Dean Koontz crea racconti suspenseful di personaggi, mistero e avventura che scavano nel profondo dell'esperienza umana. Celebrata dalla critica e amata da milioni di lettori in tutto il mondo, la sua opera esplora le profondità della psiche umana con narrazioni avvincenti. Lo stile distintivo di Koontz e la sua trama magistrale lo rendono una voce di spicco nella letteratura contemporanea. Le sue storie riflettono spesso la complessità della natura umana e gli interrogativi morali che affrontiamo.
In una tempestosa sera del gennaio 1955, Laura Shane viene miracolosamente al mondo grazie all'intervento di uno sconosciuto che pare essersi materializzato dal nulla. Da quel momento la sua esistenza è segnata da una catena di eventi terrificanti e incomprensibili, ma soprattutto dalla presenza del misterioso individuo che, annunciato da un lampo di luce, appare al suo fianco non appena il pericolo incombe. Ma chi è costui? Un provvidenziale angelo custode o un implacabile messaggero del male?
Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate—and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands…Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children—Joey loves monster movies, and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer. The time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins… Because Amy is pregnant. And the carnival is coming back to town. With a new afterword by the author
Il folle omicida che ha massacrato l'intera famiglia Templeton, in una notte di orrori, ignora di aver risparmiato la giovane Chyna, ospite nella casa per il weekend. La ragazza, vincendo la disperazione, si è nascosta sul camper del serial killer, con la speranza di poterlo consegnare alla giustizia, ma durante il tragitto viene a sapere di un agghiacciante segreto custodito nella cantina del mostro, e decide di seguirlo fino alla sua abitazione. Una volta all'interno, ha inizio un'interminabile, feroce partita...
I morti non parlano, ma tentano di comunicare. Di questo Odd Thomas, cuoco nel fast food di una piccola cittadina del deserto californiano, ha l'assoluta certezza. Odd ha un dono speciale: spesso riesce a vedere delle ombre, silenziose anime perse che tentano di comunicare con lui. A volte vogliono ottenere giustizia e spesso hanno fornito indizi utili a risolvere alcuni crimini o a prevenirne altri. Ma questa volta la situazione è diversa. Un uomo misterioso è giunto in città e Odd vede intorno a lui le ombre più sinistre che gli sia mai capitato di intravedere. Neanche i suoi ultraterreni informatori riescono a scoprire nulla sull'identità dell'uomo. L'unico indizio è una data segnata sul calendario: il 15 agosto. E oggi è il 14...
A gifted clairvoyant. A shocking vision. A deadly killer. Dean Koontz writes a spine-chilling novel in The Face of Fear - a gripping tale of predator and prey. Perfect for fans of Richard Laymon and Harlan Coben. 'Real suspense... tension upon tension!' - The New York Times Graham Harris is a gifted clairvoyant, and during a television interview, he 'sees' a murder being committed. He knows that the killer is the man the police have named the Butcher - the slayer of nine young women. Learning of the psychic identification, the Butcher begins to stalk this 'witness' to his crime, and traps Harris and his girlfriend at night in a vast forty-two-storey business building, hunting them relentlessly from floor to floor... What readers are saying about The Face of Fear : ' Your breathing will not return to normal once Koontz brings you immediately into the fold and hold of this book' ' Wonderfully told story about undisguised, revelled-in evil' 'This book combines the crime and thriller genres masterfully with a good dose of occult '
La vita in una roulotte è dura. Eppure la bella e sfortunata Micky Bellsong sente che la sua travagliata esistenza è a una svolta: ha la netta sensazione che le stia per accadere "qualcosa di molto potente". E l'occasione non tarda ad arrivare: è una bambina di nove anni, si chiama Leilani, abita da pochi giorni nella roulotte vicina e sembra possedere parecchie risposte ai misteri della vita e del dolore. A dispetto del tutore ortopedico alla gamba e i gravi problemi di articolazione che affliggono il suo braccio sinistro, Leilani è apparentemente molto più serena di Micky e assai matura per la sua età. Ma improvvisamente la roulotte di Leilani sparisce nel nulla e Micky fa una terrificante scoperta.
