Sole Survivor, Dean Koontz
Sole Survivor, Dean Koontz
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Sole Survivor

Author: Dean Koontz

Narrator: Ryan Burke

Unabridged: 12 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2018


Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe plane crashed without warning. Three hundred and thirty people died. No explanation. No survivors. Now one man who lost everything that night is about to discover the answers he needs to go on with his life—or the conviction to finally end it.Crime reporter Joe Carpenter lost his wife and two daughters in the crash of Flight 353. Aching from his loss, Joe is unable to work, think, or do anything but grieve, and wait for his own death. Then Joe meets Rose, a woman who claims to be the crash’s sole survivor. But before Joe can probe further, the elusive Rose slips away and Joe is left with haunting, terrifying questions: If Rose lived through the crash, is it possible his family could have survived it, too? Did the authorities conspire to hide what really happened that night? Joe’s search for the truth will shatter him like nothing has before—and force him to question everything he thinks he knows about life and death.

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 Quentin on November 02, 2015

This book to me was a mixed bag. On one hand, it was a pretty cool story, and the action near the end was very suspenseful and engaging. However, I also think the book could have been shorter and been much better. I find many books have an issue of just being too long which causes the story to drag.......more

Goodreads review by Craig on June 03, 2022

I don't believe that Sole Survivor is among Koontz's best works, though it's an okay character study with some intriguing suspense elements. A man's family is killed in a plane crash, and when he encounters a woman who claims to have survived, his rage drives him to pursue her and search for answers......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 30, 2015

A bit of Firestarter by Stephen King. A bit of Runner by Patrick Lee. A tragic plane accident turns into something so much more. Koontz takes you on a bizarre spiritual adventure questioning our mortality, destiny, and how far some might go to keep that knowledge/power for themselves and use it for......more

Goodreads review by Howard on September 12, 2024

5 Stars for Solo Survivor (audiobook) by Dean Koontz read by David Birney. A man’s wife and child are lost in a plane crash and the more he looks into the details of the accident the more it looks like someone survived this horrible tragedy. And as he starts to ask questions the more it’s seems like......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 09, 2014

Perhaps it is just me, but this book ultimately seemed to be little more than the preaching and proselytising of a religious fundamentalist. At one stage in the book, a prominent biologist even goes to lengths to condemn evolution in the manner that only a creationist lunatic would. It was almost li......more