Dean R. Koontz Livres

Tout avait commencé par un dimanche ensoleillé de février. Ce jour-là, la mort vint soudain ricaner au nez du petit Joey, sous les traits d'une vieille femme aux cheveux gris, au visage blafard, aux yeux glauques. "Il faut qu'il MEURE!" criait-elle d'une voix haineuse. Puis le chien du gamin fut massacré tandis que Joey et sa mère échappaient de justesse à un attentat. Car la secte tout entière, fanatisée par la vieille folle, était à leurs trousses. Traque infernale dans le cadre glacial des montagnes du Nevada. Avec pour gibier Joey, Antéchrist descendu sur terre pour semer la violence et la désolation. Et si, après tout, Joey n'était pas un petit garçon tout à fait comme les autres ?

Chyna, 26 ans, est invitée à passer le week-end dans la famille de sa meilleure amie. Au milieu de la nuit, un hurlement déchire le silence. Un homme est en train de massacrer les habitants de la maison. Mais il ignore que Chyna est présente, Chyna qu'une enfance difficile a doté d'un instinct de survie exacerbé, Chyna, horrifiée, en proie à une rage folle, qui, sur une impulsion, décide de tuer le tueur, se dissimule dans son camping-car et repart avec lui. S'engage alors un duel à mort entre deux individus que tout sépare, sauf peut-être cette manière de tout vivre pleinement avec une extrême intensité.

Junior Cain vient de pousser sa jeune femme Naomi du haut de la tour. Il regarde à présent le corps désarticulé en contrebas sur les rochers et il se dit qu'il a aimé ça. Aujourd'hui, junior Cain s'est découvert une vocation. Le même jour, à quelques milliers de kilomètres, en Californie, un enfant est né. Il s'appelle Bartholomé. Un enfant surdoué qui croisera un jour le chemin du tueur, junior Cain en a le pressentiment. Il ne peut l'expliquer mais il sait son destin lié à cet être. Il doit le retrouver et le supprimer. Et rien ni personne ne pourra stopper sa course meurtrière.

Pico Mundo, Californie. Le jeune Odd Thomas, cuisinier de son état, possède un don particulier: il communique avec les morts. Pourra-t-il sauver la petite ville du mal qui rôde ?

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 TimesGraham 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'

Joanna Rand est installée depuis dix ans au Japon. Sa vie se déroule tranquillement, à la tête 'un cabaret où elle chante tous les soirs. Et, malgré une certaine solitude, elle serait parfaitement heureuse si elle ne faisait pas chaque nuit le même cauchemar : un homme avec une main mécanique s'approche d'elle, et veut lui planter une seringue hypodermique dans le bras. Qui est cet homme ? L'a-t-elle connu jadis ? Pour le savoir, il lui faudra partir à la recherche de son propre passé, et en trouver la "clé interdite"...

Pas d'erreur : il était suivi. Mais pourquoi et par qui ? La question tournait à l'obsession pour Alex. Il s'était fait une joie de cette traversée des Etats-Unis en voiture, vers San Francisco où son épouse Courtney l'attendait pour commencer une nouvelle vie. Mais un parfait inconnu traverse lui aussi le continent pour retrouver Courtney. Quelqu'un dont le cerveau est rongé de l'intérieur, quelqu'un qui connaît sa route, ses arrêts et qui semble deviner ses moindres changements d'itinéraire. Quelqu'un qui a une hache...

Le chef-d'œuvre de Dean Koontz enfin disponible en format poche Depuis trente-cinq ans, Bruno Frye vit dans l'ombre de sa mère, qui lui inspire une sainte terreur. Morte depuis cinq ans, elle continue a lui murmurer a l'oreille... et lui intime de tuer. Sa prochaine victime est toute désignée : Hilary Thomas. Peut-être parce qu'elle est scénariste a Hollywood, la police ne croit pas la jeune femme, qui se dit en grand danger. Hilary n'a alors d'autre choix que de se défendre elle-même lorsque Frye l'agresse de nouveau. Et, par accident, elle le tue. Elle commence a peine a se remettre de cet horrible cauchemar que Bruno Frye réapparait ! Pourtant, c'est bien connu, les morts ne ressuscitent pas...