“Phantoms is gruesome and unrelenting…It’s well realized, intelligent, and humane.”—Stephen King They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California. At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease. But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...
It started out as a kid's game to while away the long drive across the country. It ends in a grotesque nightmare of death and destruction. Someone's out to get them. To destroy their dreams of the future. To plunge then into a paranoid world where every sound could be the last thing they hear.
For thirty-five years, Bruno Frye has lived in the shadow of the mother who made his heart beat with constant fear. And even though she died five years ago, the whispers still haunt him in the dark…enough to make him kill—and kill again…Hilary Thomas is one of his intended victims. And she’s about to learn that even death can’t keep a bad man down…
Immagina di essere un tipo come tanti; uno che si fa i fatti suoi anche se, come barista, sente sempre quelli degli altri. Immagina di trovare una sera, sotto il tergicristalli della tua auto, un biglietto che ti dà una terribile alternativa: entro sei ore, se non farai intervenire la polizia ucciderò un'adorabile insegnante, se la coinvolgerai ucciderò un'anziana filantropa. La scelta è tua. Probabilmente penserai che è soltanto uno scherzo di cattivo gusto. Ma il giorno dopo scoprirai che una maestra bionda è stata massacrata di botte nella Napa Valley, e sotto il tuo tergicristalli è comparso un altro messaggio, con una nuova alternativa di morte. E questa volta di ore te ne rimangono cinque. Allora decidi di avvertire la polizia ma...
E se l’incidente che le ha portato via suo figlio non fosse mai avvenuto? È trascorso un anno da quel giorno fatale in cui Tina Evans ha perso suo figlio Danny e anche se la sua vita è cambiata per sempre, ora sta finalmente iniziando ad accettarlo. Il successo nel lavoro, un incontro di passione e sentimento… tutto sembra rimettersi al posto giusto. Ma le basta confondere il viso di un bambino per quello di suo figlio nell’auto di uno sconosciuto per scatenare in lei un vortice di dubbi ed emozioni incontrollate. E poco dopo, nella camera del suo bambino, sulla lavagna cominciano ad apparire due parole: NON MORTO. Tina ha motivo di credere che quell’incidente con gli scout non si sia mai verificato, e che forse suo figlio viene tenuto lontano da lei, prigioniero di un uomo in nero, e disperatamente bisognoso del suo aiuto. E così, verso un lento e inesorabile destino, il dolore e il dubbio genereranno in lei un’ossessione da cui le sarà impossibile sottrarsi: il bisogno di rivedere suo figlio a costo di sprofondare nell’abisso. Organizzazioni militari segrete e misteriose sperimentazioni sono al centro del romanzo di Dean Koontz, che grazie alla sua straordinaria capacità di descrivere l’animo umano già nel 1981 riuscì a profetizzare una minaccia del nostro tempo in un thriller angosciante e sensazionale.
Dopo ottanta minuti di morte apparente, Hatch - coinvolto con la moglie in un incidente stradale - ritorna miracolosamente alla vita. La gioia della coppia è tale che, poco dopo, adotta perfino una bimba. Ma la felicità della famiglia dura poco: Hatch è angosciato da orribili incubi e quando alcune persone che lo hanno danneggiato scompaiono brutalmente dalla scena, si convince di non essere del tutto estraneo agli eventi. Il Male sembra chiamarlo a una sfida. Un romanzo a tinte forti, nello stile inimitabile del miglior Koontz.
Il timido, goffo, impacciato Colin ha improvvisamente trovato il suo migliore amico in Roy Borden, che al contrario di lui ha tutto per piacere e riuscire con successo. Ma è proprio l'amicizia tra i due ragazzi che spinge Colin a seguire Roy in una investigazione che riguarda un orrendo crimine commesso vent'anni prima. L'amicizia dei due adolescenti assume l'aspetto di un'ossessione, poi quello di una sinistra avventura. E' l'inizio di una discesa agli inferi che sconvolge tutta la tranquilla cittadina di Santa Leone.
