He creates characters who are human, people you care about and anguish with, everyday people stuck in extraordinary situations. But hidden between the covers is a rather entertaining tale. Every soul aboard had been hammered into ruin against the anvil of the earth. Having read several other authors in the same category of fiction, i think koontzs writing is incomparably the best. Sole survivor by dean koontz and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Dean koontz s popularity has helped him rank next to authors such as stephen king. Sole survivor this was the very first dean koontz book that made me fall in love with his books. Make offer sole survivor by dean koontz 1997 paperback signed night chills by dean koontz 1986, paperback signed. Dark rivers of the heart sole survivor intensity by. Sole survivor is a novel by the bestselling author dean koontz, published in 1997. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, joe encounters a woman named rose. Joe carpenter, the hero of dean koontzs newest novel, sole survivor, is a man nearly paralyzed by grief. Here, the insulationthe preaching about societal rot and spiritual redemptionis back on, thicker than ever.
A woman, who claims she was a survivor of the crash, approaches at his wifes grave. Also the villains, from the corporation to the henchmen, were almost. Dean landed his first job after graduation with the appalachian poverty program, where his assignment was to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a onetoone basis. It is about a woman named rose, who is being pursued by a company called teknologik. One year earlier, his wife and two children had been among. Sole survivor 9780553582949 by dean koontz and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. I so enjoyed listening to the first book i read by dean koontz years ago. Sole survivor by dean koontz, signed abebooks passion for books. This is the book that got me hooked on this wonderful author. Dean is married to his wife gerda, and lives in southern california with their golden retriever. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sole survivor. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Sole survivor is one of the best of koontz who is my favorite author. Koontz s last thriller, intensity, delivered shocks like a stripped hot wire. He graduated from shippensburg state college now shippensberg university and won an atlantic monthly fiction competition while still a senior. This book and a few others have mostly a brilliant storyline, but the language has become more about love and. A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead no survivors. Sole survivor must be one of koontz s older books, of course i dont know for sure since i bought only the kindle version that only gives me the recent date, not the original one. A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, joe encounters a. Sole survivor read online free from your pc or mobile. I did enjoy the book, but it just didnt have the depth of character from his later books. Cold fire winter moon the good guy one door away from heaven the door to december the husband the taking sole survivor intensity velocity, false memory mr. Of his family, joe carpenter was the sole survivor. In the year 2008, dean was ranked as the sixth highest paid author, at an approximated 25 million dollars each year. If he had been with them, then he too would have been identifiable only by his dental records and a printable finger or two.
After the death of his wife and daughter in a plane crash, a newspaper reporter discovers that the crash may have been related to a nefarious scientific experiment involving children. Cover features cover of sole survivor with koontz writes straight from todays headlines. Sole survivor quotes showing 120 of 20 human beings, however, were different from apples and oranges. Sole survivor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sole survivor must be one of koontzs older books, of course i dont know for sure since i bought only the kindle version that only gives me the recent date, not the original one. The flavor of the peel did not reliably predict the taste of the pulp. I would recommend anyone to try dean koontz earlier books first as like stephen king later books. Advance magazine, ingram book company, february 1997. Dean koontzs bestselling novel is brought to tv in this 4 hour miniseries. Dark rivers of the heart sole survivor intensity book. The book itself offers no clue as to what might be found inside. The story in sole survivor is beautifully and masterfully developed.
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This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on sole survivor. Murder dragon tears phantoms fear nothing demon seed. Discusses knopf having two books on the bestseller lists at the same time. Sole survivor is the story of one mans struggle to come to terms with the loss of his entire family in a plane crash. Sole survivor by dean koontz 1997, hardcover for sale. Editions of sole survivor by dean koontz goodreads. Now one man who lost everything that night is about to discover the answers he needs to go on with his lifeor the conviction to finally end it. Paperback dean koontz books for sale in stock ebay. Sole survivor unfolds at a heartstopping pace, as a desperate chase and a shattering emotional odyssey lead joe to a truth that will force him to reassess everything he thought he knew about life and death a truth that, given the chance, will rock the world and redefine the destiny of. So, ive loved dean koontz s books since i was a child, loved how quickly he gets through the intro and throws the readers into the story, and then its a fast paced journey until the end. Sole survivor also known as dean koontzs sole survivor is a canadian science fiction thriller filmminiseries adaptation of dean koontzs novel of the same name. Sole survivor by dean koontz audio book simply audiobooks. Dean koontz usually writes so much more than an eerie, suspense filled pageturner and sole survivor is no exception.
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