Dylan O'Conner et Jillian Jackson deux jeunes artistes, victimes d'un improbable médecin qui leur a injecté une substance, doivent fuir. Les ennemis de ce même médecin vont chercher à les abattre. Le produit mystérieux qui coule dans leurs veines les conduit vers une succession d'expériences de plus en plus traumatisantes. En proie à de sinistres prémonitions, ils sont inexplicablement attirés sur le lieu de différentes tragédies, juste avant que l'irréversible ne soit perpétré. Pourquoi ont-ils été choisis comme cobayes ? Quelle est la nature exacte de ce pouvoir miraculeux ? Comment peuvent-ils l'utiliser au mieux pour contrecarrer le mal ?

Quatre crimes en deux jours. Bah ! pour Jack Dawson, policier new-yorkais, quoi de plus banal ? Ce qui l'est moins, c'est que les victimes n'ont été ni poignardées, ni abattues mais mordues, griffées à mort. Des bêtes, nul doute, mais lesquelles ? Et venues d'où ? Sur les corps, des milliers de traces sont là — non identifiables. Atroce, dément, surnaturel... mais les flics refusent le surnaturel. Sauf Dawson peut-être, que le hasard a conduit sur la piste d'un étrange Haïtien. La magie noire, le vaudou... Pourquoi rejeter l'hypothèse ? D'autant que l'enquête piétine, que de monstrueuses petites créatures ont surgi, ici et là, que d'autres meurtres pareillement « signés » sont commis, que New York commence à paniquer...

Danny, onze ans, est mort dans un effroyable accident de car. C'est du moins ce que la police affirme à sa mère, Tina Evans, déconseillant d'identifier le petit corps horriblement mutilé. Mais, un an plus tard, Tina trouve, inscrit à la craie sur le tableau noir de l'enfant, un message de son fils. Manifestation d'outre-tombe ? Plaisanterie macabre ? Serait-elle en train de devenir folle ? Ou bien encore... Tina veut en avoir le cœur net : elle demande à faire rouvrir la tombe. Dans l'heure qui suit, les services secrets tentent de l'assassiner...

Lorsque Rachel demande le divorce, son mari devient fou furieux. A tel point que quand celui-ci est tué dans un accident de voiture, la jeune femme est presque rassurée. Mais le corps disparaît de la morgue. Et soudain Rachel se trouve traquée et poursuivie par quelqu'un qui ressemble étrangement à son défunt mari.

The citizens of Moonlight Cove 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. Enter the shocking world of Moonlight Cove, where four unlikely survivors confront the darkest realms of human nature...

Elle seule savait ce qu'il y avait derrière la porte, mais elle ne pouvait pas parler, juste hurler d'effroi. Alors qu'elle avait tout juste trois ans, Mélanie a été enlevée, par son père, un psychologue passionné d'occultisme. Six ans plus tard, on retrouve la petite fille errant en état de choc dans les rues de Los Angeles. On découvre également son père, ou plutôt ce qu'il reste de son corps, mutilé, broyé. Mélanie, profondément traumatisée, ne sort de son mutisme que pour supplier que l'on referme une mystérieuse "porte sur l'hiver" et bientôt, en plein été californien, un vent glacial, inexplicable, balaie tout dans la maison. La porte sur l'hiver est entrouverte...

Déjà connu en France pour ses romans de science-fiction, D.R. Koontz est surtout considéré aux Etats-Unis comme l'un des grands maîtres du roman de terreur.

Après vingt ans d'absence, Joey Shannon, joueur de poker alcoolique et minable, revient dans sa ville natale pour l'enterrement de son père. Assailli de visions morbides, il s'apprête à faire demi-tour, lorsque, à la faveur d'une tempête, la route qu'il empruntait autrefois pour se rendre à l'université s'offre miraculeusement à lui. Reprenant l'itinéraire de jadis, il se retrouve alors sur les lieux où, vingt ans plus tôt, un terrible accident l'avait privé du destin auquel il était promis. Peu à peu une autre réalité prend forme, le passé resurgit, et il découvre que son frère n'est pas seulement l'écrivain que tous s'accordent à trouver génial. Aurait-il plongé dans le temps pour se voir offrir une chance de véritablement... refaire sa vie ?