Harry Lyon was a cop who believed in order and reason, until the fateful day he was forced to shoot a man. Now he is haunted by the words that were uttered by a homeless stranger with bloodshot eyes..".Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn..".
Dom Corvaisis, Ginger Weiss, Ernie Block ed altri: non si conoscono e vivono lontani gli uni dagli altri, ma li accomuna una paura cieca e misteriosa che trasformai loro giorni e notti in incubi. C'è un ricordo confuso di una violenza subita, di un'immagine luminosa e indecifrabile. Qualcuno però è disposto a uccidere per evitare che la loro memoria diventi più precisa. Ma non serve. Il ricordo riaffiora: tutti hanno soggiornato al Tranquility Motel di Ernie. Quale segreto si nasconde nel deserto del Nevada? Perché nessuno deve sapere?
Timothy Carrier, mentre si gode una birra dopo il lavoro nella taverna di un amico, si diverte a coinvolgere i clienti eccentrici in conversazioni divertenti. Ma l'uomo nervoso che si siede accanto a lui quella sera lo scambia per qualcun altro e gli passa una busta piena di denaro. "Diecimila adesso. Ricevi il resto quando lei sarà morta." L'uomo esce, lasciando una foto di una bella donna segnata per la morte e il suo indirizzo. Ma le cose stanno per peggiorare. Poco dopo, un altro sconosciuto si siede accanto a Tim. Questo è un killer spietato che crede che Tim sia l'uomo che lo ha assunto. Pensando in fretta, Tim dice: "Ho cambiato idea. Ti do diecimila—per non fare nulla. Chiamalo un compenso per non uccidere." Tiene la foto e dà il denaro al killer. Quando Tim segue segretamente l'uomo fuori dalla taverna, riceve un ulteriore shock: il killer è un poliziotto. Improvvisamente, Tim Carrier, un uomo comune, si trova al centro di un mistero di proporzioni straordinarie, l'unico che può salvare una vita innocente e fermare un killer molto più potente di qualsiasi poliziotto… e tanto spietato quanto il male incarnato. Ma prima Tim deve scoprire in sé la capacità di altruismo, resistenza e coraggio che può trasformare anche un uomo ordinario in un eroe, risorse interiori che trasformeranno la sua idea di chi è e di cosa significhi essere Il Bravo Ragazzo.
Melanie è ormai sparita da sei anni quando sua madre Laura, che ha sempre sospettato dell'ex marito Dylan - anch'egli svanito nel nulla -, viene condotta dalla polizia sul luogo di una strage. La donna identifica il corpo di Dylan, uno scienziato dedito a misteriosi studi, come si legge nel suo folle diario. Ma è il suo laboratorio a svelare molti segreti: lì dentro la piccola è stata segregata e sottoposta ad allucinanti esperimenti. Poco dopo, la bambina viene ritrovata in stato di choc, ma il suo incubo non è ancora finito...
Un lungo inseguimento carico di suspense si dipana attraverso paesaggi incantevoli, con un uomo e una donna in fuga da un folle criminale a capo di un'organizzazione parafascista. Spencer Grant, ex poliziotto segnato da cicatrici sia fisiche che interiori, incontra Valerie in un bar di Santa Monica. Lei è un mistero avvolto in ombre, e quando lui cerca di rivederla, lei scompare. Nel tentativo di trovarla, Spencer subisce un attentato. I due, inizialmente separati, si ritrovano intrappolati in una spirale di odio e violenza, nel mirino di un uomo potente che manipola anche i sistemi di sorveglianza del governo americano. Valerie possiede informazioni preziose e inquietanti, mentre Spencer diventa suo complice, rendendoli entrambi prede vulnerabili. La loro lotta per la salvezza si trasforma in una corsa disperata, accompagnati solo da un cane che sembra percepire le loro paure. Abituati a una vita solitaria e piena di insidie, Spencer e Valerie si trovano a dover affrontare un pericolo incomprensibile, armati solo del loro amore e della loro esperienza. La storia si snoda tra sentimenti intensi e una critica alla società, con i due innamorati che cercano di sfuggire alla morte.
