Mickey Bellsong tries to find a handicapped little girl named Leilani Klonk, who has been spirited away by her evil stepfather.
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Phantoms Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 2002)
When the unsuspecting residents of the little town of Snowfield, California, disappear or die suddenly, a woman doctor and a dedicated county sheriff, aided by government authorities and scientists, pursue the terrifying mystery of the abandoned town. Reissue.
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Poems of Mallarme by Dean Koontz ( 1990) |
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Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
This volume marks the launch of a new series, in which two bestselling authors join forces to update Mary Shelley's most famous work. Two police detectives hunting down a serial killer stumble upon a shocking secret: the murderer was not born but manufactured, created by scientist Victor Helios, who in the 19th century bore another name: Victor Frankenstein.
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Raymond IV Count of Toulouse by Dean Koontz, Laurita Hill ( 1980) |
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Relampagos by Dean Koontz ( 1989) |
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Relentless by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
Unable to let go of a poor review of his latest best-seller, novelist Cubby Greenwich endeavors to track down the reclusive critic only to trigger a terrifying chain of events that reveal the critic's sociopath tendencies as well as the violent nature of the critic's mother. Simultaneous.
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Relentless by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
Unable to let go of a poor review of his latest best-seller, novelist Cubby Greenwich endeavors to track down the reclusive critic only to trigger a terrifying chain of events that reveal the critic's sociopath tendencies as well as the violent nature of the critic's mother. Simultaneous.
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Rescue Matters! How to Find, Foster, and Rehome Companion Animals A Guide for Volunteers and Organizers by Sheila Webster Boneham ( 2009) |
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Robot Santa The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz ( 2004) Dean Koontz kicks the holidayseason into high gear with awildly inventive and wickedly funny sequel to his perennial Christmas bestseller Santa's Twin. The Claus family's bad seed, Bob, is back and dishing out asecond helping of holiday havocand headaches for his twin brother, Santa.Exactly a year has passed since Bob kidnapped Santa and visited Charlotte and Emily in his stead, bearing gifts of mud pies, cat poop, and broccoli. After his defeat at the hands of the two brave sisters, Bobhas worked hard to redeem himself in Santa's eyes. Unfortunately Bob'sspare time has been spent secretly building a robot Santa Claus. Super Santa One was designed to help Santa halve his delivery time, but Bob has left a screw loose on his creation (several screws, actually), and this Christmas Eve, a badlymalfunctioning robot Santa Claus iscoming to town. |
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Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
"Someone has stolen Santas bank card!"Combining the tongue-in-cheek charm of a modern classic with the timeless magic of cherished holiday tradition, here is a new Christmas story guaranteed to delight children of all ages--including those who pretend to have not grown up.At the request of his fans, bestselling novelist Dean Koontz has created a contemporary masterpiece that is destined to take place alongside "The Night Before Christmas" and Christmas Carol as a perennial Yuletide favorite. Santas Twin is the hilarious and heartwarming story of two little girls, Charlotte and Emily, who set out to save Santa from his mischeivious twin--Bob Claus--who has not only stolen Santas sleigh, but has stuffed his toy bag with mud pies, cat poop, and broccoli! Plus, hes threatening to turn Donner, Blitzen and the rest of the reindeer into soup! And look at the messhes leaving under the tree!How the brave but foolhardy sisters fly to the north pole and rescue Santa from his "deeply troubled" twin is an utterly charming and unforgettable story that will add sparkle to your holiday season.The first major new Christmas story in decades, Santas Twin is sure to bring joy that parents can share with there children. Lavishly illustrated with spectacular paintings by Phil Parks, this thoroughly modern masterpiece breathes new life and warmth into the world's most beloved legendRead it aloud, preferably to someone whose laugh you love to hear.And Merry Christmas!
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Seize the Night by Dean Koontz ( 1999)
In this sequel to "Fear Nothing", Chris Snow, a surfer whose skin is unable tolerate sunlight, tracks his kidnapped, hyper-intelligent pet dog, and winds up tangling with the results of a genetic experiment that has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
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Seize the Night by Dean Koontz ( 2007) |
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Servants Of Twilight by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
A strange old woman descends upon Christine and her six-year-old son in an ordinary southern California parking lot and makes violent threats. Suddenly Christine's only son is targeted by a group of religious fanatics. They want to kill him . . . and they are everywhere!
