Dragon Tears, Dean Koontz
Dragon Tears, Dean Koontz
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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


Synopsis

Harry Lyon was a rational man, a cop who refused to let his job harden his soul. Then one fateful day, he was forced to shoot a man--and a homeless stranger with bloodshot eyes uttered the haunting words that challenged Harry Lyon's sanity:"Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn..."

About Dean Koontz

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


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on June 16, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Karl on January 24, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Eloy on December 27, 2020

"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

Goodreads review by Jay on June 12, 2022

How do people think up this stuff? Amazing from start to finish.......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on April 30, 2023

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


Quotes

“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