La storia di Joe Carpenter inizia esattamente un anno dopo un incidente aereo che ha portato alla morte della moglie Michelle e delle figlie Chrissie e Nina. La perdita delle persone più care ha stravolto Joe, allontanandolo dalla società. Il volo numero 353 ha cambiato la sua vita. Incapace di continuare il suo lavoro di giornalista investigativo, Joe vive in un mare di ricordi e dolore, sopravvivendo con pensieri di morte. Tutto cambia quando, nel giorno dell'anniversario della tragedia, incontra al cimitero una donna bella e misteriosa di nome Rose. Le circostanze insolite di questo incontro risvegliano in lui un nuovo interesse, e scopre presto che Rose era a bordo del volo numero 353. È Rose l'unica sopravvissuta alla catastrofe aerea? Cosa è successo a Michelle, Chrissie e Nina? Joe intraprende un viaggio alla ricerca della verità, svelando gradualmente le intricate circostanze del caso…
In una fredda serata di pioggia, il famoso autore di gialli Martin Stillwater rientrando a casa si trova di fronte ad un uomo identico a lui! L'intruso gli intima di restituirgli la sua vita, accampando diritti persino sulla moglie e sulle figlie. Martin, credendo di avere a che fare con un proprio sosia psicopatico, gli spara, ma neanche le pallottole riescono a fermare lo sconosciuto, che si nutre dei pensieri dello scrittore e comincia a perseguitarlo. Non resta che la fuga, fino alla drammatica, imprevedibile, resa dei conti.
I pacchetti arrivano alla villa di Bel Air con una cadenza precisa, come legocce d'acqua di una tortura cinese che non dà tregua. Tanto è misterioso illoro contenuto, tanto è certo il fatto che puntualmente ne arriverà un altro.Ed esattamente come in un film, le minacce che contengono aumentano la lorobizzarria a ogni consegna. Ma a capo del servizio di sicurezza della villadella star più famosa di Hollywood c'è Ethan Truman, un uomo abituato aguardare ben oltre la superficie...
Cullen Greenwich, noto autore di bestseller, vive un'esistenza invidiabile con sua moglie Penny, illustratrice di fiabe, e il loro geniale figlio di sei anni, Milo. La sua vita prende una piega inaspettata quando il suo libro viene stroncato da un critico temuto, Shearman Waxx. Nonostante i consigli di amici e familiari di ignorare la critica, Cullen è irresistibilmente attratto dall'idea di scoprire chi sia questo misterioso critico. Quando finalmente si confronta con Waxx, sente pronunciare le inquietanti parole "Giudizio finale", non riferite al suo romanzo, ma a una minaccia ben più grave. Waxx si rivela un avversario spietato, e Cullen, insieme alla sua famiglia, si trova braccato da un sadico determinato a sterminarli. Mentre emergono casi di artisti torturati e uccisi, Cullen si rende conto che questi eventi sono interconnessi in una spirale di terrore. In questo thriller avvincente, il maestro della suspense esplora il sottile confine tra bene e male, mettendo alla prova un padre costretto a combattere contro una malvagità inimmaginabile.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense comes a riveting thriller that probes the deepest terrors of the human psyche—and the ineffable mystery of what truly makes us who we are. Here an innocent man finds himself fighting for his very existence in a battle that starts with the most frightening words of all… At thirty-four, Internet entrepreneur Ryan Perry seemed to have the world in his pocket—until the first troubling symptoms appeared out of nowhere. Within days, he’s diagnosed with incurable cardiomyopathy and finds himself on the waiting list for a heart transplant; it’s his only hope, and it’s dwindling fast. Ryan is about to lose it all…his health, his girlfriend, Samantha, and his life. One year later, Ryan has never felt better. Business is good and there’s even a chance of getting Samantha back in his life. Then the unmarked gifts begin to arrive in the mail—a heart pendant, a box of Valentine candy hearts. And, most disturbing of all, a graphic heart surgery video accompanied by a chilling message: Your heart belongs to me. In a heartbeat, the medical miracle that gave Ryan a second chance at life is about to become a curse worse than death. For Ryan is being stalked by a mysterious woman who feels entitled to everything he has. She’s the spitting image of the twenty-eight-year-old donor of the heart beating steadily in Ryan’s own chest. And she’s come to take it back.