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Shadow Fires by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
Rachel knew Eric would take the news that she wanted to divorce him poorly, but she wasn't prepared for his terrifying anger. When he is killed in a traffic accident, she can't help but feel a guilty relief--until someone who looks like Eric begins stalking her.
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Shadowfires by Dean Koontz ( 1987)
Unable to convince anyone of the truth, Rachael must face the living corpse of her violent ex-husband, Eric.
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Shattered by Dean Koontz ( 1993)
As Alex and Colin speed toward their new home in San Francisco where Courtney awaits them, they are pursued by a madman who is also eager to see Courtney.
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Sobreviviente by Dean Koontz ( 1998) |
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Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz ( 2006)
A airplane crash robs Los Angeles crime reporter Joe Carpenter of his happy life with his wife and two daughters, who perished in the accident. While visiting their graves, Carpenter spies a woman photographing the site and watches in horror as she is harassed by several toughs. He discovers that the mysterious woman is a genetic scientist who survived the crash, although her luck may be running out as a murderous corporation closes in on her in pursuit of a groundbreaking scientific discovery she has made. Was the plane crash a product of corporate acquisitiveness? Koontz has much to say on the subject of greed in this mystery cum sci-fi thriller.
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Stalkers by Dean Koontz ( 1992) |
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Strange Highways by Dean Koontz ( 1996)
From the denizens of hell to unlikely heroes, from vengeful children to suspiciously human like robots, this new collection of tales provides a hypnotic view of the strange highways of human experience: One as profound as it is mesmerizing.
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Strangers by Dean Koontz ( 2002)
A group of seemingly unrelated people experiences sensations of numbing terror and fear and, groping their way toward one another, discover their sinister, shared secrets in a chilling climax that changes their lives forever. Reissue.
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Susurros by Dean Koontz, Rosa S. De Naveira ( 1989) |
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The Taking by Dean Koontz ( 2004)
In one of the most dazzling books of his celebrated career, Dean Koontz delivers a masterwork of page-turning suspense that surpasses even his own inimitable reputation as a chronicler of our worst fears—and best dreams. In The Taking he tells the story of a community cut off from a world under siege, and the terrifying battle for survival waged by a young couple and their neighbors as familiar streets become fog-shrouded death traps. Gripping, heartbreaking, and triumphant in the face of mankind’s darkest hour, here is a small-town slice-of-doomsday thriller that strikes to the core of each of us to ask: What would you do in the midst of The Taking.
On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Niel Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now they rise to find a luminous silvery downpour drenching their small California mountain town. A strange scent hangs faintly in the air, and the young couple cannot shake the sense of something wrong. As hours pass and the rain continues to fall, Molly and Niel listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. Before evening, their little town loses television and radio reception. Then telephone and the Internet are gone. With the ceaseless rain now comes an obscuring fog that transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. By nightfall the Sloans have gathered with some of their neighbors to deal with community damage...but also because they feel the need to band together against some unknown threat, some enemy they cannot identify or even imagine. In the night, strange noises arise, and at a distance, in the rain and the mist, mysterious lights are seen drifting among the trees. The rain diminishes with the dawn, but a moody gray-purple twilight prevails. Soon Molly, Niel, and their small band of friends will be forced to draw on reserves of strength, courage, and humanity they never knew they had. For within the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a terrifying instant what is happening to their world—something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency. Epic in scope, searingly intimate and immediate in perspective, The Taking is an adventure story like no other, a relentless roller-coaster read that brings apocalypse to Main Street and showcases the talents of one of our most original and mesmerizing novelists at the pinnacle of his powers. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Three Complete Novels Cold Fire, Hideaway, Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
Three novels by the popular horror writer explore themes of death, memory, and psychic phenomena, in an omnibus edition that includes Cold Fire, The Key to Midnight, and Hideaway.
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Thrillers A Case of Need, the Door to December, the Pillars of the Earth by Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, Ken Follett ( 1995) |
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Tick Tock by Dean Koontz ( 2006)
Tommy Phan has unwittingly brought something evil into his home. The rag doll he found on his doorstep--with its beating heart, eyes that blink, and sinister green-eyed stare--is far from cuddly. In fact, Tommy only has until dawn before the full, terrifying power of the doll is unleashed.
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Tictac El Plazo Expira Al Amanecer by Dean Koontz ( 1999) |
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Trapped by Dean Koontz ( 1993) |
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Twilight by Dean Koontz ( 1984)
Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son, Joey, are pursued by a murderous, fanatical cult that believes that the child is the Antichrist and have targetted him for destruction.
