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Dean Koontz Breathless
Bantam 0553807153 / 9780553807158 Hardcover Fine
0553807153 Editorial Reviews n nFrom Publishers Weekly nBestseller Koontz (Relentless) delivers a hard-to-classify stand-alone set near the Rocky Mountains that will appeal more to fans of his Odd Thomas books than those partial to his Hitchcockian thrillers. While
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Dean Koontz Darkfall
Berkley 0425104346 / 9780425104347 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Very Good
0425104346 Synopsis nVoodoo invades a once quiet town as a low level sorcerer attempts to control the inhabitants. n nIndustry Reviews nA fast-paced tale...one of the scariest chase scenes ever! nBarnes
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Dean R Koontz Darkfall (Spanish Edition)
Sage, Evelyn/editorial Molino 8401495504 / 9788401495502 PAPERBACK Very Good
8401495504 Editorial Reviews - Darkfall n n nFrom the Publisher n n nA blizzard brings a city to a standstill-and ushers in an evil that defies imagination. n n n Loading... n n nMeet the Writer - Darkfall n n nFact File n n nName: nDean Koontz n nAlso Known As: nDavid Axton, Brian Coffey, K.R. Dwyer, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West, Aaron Wolfe n nCurrent Home: nNewport Beach, California n nDate of Birth: nJuly 9, 1945 n nPlace of Birth: nEverett, Pennsylvania n nEducation: nB.S. (major in English), Shippensburg University, 1966 n n* Dean Koontz's official web site n n nBiography n n nHe is one of the most recognized, read, and loved suspense writers of the 20th century. His imagination is a veritable factory of nightmares, conjuring twisted tales of psychological complexity. He even has a fan in Stephen King. For decades, Dean Koontz's name has been synonymous with terror, and his novels never fail to quicken the pulse and set hearts pounding. n nKoontz has a lifelong love of writing that led him to spend much of his free time as an adult furiously cultivating his style and voice. However, it was only after his wife Gerda made him an offer he couldn't refuse while he was teaching English at a high school outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that he had a real opportunity to make a living with his avocation. Gerda agreed to support Dean for five years, during which time he could try to get his writing career off the ground. Little did she know that by the end of that five years she would be leaving her own job to handle the financial end of her husband's massively successful writing career. n nKoontz first burst into the literary world with 1970's Beastchild, a science fiction novel that appealed to genre fans with its descriptions of aliens and otherworldly wars but also mined deeper themes of friendship and the breakdown of communication. Although it is not usually ranked among his classics, Beastchild provided the first inkling of Koontz's talent for populating even the most fantastical tale with fully human characters. Even at his goriest or most terrifying, he always allows room for redemption. n nThis complexity is what makes Koontz's work so popular with readers. He has a true gift for tempering horror with humanity, grotesqueries with lyricism. He also has a knack for genre-hopping, inventing Hitchcockian romantic mysteries, crime dramas, supernatural thrillers, science fiction, and psychological suspense with equal deftness and imagination. Perhaps The Times (London) puts it best: "Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler." n nGood To Know n n nShortly after graduating from college, Koontz took a job with the Appalachian Poverty Program where he would tutor and counsel underprivileged kids. However, after finding out that the last person who held his job had been beaten up and hospitalized by some of these kids, Koontz was more motivated than ever to get his writing career going. n nWhen Koontz was a senior in college, he won the Atlantic Monthly fiction competition. n nKoontz and Kevin Anderson's novel Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son was slotted to become a television series produced by Martin Scorsese. However, when the pilot failed to sell, the USA Network aired it as a TV movie in 2004. By that time Koontz had removed his name from the project. n nSome fun and fascinating outtakes from our interview with Koontz: n n"My wife, Gerda, and I took seven years of private ballroom dancing lessons, twice a week, ninety minutes each time. After we had gotten good at everything from swing to the foxtrot, we not only stopped taking lessons, but also stopped going dancing. Learning had been great fun; but for both of us, going out for an evening of dancing proved far less exhilarating than the learning. We both have a low boredom threshold. Now we dance at a wedding or other celebration perhaps once a year, and we're creaky." n n"On my desk is a photograph given to me by my mother after Gerda and I were engaged to be married. It shows 23 children at a birthday party. It is neithe
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Dean Koontz Dragon Tears
Berkley 0425140032 / 9780425140031 PAPERBACK Very Good
0425140032 Koontz's current best-seller relates the story of two Southern California police detectives who track down a demonic serial killer with paranormal abilities. The work is well-suited to audio, and fans of Koontz should enjoy this exceptional production. Jay O. Sanders is simply superb. All characters (even Woofer, a dog who plays an important role) are fully voiced. One of the characterizations--the golem--is so strikingly different from Sanders's normal voice that it's difficult at first to recognize that it's still Sanders speaking. This is a long production, but the pace never flags, and Sanders is consistently excellent. M.A.M. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Dean Koontz Funhouse
Headline Feature 0747238987 / 9780747238980 PAPERBACK Very Good
0747238987 Editorial Reviews n nProduct Description nThe carnival is a world apart, endlessly travelling from town to town, providing thrills and magic for new kids every week. And the biggest, most popular attraction is the Funhouse - the ghoulish creepshow of ghos