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.
In ELSEWHERE, master storyteller Dean Koontz, has created a brilliant and terrifying speculative thriller with hat-tips to George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and HG Wells.
Seven legendary authors recount the life of Lyle Speaks, from his hardscrabble boyhood in Texas to his later years as an aging cattle rancher in Montana, years in which his colorful past may yet come back to haunt him.
This anthology features 13 mystery stories written by well-known mystery authors collaborating with their children and grandchildren. Each story features a short personal introduction by the adult and child writing team on what it was like to collaborate on their included story. Contributors include Scott Turow, Sharyn McCrumb, Stuart Kaminsky, Jonathan Kellerman, Elizabeth Engstrom, and many others.
On the eve of World War II, Hiroki Okumo, disciple of an ancient Japanese religion, seeks the long-lost key to the devastating Black Wind while two men try to steal his fiance, Meiko
Jane Hawk—fiction’s most relentless, resourceful, stunning new
heroine—continues her battle against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting
sequel to The Silent Corner. “No time to delay. Do what you were born to do.
Fame will be yours when you do this.” These are the words that ring in the
mind of mild-mannered, beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun—just before she
takes her own life, and many others’, in a shocking act of carnage. When the
disturbing contents of her secret journal are discovered, it seems certain
that she must have been insane. But Jane Hawk knows better. In the wake of her
husband’s inexplicable suicide—and the equally mysterious deaths of scores of
other exemplary individuals—Jane picks up the trail of a secret cabal of
powerful players who think themselves above the law and beyond punishment. But
the ruthless people bent on hijacking America’s future for their own monstrous
ends never banked on a highly trained FBI agent willing to go rogue—and become
the nation’s most wanted fugitive—in order to derail their insidious plans to
gain absolute power with a terrifying technological breakthrough. Driven by
love for her lost husband and by fear for the five-year-old son she has sent
into hiding, Jane Hawk has become an unstoppable predator. Those she is
hunting will have nowhere to run when her shadow falls across them.
"Jane Hawk--rogue FBI agent and the country's #1 fugitive--confronts her worst nightmare when her enemies strike shockingly close to home ... Jane Hawk thinks her precious five-year-old son is hidden safely away, with vigilant, indomitable friends. But the malice and resources of her powerful adversaries are boundless and their hunters are circling ever closer to the boy, hoping to draw his mother into their trap. Jane's courage, wits, discipline, and skill will be tested as never before, as she searches for a way through an ever-contracting labyrinth of terror."
Odd Interlude, Dean Koontz’s New York Times bestselling three-part digital series—now in one volume for the first time THERE’S ROOM AT THE INN. BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT. Nestled on a lonely stretch along the Pacific coast, quaint roadside outpost Harmony Corner offers everything a weary traveler needs—a cozy diner, a handy service station, a cluster of cottages . . . and the Harmony family homestead presiding over it all. But when Odd Thomas and company stop to spend the night, they discover that there’s more to this secluded haven than meets the eye—and that between life and death, there is something more frightening than either.
They escape from a secret government: two mutant creatures, both changed utterly from the animals they once were. And no one who encounters them will ever be the same again: A lonely widower; a ruthless assassin; a beautiful woman; a government agent. Drawn together in a deadly hunt, all four are inexorably propelled towards a confrontation with an evil beyond human imagining.
