

Dragon Tears
Author: Dean Koontz
Narrator: Jay O. Sanders
Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 03/02/2010
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural, Animals
Author: Dean Koontz
Narrator: Jay O. Sanders
Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 03/02/2010
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural, Animals
Author Dean Koontz was born in Everett Pennsylvania in 1945. He has used various Pen names such as, Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Owen West and Richard Paige. His accomplished occupations include novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and poet. Most people were not aware of his many Pen names and various talents in literature besides novelist. Koontz genres of choice are suspense, horror and science fiction thrillers. He has had 14 hardcovers and 14 paperbacks making it to #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. According to the Dean Kootnz official website, he has sold more than 450 million copies of his books.
A little known fact about Dean Koontz is that he had hair transplantation in the late intos. Many of his novels are set in or around Orange County, California where he lives with his wife Gerda, in Newport Coast in an estate named Pelican Hills. His reported annual salary is $25 million.1990
Initial Thoughts It's been a while since I've read a Koontz book. To be honest, I've got a very up and down relationship with the guy. When he's good, he's very good. But he's the kind of author who goes for quantity over quality and for every banger (Intensity, Phantoms, Twilight Eyes, Night Ch......more
Suspenseful and also satirical. Koontz expresses distaste of the societal tumult and moral decay of the 1990’s and personifies this viewpoint with a petulant, bratty man-child antagonist. The narrative voice that he lends the dog was also well done.......more
"Él era un vehículo para el rayo. Aunque en su sueño era de día, los cielos estaban oscuros, cubiertos por las negras nubes del Juicio Final. De esa tormenta para terminar con todas las tormentas, ondulantes ríos de electricidad hacia él, y de sus manos, a su voluntad, brotaban rayos. Estaba Devinie......more
How do people think up this stuff? Amazing from start to finish.......more
I’ve been a big Koontz fan since the early 80’s, when I figuratively inhaled every book I could get my grubby little hands on. This is a 1993 offering, that is not one of his best. The story begins with two police detectives caught in a shootout. In the aftermath, a young man with a God complex targ......more
“A razor-sharp, nonstop, suspenseful story.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“A great story...the most ambitious of Dean Koontz’s books.”—Columbus Dispatch
“The take-a-deep-breath ending alone is worth the price of the ticket.”—People
“A great story, sympathetic characters, and enough suspense to keep the pages flying.”—Detroit News
More Praise for Dean Koontz
“Dean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. [He creates] characters of unusual richness and depth.”—The Seattle Times
“Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose....‘Serious’ writers...might do well to examine his technique.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Lyrical writing and compelling characters...Koontz stands alone.”—Associated Press
“In every industry there exist ‘artists’ that are not only unforgettable, but know their craft better than the rest. Dean Koontz...is among these artisans.”—Suspense Magazine
“[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match.”—Los Angeles Times
“Perhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America...novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good...[and that] entertain vastly as they uplift.”—Publishers Weekly