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Dean Koontz Hideaway
Berkley 042513525X / 9780425135259 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Very Good
042513525X YA-- Koontz's latest thriller sits at the intersection of the weird and the ordinary. Once again, he explores a ``what if'' scenario in a most satisfying fashion. In this case, a near-death survivor accidentally carries a piggy-backing evil spirit through an open door from the afterlife. Hatch Harrison, the typical good-guy hero, is revived by a brilliant team of doctors more than an hour after drowning. Strange visions and half-waking dreams soon convince him that his recovery is not at all normal. His fears are soon magnified when people who have annoyed him are murdered, and he knows that he is somehow responsible. Paralleling the story of Hatch's recovery is the unfolding revelation of a young man so evil that ordinary people cannot imagine his existence. As he skulks about selecting victims to murder and mutilate, a bizarre bond develops between the two men. Gory incidents tumble one after another as the two men become locked in first a psychic and then a physical battle between good and evil. The violent climax is symbolically set in an abandoned amusement park where at last the true duel identity of the murderer is revealed. Once again, evil is resoundingly defeated, but as any Koontz fan knows, the victory is only temporary. n-Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, VA nCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. n--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dean Koontz Icebound
Random House Audio 0679439358 / 9780679439356 Audiobook CASSETTE New
0679439358 From Publishers Weekly n nThis extensively revised edition of the early Koontz novel Poison Ice depicts an imperiled team of scientists involved in an Arctic experiment. nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. n nReview n nJammed with the tensions of imminent disaster. The whole thing unfolds with the timing of a quartz watch.-- Chicago Tribune
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Dean Koontz Intensity
Ballantine Books 0345384369 / 9780345384362 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0345384369 Editorial Reviews n nAmazon.com Review nA young woman staying as a guest in a Napa Valley farmhouse becomes trapped in a fight for survival with a self-proclaimed "homicidal adventurer", and races to warn his next intended victim. Unrelentingly terrifying, this book lives up to its name. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nFrom Publishers Weekly nKoontz's career has mirrored Stephen King's to a remarkable degree?the early pseudonymous novels, the bloated blockbusters, the increased use of horror as social commentary?albeit at a lag. Keeping step, this uncommonly sleek work is nothing less than Koontz's Gerald's Game: a distillation of what's come before and a slick play to regain the top by a writer whose popularity seemed to have peaked. Koontz even makes the centerpiece of Chyna Shepherd's battle against a serial killer her attempt to free herself from the restraints that bind her to a piece of furniture?the very same challenge faced by King's heroine. And just as Gerald's Game reinvigorated King's career and writing, this masterful, if ultimately predictable, exercise in high tension should do the same for Koontz's. This is basically a two-character novel, and both principals are compelling: the spirited Chyna, a youngish psychology student, and her nemesis, homicidal maniac Edgler Vess, who revels in sensation, be it pain or pleasure?in the intensity of experience. The two link when Vess kills Chyna's best friend as Chyna hides under a bed. Chyna pursues Vess but is eventually captured by him, after which she must combat not only those cuffs but also Vess's killer dogs, Vess himself and, of course, her own terror. For once, Koontz tamps down on his usual libertarian soapboxing to let the story race?which it does fast enough to give readers whiplash as they hold on to what may end up being the most viscerally exciting thriller of the year. 600,000 first printing; Literary Guild main selection. nCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Koontz, Dean Los servidores del crepusculo
Plaza & Janes Edito 8401495458 / 9788401495458 PAPERBACK Very Good
8401495458 Editorial Reviews - The Servants of Twilight n n nFrom the Publisher n n nA 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! n nPublishers Weekly n n nPreviously issued as a paperback original under the pseudonym Leigh Nichols, this is one of Koontz's better thrillers. Single parent Christine Scavello and her young son Joey find themselves confronted by a madwoman, Grace Spivey, who fancies she discerns the Antichrist in Joey's cherubic visage. Spivey is the charismatic leader of a religious cult whose fanatic members do her every bidding, including murdering the little boy, and everyone who stands in their way. After the police fail to provide adequate protection, Christine turns to private detective Charlie Harrison, whose business and home are soon firebombed by the cultists, and two of his men murdered, even as he finds that he is falling in love with Christine. The narrative moves along briskly until the last third, at which point a frantic chase sequence goes on too long. Nevertheless, this is a better than average adventure with supernatural overtones. The possibility of Joey's actually being the Antichrist is a deftly handled (and unresolved) tease. (March) n n n Loading... n n nMeet the Writer - The Servants of Twilight n n nFact File n n nName: nDean Koontz n nAlso Known As: nDavid Axton, Brian Coffey, K.R. Dwyer, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West, Aaron Wolfe n nCurrent Home: nNewport Beach, California n nDate of Birth: nJuly 9, 1945 n nPlace of Birth: nEverett, Pennsylvania n nEducation: nB.S. (major in English), Shippensburg University, 1966 n n* Dean Koontz's official web site n n nBiography