Bartholomew Lampion was blinded at the age of three, when surgeons reluctantly removed his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. But although eyeless, Barty regained his sight when he was thirteen. This sudden ascent from a decade of darkness into the glory of light was not brought about by a holy healer. No celestial trumpets announced the restoration of his vision, just as none had announced his birth. A rollercoaster had something to do with his recovery, as did a seagull. And you can't discount Barty's profound desire to make his mother proud of him before she died. The first time she died was the day Barty was born. January 6, 1965.
Jane Hawk faces the fight of her life The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with a blockbuster new thriller featuring rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk. `I could be dead tomorrow. Or something worse than dead' Rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk knows she's living on borrowed time. But as long as she's breathing, she'll never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedom - and free will - of millions. Battling the mysterious epidemic of murder-suicides that claimed Jane's husband has made Jane a wanted fugitive, hunted relentlessly by the secret cabal behind the plot. They are determined to see her dead . . . or make her wish she was. Propelled by her righteous fury, Jane will confront head-on the lethal forces arrayed against her. But nothing can prepare her for the chilling truth that awaits when she descends the crooked staircase to the dark and dreadful place where her long nightmare was born.
Ingenious plot twists create an engaging and often chilling narrative, captivating readers with unexpected developments. The book's ability to maintain suspense while delivering a compelling story has garnered praise, highlighting its skillful storytelling and emotional depth.
I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that's why he's won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death. But when a childhood friend disappears, Odd discovers something worse than a dead body and embarks on a heart-stopping battle of will and wits with an enemy of exceptional cunning. In the hours to come there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between despair and hope. You're invited on an unforgettable journey through a world of terror and transcendence to wonders beyond imagining. And you can have no better guide than Odd Thomas.
With his bestselling blend of intensity, artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz presents an emotional roller coaster filled with twists, turns, shocks, and surprises. This tale follows five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy, challenging perceptions of good and evil, life and death. Jimmy Tock enters the world as his grandfather departs, during a violent storm. As Rudy Tock walks the hospital corridors between the waiting room and his father's bedside, a strange vigil unfolds. At the storm's peak, Josef Tock sits up and speaks coherently for the first time since his stroke, delivering a chilling message: five dark days await his grandson, each marked by terrible events. The first occurs in Jimmy's twentieth year, followed by crises in his twenty-third, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth years. Initially dismissing his father's words, Rudy is unsettled when he learns Josef accurately predicted Jimmy's birth details and a physical anomaly. The weight of these predictions grows, leading to questions about the terrifying events that lie ahead for Jimmy. As the story progresses through each crisis, Jimmy's journey defies expectations, revealing a fate he could never have imagined. His struggle against pervasive evil will test the limits of his spirit, uncovering a mystery that is both dangerous and wondrous.
Buddy Holly's plane just went down. But for P.I. Sam McCain, bad news hits even closer to home. A local couple turns up dead, and the investigation teaches him that behind the white picket fences of small-town Iowa, there's a flip side to the American dream.
In a small town besieged by monstrous creatures, scattered survivors unite to confront a looming threat. As they prepare for battle, they uncover Victor Frankenstein's dark and nihilistic vision for humanity's future, revealing the chilling extent of his influential allies. The story explores themes of survival, resistance, and the moral implications of scientific ambition amid a backdrop of chaos and fear.
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 10 years ago and now has a new identity. By a #1 best-selling author. Reissue.
Ben Chase is a war hero with bitter memories. Vietnam left him with a hard drinking habit, a mental breakdown - and massive guilt. So who will believe him when he swears a psychopath is out to get him? When society is sick, the mad are sane - and persecution is a killer's game...
Odd Thomas lives always between two worlds. He can see the lingering dead and knows that even in the chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange meaning that invites our understanding - but often thwarts it. Intuition has brought Odd Thomas to the quaint town of Magic Beach on the California coast. As he waits to learn why he has been drawn here, he finds work as cook and assistant to a once-famous film actor who, at eighty, has become an eccentric with as long a list of fears as he has stories about Hollywood's golden days. Odd is having dreams of a red tide, vague but worrisome. By day he senses a free-floating fear in the air of the town, as if unleashed by the crashing waves. But nothing Prepares him for the hard truth of what he will discover as he comes face to face with a form of evil that will test him as never before...
