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By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dean Koontz
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Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator with an afterword read by the author

A “superior thriller” (Oakland Press) about a man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz - nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods.

That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation....

©1987 by Nkui, Inc. Afterword © 2003, 2018 by Dean Koontz. (P)2018 by Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Animals Genetic Engineering Genre Fiction Horror Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction Exciting Paranormal Horror Fiction

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Critic reviews

“His best story yet! Cross Lassie with E.T., add a touch of The Wolfen and a dash of The Godfather, and you get a sense of some of the ingredients in this thriller....this is the sort of thoroughly frightening and entertaining tale that has its readers listening for noises in the night.” --Publishers Weekly

“His best ever, an imaginative and unusual blend of sense and sentiment. A fable about love and trust...with echoes of Frankenstein and The Island of Dr. Moreau. A breakthrough for Koontz.” --Kirkus Reviews

“Displaying...more depth and a lot more humor than Stephen King, Dean Koontz has really hit his stride.” --The New York Times Book Review

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I absolutely love this book, my favourite Dean Koontz novel, read many years ago, and hugely enjoyed again. Highly recommend people, don’t hesitate, download it and listen now.

Love this book

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A strange headline for a review, but what can I say. It is a great and truly original story. And a bonus for dog lovers. I felt sorry for the outsider though. The narrator is so good that I searched for him for my next reads!

For Dog Lovers

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I read this book when I was 15 and wanted to relive it in a new way, this story is one of my faves. And it actually unnerves me a little bit I’ve recommended this to everyone I know. Take a chance on it! Hope you enjoy !

Second time around

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Absolutely loved it, start to finish. I first read it some years ago and listening to it some 20 years later didn't take anything away from the experience. A really good bit of escapism.

one of my favourites

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Such a lovely violent, compassionate story, it embraces all emotional aspects of people, even the bad ones....

Incredibly captivating

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