n n nHe is one of the most recognized, read, and loved suspense writers of the 20th century. His imagination is a veritable factory of nightmares, conjuring twisted tales of psychological complexity. He even has a fan in Stephen King. For decades, Dean Koontz's name has been synonymous with terror, and his novels never fail to quicken the pulse and set hearts pounding. n nKoontz has a lifelong love of writing that led him to spend much of his free time as an adult furiously cultivating his style and voice. However, it was only after his wife Gerda made him an offer he couldn't refuse while he was teaching English at a high school outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that he had a real opportunity to make a living with his avocation. Gerda agreed to support Dean for five years, during which time he could try to get his writing career off the ground. Little did she know that by the end of that five years she would be leaving her own job to handle the financial end of her husband's massively successful writing career. n nKoontz first burst into the literary world with 1970's Beastchild, a science fiction novel that appealed to genre fans with its descriptions of aliens and otherworldly wars but also mined deeper themes of friendship and the breakdown of communication. Although it is not usually ranked among his classics, Beastchild provided the first inkling of Koontz's talent for populating even the most fantastical tale with fully human characters. Even at his goriest or most terrifying, he always allows room for redemption. n nThis complexity is what makes Koontz's work so popular with readers. He has a true gift for tempering horror with humanity, grotesqueries with lyricism. He also has a knack for genre-hopping, inventing Hitchcockian romantic mysteries, crime dramas, supernatural thrillers, science fiction, and psychological suspense with equal deftness and imagination. Perhaps The Times (London) puts it best: "Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler." n nGood To Know n n nShortly after graduating from college, Koontz took a job with the Appalachian Poverty Program where he would tutor and counsel underprivileged kids. However, after finding out t
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Dean R. Koontz Susurros
Plaza & Janes Editories Sa 8401495431 / 9788401495434 PAPERBACK Good
8401495431 Biography nAmazingly prolific and relentlessly suspenseful, Dean Koontz can be counted on for chilling, sometimes gory stories that occasionally overlap genres. His novels can jump from straightforward crime to sci-fi to horror, but the one thing he's consistent about is delivering nail-biting yarns that have kept fans reading for more than three decades.
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Dean Koontz The Door to December
Signet 0451181379 / 9780451181374 PAPERBACK Very Good
0451181379 From Publishers Weekly n nPublished pseudonymously in 1985, Koontz has revised this thriller portraying a pediatric psychiatrist's attempts to unravel the mental trauma suffered by her estranged nine-year-old daughter. nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Dean Koontz The House of Thunder
Trafalgar Square 0747236615 / 9780747236610 PAPERBACK Good
0747236615 Editorial Reviews n nFrom Publishers Weekly nKoontz ( Watchers , The Servants of Twilight ) has come up with an intriguing premise: Susan Thornton wakes up in a hospital after a serious car accident with an odd, selective amnesia. She can remember nothing
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Dean Koontz The Vision
Berkley 0425085325 / 9780425085325 PAPERBACK Very Good
0425085325 Editorial Reviews n nProduct Description nThe best-selling author of Mr. Murder tells the story of a woman haunted by visions of the man who tortured her in her childhood, vowing one day to return to her. Reissue. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. n nAbout the Author nDean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. if (typeof uet == 'function') { uet('xh'); }
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Dean Koontz Whispers
Berkley 0425097609 / 9780425097601 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0425097609 Editorial Reviews n nProduct Description nA beautiful woman scarred by a hateful past. A compassionate cop haunted by a childhood by poverty. Violence brought them together and an unspeakable abomination may tear them apart. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nAbout the Author nDean Koontz is one of the best-selling writers in the world. He lives in Newport Beach with his wife. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Dean Koontz Winter Moon
Ballantine Books 0345386108 / 9780345386106 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Very Good
0345386108 From Publishers Weekly n nA brush with death prompts L.A. policeman Jack McGarvey to move wife Heather and son Toby up to Quartermass Ranch, a Montana estate bequeathed to them by Eduardo Fernandez, the father of Jack's former partner. The McGarveys settle in, dismissing strange noises and smells, as well as weird trances that seem to grip Toby from time to time, as the embodiment of common fears of urbanites confronted by open spaces. It seems Eduardo had had uninvited visitors: the Givers, creatures from another dimension who came for an incomprehensible, apparently evil purpose. Scared out of his wits, Ed succumbed to a heart attack, but not before scrawling his discovery on a legal pad and stashing it in the freezer. These Givers are actually takers, assuming control of bodies and corpses to use them as vehicles in which to create mayhem. And now they want control of Toby. Bestselling author Koontz ( Hideaway ) exploits and occasionally skewers many horror novel and film conventions--including telepathic mind control games and the obligatory surprise blizzard during the climatic battle--to great effect while building tension in this gripping parable about the real cost of getting away from it all. nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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