When nowhere is safe... The start of a gripping new thriller series featuring
rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk, from the master of suspense and New York Times #1
bestselling author.
When things get scary, it’s nice to know that Odd is on our side. The one and only Odd Thomas is back—in his second edgy and enthralling graphic-novel adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling suspense master Dean Koontz.It’s Halloween in Pico Mundo, California, and there’s a whiff of something wicked in the autumn air. While the town prepares for its annual festivities, young fry cook Odd Thomas can’t shake the feeling that make-believe goblins and ghouls aren’t the only things on the prowl. And he should know, since he can see what others the spirits of the restless dead. But even his frequent visitor, the specter of Elvis Presley, can’t seem to point Odd in the right direction.With the help of his gun-toting girlfriend, Stormy, Odd is out to uncover the terrible truth. Is something sinister afoot in the remote barn guarded by devilish masked men? Has All Hallows Eve mischief taken a malevolent turn? Or is the pleading ghost of a trick-or-treater a frightening omen of doom?
Martie is an ordinary woman until she develops autophobia - fear of oneself. As her condition worsens, her husband is determined to find out what triggered her illness and he finds that Dr Mark Ahriman (a leading psychiatrist) may be more than just a doctor but perhaps a prime suspect.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz raises the stakes—and the suspense—taking his Frankenstein saga to a dynamic new level with the riveting story of a small town under siege, where good and evil, destruction and creation, converge as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. FRANKENSTEIN: LOST SOULS The war against humanity has begun. In the dead hours of the night, a stranger enters the home of the mayor of Rainbow Falls, Montana. The stranger is in the vanguard of a wave of intruders who will invade other homes . . . offices . . . every local institution, assuming the identities and the lives of those they have been engineered to replace. Before the sun rises, the town will be under full assault, the opening objective in the new Victor Frankenstein’s trajectory of ultimate destruction. Deucalion—Victor’s first, haunted creation—saw his maker die in New Orleans two years earlier. Yet an unshakable intuition tells him that Victor lives—and is at work again. Within hours Deucalion will come together with his old allies, detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison, Victor’s engineered wife, Erika Five, and her companion Jocko to confront new peril. Others will gather around them. But this time Victor has a mysterious, powerful new backer, and he and his army are more formidable, their means and intentions infinitely more deadly, than ever before.
Golden retriever Trixie misses her best friend, Jinx the dachsund, when Jinx's family takes him on vacation. By the best-selling author whose books are published in 38 languages and have sold over 400 million copies, including 12 New York Times #1 best-sellers.
When artist Dylan O'Connor pulls into a motel off the Arizona interstate highway, all he wants to do is relax with his autistic brother Shepherd, and get a good night's sleep. Yet within the hour he finds himself bound, gagged and being injected with some mysterious fluid by a lunatic 'doctor' who claims that Dylan will be the carrier for 'his life's work'. Jillian Jackson, a comedian, is midway through her tour of seedy cocktail lounges and and second-rate comedy clubs, accompanied only by her pet pot plant Fred. Her plans for stardom are dramatically altered, however, when she too falls victim to the same eccentric scientist, who makes off with her beloved cadillac. The doctor warns his victims that he is being pursued and that they too are now targets. If they are caught, they will be killed. Both are sceptical, but when 3 black Chevrolet Suburbans come screaming into the motel carpark and Jillian's stolen car is found in flames, they begin to wonder if the lunatic doctor wasn't so mad after all...
Baba Lavelle is a stranger in New York. A stranger with a mission to break the Mafia stranglehold on the city's drug traffic, and take it over himself. He has no guns, no army of hoods, no friends in high places. But he has the Power - magical, ancient, and terrifyingly brutal. The power that thrives in darkness.