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Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz ( 2007)
Sought by the police for murder, Slim Mackenzie, a young man both blessed and cursed by "twilight eyes," stalks the diabolical "Others," who feed their twisted needs with human suffering. Reissue.
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Unico Superviviente by Dean Koontz ( 2000) |
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Velocidad/ Velocity by Dean Koontz ( 2006)
A series of communications from a deranged killer in which he is offered a number of devastating choices and deadlines draws Bill Wiles into a confrontation with pure evil as his life becomes a downward spiral into a nightmare in which he must risk everything in a desperate race against time.
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Velocity by Dean Koontz ( 2006)
A man unwillingly holds the fate of others in his hands in this chilling psychological thriller by a master of the genre, bestselling writer Dean Koontz. California bartender Bill Wile's life is haunted by the most dreadful tragedy, but none of his past traumas prepare him for the anonymous note directing him to choose which of two women will be a killer's next victim. At first, he doesn't believe the note writer intends to carry out the threatened crime. Then one of the women is murdered--and that's only the first salvo in an escalating psychotic campaign that forces Bill into a series of wrenching, no-win choices that threaten to destroy him and everything that he holds dear.
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Victimas/Victims by Dean Koontz ( 1999) |
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Vision by Dean Koontz ( 1997)
With more than 200 million copies of his novels sold, Dean Koontz is an undisputed master. And in The Vision, he once again displays the talent that led the Chicago Sun-Times to call him "brilliant" -- and the San Diego Union-Tribune to praise his "always riveting" writing and his "wonderfully fiendish" plots.
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Visiones/ Visions by Dean Koontz ( 2006) |
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Voice Of The Night by Dean Koontz ( 1996) |
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The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
An unlikely pair of young male friends--Colin, a shy, nervous loner, and Roy, a popular and outgoing ladies man--are bound together in evil when they embark on a deadly game too terrifying to imagine and too irresistible to stop. Book available.
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The Voice of the Night Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
An unlikely pair of young male friends--Colin, a shy, nervous loner, and Roy, a popular and outgoing ladies man--are bound together in evil when they embark on a deadly game too terrifying to imagine and too irresistible to stop. Book available.
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The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
An unlikely pair of young male friends--Colin, a shy, nervous loner, and Roy, a popular and outgoing ladies man--are bound together in evil when they embark on a deadly game too terrifying to imagine and too irresistible to stop. Book available.
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The Voice of the Night Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 2008)
An unlikely pair of young male friends--Colin, a shy, nervous loner, and Roy, a popular and outgoing ladies man--are bound together in evil when they embark on a deadly game too terrifying to imagine and too irresistible to stop. Book available.
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The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz ( 1994)
Colin and Roy were total opposites -- and had everyone wondering why they were friends. Then one day Roy asked Colin, "You ever killed anything?" And from that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine -- and to irresistible to stop...
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Watchers by Dean Koontz ( 2004)
Two creatures, the end result of experiments in genetic engineering and enhanced intelligence, escape from a government laboratory and bring either death and destruction or a touching new kind of love to those they encounter. Book available.
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Whispers Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
Hilary Thomas, a screenwriter scarred by abuse suffered in childhood, and Tony Clemenza, an ace cop and would-be artist, plunge into a love affair while pursuing the psychopath who had brutally assaulted Hilary. Reissue.
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Winter Moon by Dean Koontz ( 2001)
Realizing that he is the only link between a Hollywood director's Los Angeles killing spree and the chilling visions of a Montana ranch caretaker, police officer Jack McGarvey finds himself drawn into a confrontation with an evil force. Reprint.
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World Cinema Critical Approaches by ( 2000) |
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The World Encyclopedia of Pistols, Revolvers & Submachine Guns by Dean Koontz, William Fowler, Charles Stronge ( 2008) |
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Writing Popular Fiction by Dean Koontz ( 1972)
Aspiring novelists are given advice on writing polishing, and marketing mysteries, suspense tales, Westerns, science fiction, and romances.
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Your Heart Belongs to Me Library Edition by Dean Koontz ( 2009)
For 34-year-old Ryan Perry, life is good a year after the heart transplant that had saved him from certain death, until he begins to receive strange messages united by the theme, "Your heart belongs to me," and discovers that he is being stalked by a mysterious woman who bears a striking resemblance to the donor of his heart. Reprint. A best-selling book.
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ZOV Recipes and Memories From The Heart by Zov Karamardian ( 2005) |
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