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Dean Koontz writes a tale of good and evil, and how the concepts influence people's lives. The book begins with three separate stories that eventually intertwine: a loving relationship between a mother and her genius son, a ruthless killer, and a young woman who takes it upon herself to raise her late sister's baby.
Koontz was born on July 9, 1945, in Everett, Pennsylvania, the son of Florence (née Logue) and Raymond Koontz. [3] [4] He has said that he was regularly beaten and abused by his alcoholic father, which influenced his later writing, as also did the courage of his physically diminutive mother in standing up to her husband. [5]
The Husband is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 2006. [1] ... puts the corpse in the back of his wife's car, and decides to visit his parents.
In a rare public appearance, bestselling author Dean Koontz joins Times readers Jan. 28 to discuss his new genre-crossing novel, 'The Bad Weather Friend.'
Strange Highways is a collection of 12 short stories and two novels by American author Dean Koontz, released in May 1995. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Four of the stories are revised from their originals. A British edition of the book (without the novella Chase ) was previously issued by Headline in April 1995.
James Tock was born in Snow County Hospital in Colorado and at the exact moment his grandfather, Josef Tock, a pastry chef, dies of a stroke.Though crippled by a stroke earlier in the week, moments before his death, Josef recovers miraculously to impart on his son Rudy ten cryptic predictions: among them that his grandchild will be named James—but that everyone will call him Jimmy.
Curtis and the dog escape, and eventually end up at the location of an alien sighting. UFO buffs Castoria and Polluxia Spelkenfelter, twins, recognize Curtis from the news reports of his murder and decide to help him. Eventually he reveals to them his true nature, and they pledge to assist him in the mission he has come to Earth to complete.
Koontz, who was walking along the beach at the time, had a front-row seat to the disaster. With tears in her eyes, she watched as someone's hard work and a house full of memories got swept away by ...