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 story, you know only half the truth. Get ready for the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of…Dean Koontz's Prodigal SonEvery city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O’Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itself–and that just may be where this case ends up. For the no-nonsense O’Connor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are more—and less—than human. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For their quarry isn’ t merely a homicidal maniac—but his deranged maker.
The sixth Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller. Our reluctant hero is drawn once more into a strange encounter with the lingering dead. Later that morning, when I walked downtown to buy blue jeans and a few pairs of socks, I met a guy who offered to neuter me with a .45 pistol. In a sinister encounter with a rogue truck driver, Odd - who has the gift of seeing the dead and the soon-to-be dead - has a disturbing vision of the slaughter of three innocent children. Across California, into Nevada and back again, Odd embarks on a road chase to prevent the tragedy. But he is to discover that he is not up against a single twisted sociopath but a mysterious network of evil men and women whose resources appear supernatural. Luckily, in this world that Odd finds so beautiful and full of wonders, and deeply odd as well, he meets a collection of like-minded eccentrics who will help him to take the next giant step towards his destiny.
One boy with the power to save the world. One man with the will to destroy it. The chilling, unputdownable new standalone thriller from Dean Koontz, the master of suspense. ‘The master of our darkest dreams’ The Times
A secret Arctic experiment turns into a frozen nightmare when a team of scientists, stranded on a drifting iceberg with a massive explosive charge, battles the elements for survival, only to discover that one of them is a murderer. Reissue.
Twelve years after the death of her lover in a college hazing, Susan Thornton, hospitalized after a serious accident, sees the four men responsible for his death
Reporter Holly Thorne is intrigued by Jim Ironheart, who has saved 12 lives in the past three months. Holly wants to know what kind of power drives him, why terrifying visions of a churning windmill haunt his dreams, and just what he means when he whispers in his sleep that an enemy who will kill everyone is coming. a oeA master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns.a - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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.
Earth is a radioactive ruin. But the initial campaign of the Butlerian Jihad has given new hope to mankind. Serena Butler, whose murdered child has become a symbol for oppressed humanity, inspires a war against the thinking computers led by Xavier Harkonnen and Vorian Atreides. But four of the Titans - murderous machines with human brains and human cunning - still remain. And the universal computer mind, Omnius, still wields most of its power.
On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough... Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he'll pay a lot more. From its tense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is a thriller that will hold you in its relentless grip for every twist, every shock, every revelation. This is a Dean Koontz novel, after all. And there's no other experience quite like it.
After a long stretch in Yuma prison, Sam Conagher settled in the town of Templar to begin a new life, esp. since Sam's old cellmate lived there as a Bible-thumping sheriff.
This accessible guide to the development of Japan s indigenous religion from
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myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto s enduring
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Soon no one on Earth will have a place to hide in this novel about fears known and unknown by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob's Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting. The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob's Ladder in search of someone--or something--they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a state of high alarm. Katie soon finds herself in an epic and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy. But Katie's not alone after all: a brave young girl appears out of the violent squall. As Katie and her companion struggle across a dark and eerie landscape, against them is an omnipresent terror that could bring about the end of the world.
The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. Frankenstein lives! And so too does his monstrous creation ... but this creature of legend is a monster no more and his scarred face bears witness to his maker's wrath. His name is Deucalion. As a devastating hurricane approaches New Orleans, Victor Helios, once know as Frankenstein, has unleased his benighted creatures onto the streets. As New Orleans descends into chaos, his engineered killers spin out of control, and the only hope rests with Victor's first and failed attempt to build the perfect human, whose damned path has led him to the ultimate confrontation with his pitiless 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. This is a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time.
Detective novelist Tommy Phan comes home to find a strange doll on his doorstep. That night, something terrifying breaks out of the doll and begins to follow Tommy wherever he goes.
One by one, the children of Moonlight Bay are disappearing. No one knows if they are dead or alive. Christopher Snow, suffering from the rare disorder xeroderma pigmentosum, has glimpsed the dark and torrid secrets of the small-town community where he has spent his entire life. And only he has the key to the truth - a truth that could only exist in the genetic chaos of Moonlight Bay.