Est-ce parce que sen père était un psychopathe que Spencer orant a choisi de devenir flic ? Sans doute... Mais cela ne saurait suffire à exorciser quelques minutes d'horreur absolue et des années de cauchemars. Car que s'est-il vraiment passé autrefois derrière la porte rouge, quand il était adolescent ? Incapable de s'en souvenir, il revient sans cesse en rêve devant cette fameuse porte éclaboussée de sang, mais ne peut jamais la franchir.

Martin Stillwater a une imagination fertile. Une imagination qui a séduit son épouse, qui fait la joie de leurs petites filles et qui assure à ses thrillers un succès toujours grandissant. Mais peut-être a-t-il une imagination trop fertile... Par un près-midi pluvieux, un incident terrifiant le pousse à se demander s'il n'est pas en train de perdre le contact avec la réalité. Puis soudain, un inconnu, son sosie parfait, s'introduit chez lui, l'accusant de lui avoir volé sa femme, ses enfants, bref sa vie. Affirmant être le véritable Martin Stillwater, l'intrus se déclare prêt à tuer pour récupérer ce qui lui revient de droit. La police pense que l'écrivain a inventé le mystérieux agresseur. Chercher à la convaincre ne servirait à rien. Ne pouvant compter que sur eux-mêmes, seuls face à un tueur doté de pouvoirs quasi surhumains, Martin et les siens n'ont plus qu'une solution : s'enfuir. Mais, où qu'ils aillent, où qu'ils se cachent, le double maléfique réussit toujours à les retrouver.

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.

The explosive conclusion to the Jane Hawk saga, from No. 1 New York Times bestseller Dean Koontz.She will destroy her enemies once and for all...

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.

Cobey Daniels is the hottest star in the country. But bad times are coming and if Cobey wants to live, he must play shadow games.

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.

The No.1 bestselling classic from Dean Koontz, the master of chilling suspense, that will thrill fans of Stephen King and the Odd Thomas series. The first time the lightning strikes Laura Shane is born... The second time it strikes the terror starts... though eight-year-old Laura is saved by a mysterious stranger from the perverted and deadly intentions of a drug-crazed robber. Throughout her childhood she is plagued by ever more terrifying troubles, and with increasing courage she finds the strength to prevail - even without the intervention of her strange guardian. But, despite her success as a novelist, and her happy family life, Laura cannot shake the certainty that powerful and malignant forces are controlling her destiny. Then the lightning strikes once more and shatters her world. The adventure - and the terror - has only just begun...

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.

The third Odd Thomas novel from Dean Koontz, following 'Odd Thomas' and 'Forever Odd'.

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.

The seventh and final Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller.

When Micky Bellsong encounters disabled Leilani Klonk and her stepfather, Preston Maddoc, she finally finds some purpose in her troubled life, so when the family disappears, Micky embarks on an arduous mission to find them.

This is Dean Koontz's first ever non-fiction book. It tells the deeply moving story of his life with his beloved golden retriever, Trixie.

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...

Closer...They found the first body hideously swollen and still warm. Then they found two severed hands. Then two staring heads in wall ovens. 150 were grotesquely dead and it had hardly begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.and closer...At first they thought it was a maniac. Then they thought it was an obscene new disease. Then they thought it was the Russians.and closer...Then they found out the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...

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...

Gripping and filled with increasing paranoia and mystery, this novel showcases Dean Koontz's talent for creating compelling characters, particularly the smart and appealing Jane Hawk. Critics praise Koontz for his Shakespearean prose amidst an era of brief text messages, noting that the story is rich in both action and emotion. The narrative is a blend of paranoia-fueled suspense, sleek action, and developed characters, featuring numerous twists that elevate it above ordinary thrillers. It resonates with current events while being audacious in its storytelling, marking it as one of Koontz's finest contemporary works. Renowned for his action scenes, Koontz delivers thrilling sequences and clever details throughout the book, with prose that remains first-rate. This initial entry in a new series is described as perhaps Koontz's leanest and meanest thriller yet, introducing a heroine capable of outsmarting and outshooting her adversaries. With zippy dialogue and a captivating central character, this latest page-turner adds to Koontz's impressive bibliography, reinforcing his status as a long-time A-list bestseller. Readers will find themselves riveted from the very first page, earning it high praise and a five-star rating.

The first graphic novel from Dean Koontz, featuring the famously well-loved character of Odd Thomas.

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? 

The third graphic novel adventure featuring Dean Koontz's hugely popular character, Odd Thomas - the small-town fry-cook who can see the dead.

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.

The international bestseller Dean Koontz delivers a masterclass of storytelling suspense in this thriller. What would you do if a serial killer forced you to choose who he murders next? On the windscreen of his SUV, Billy finds the first note. It gives him a choice. If he takes the note to the police, an elderly woman will be killed. If he doesn't approach the police, a schoolteacher will die. He thinks it's a hoax. The schoolteacher is killed. Further notes taunt Billy's conscience, forcing him to decide who lives and who dies. He must think the unthinkable, fast, in an accelerating nightmare. More communications from the killer follow with ever tighter deadlines. Each is more personal, more confrontational than the last until he is isolated, with no one to rely on but himself. Finally, he must risk everything to save the helpless, clueless victims...

After surviving a near-death experience, a man is haunted by bizarre visions that challenge his perception of reality. As he grapples with these unsettling occurrences, he must uncover the truth behind them, leading him into a suspenseful journey filled with psychological tension and unexpected twists. This chilling thriller explores themes of survival, the fragility of life, and the mysteries that lie beyond death, showcasing Dean Koontz's signature blend of suspense and supernatural elements.

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 Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god

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.

The voice of the night can transform childhood fantasy into terrifying reality. If you listen to the voice, you may never see the dawn again... Colin Jacobs is a shy, awkward, bookish fourteen-year-old. His only real companions are those from the science fiction stories he loves. But his life changes when Roy Borden, the most popular kid in town, becomes his 'blood brother'. There's only one problem. Roy has a secret - a secret so terrible that Colin can hardly imagine it. By the time he comes to face the truth, it's almost too late. His own life is in danger - and no one will believe him ...

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 ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto s enduring religious identity.

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.

A twist on the tale of ambition and science gone wrong, with the trappings of modern science.

Death of domineering womanizing husband does not end fear that he will return transformed to seek revenge.

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.

Heart-stopping supernatural thriller from the master of suspense. Addison Goodheart is not like other people...

No.1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz is at the peak of his storytelling powers with this major new novel - a rich, multi-layered story that moves back and forth across decades and generations as a gifted musician relates the 'terrible and wonderful' events that began in his city in 1967, when he was ten

A modern-day Lazarus is humanity’s last hope in a breathtaking novel about the absolute powers of good and evil by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished―including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he―or anyone else―has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired. Although what Michael does for Nina is life changing, his actions also evoke the wrath of John’s father, a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles. But an even greater threat is the Internal Security Agency’s most vicious assassin, Durand Calaphas. Calaphas will stop at nothing to get his man. If Michael dies twice, he will not live a third time. From the tarnished glamour of Beverly Hills to the streets of South Central to a walled estate in Rancho Santa Fe, only Michael can protect Nina and John―and ensure that light survives in a rapidly darkening world.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the must-read thriller of the year, perfect for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure.

Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend’s tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different—and passes to him a manila envelope full of cash. “Ten thousand now. You get the rest when she’s gone. ” The stranger walks out, leaving a photo of the pretty woman marked for death, and her address. But things are about to get worse. In minutes another stranger sits next to Tim. This one is a cold-blooded killer who believes Tim is the man who has hired him. Thinking fast, Tim says, “I’ve had a change of heart. You get ten thousand—for doing nothing. Call it a no-kill fee.” He keeps the photo and gives the money to the hired killer. And when Tim secretly follows the man out of the tavern, he gets a further shock: the hired killer is a cop. Suddenly, Tim Carrier, an ordinary guy, is at the center of a mystery of extraordinary proportions, the one man who can save an innocent life and stop a killer far more powerful than any cop…and as relentless as evil incarnate. But first Tim must discover within himself the capacity for selflessness, endurance, and courage that can turn even an ordinary man into a hero, inner resources that will transform his idea of who he is and what it takes to be The Good Guy. From the Hardcover edition.

Odd Thomas has seen danger and he has seen death. He lives between two worlds, communicating with the lingering dead. He stands between us and our darkest fears, never failing the tests that confront him, whatever the cost. He finds refuge in a crumbling mansion, a place of terrible secrets, haunted by lingering spirits.

A Los Angeles crime reporter whose wife and daughters were killed in a plane crash meets a woman who claims to have survived the crash while a shadowy organization tries to stop her.