Wilderness and Other Stories, Dean Koontz
Wilderness and Other Stories, Dean Koontz
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Wilderness and Other Stories

Author: Dean Koontz

Narrator: Dick Hill, MacLeod Andrews, Will Damron, Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 13 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/09/2014


Synopsis

“The world is a machine that produces endless surprises and mysteries layered on mysteries.”"Wilderness," a darkly intriguing short story first published as an e-book original, was written as prelude to Dean Koontz’s novel of mystery, suspense, and strange wonder—Innocence.Addison Goodheart was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, never known to his father, kept secret from everyone but his mother, who barely accepts him. Only in the woods, among the wildlife, is Addison truly welcome. Only there can he be at peace. Until the day he first knows terror, the day when his life changes radically and forever....Twelve of the other fourteen short stories and novelettes included in this audio anthology were most recently reissued in a print collection entitled Strange Highways, published by Warner Books (1995). The other two—"The Scariest Thing I Know" (2000) first published in Martha Stewart Living magazine and "Hostage Situation" (2009) in The New York Times Summer Thriller series.Only the short work "Down in the Darkness," has ever been produced for audio.

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 ☾❀Miriam✩ on September 20, 2024

some of these were really good but some others were so bad it made me want to hate the good ones too......more

Goodreads review by Keith on July 28, 2015

An enjoyable set of stories to listen to. However, I read many of them from "Strange Highways". New ones in this collection: "Wilderness", "The Scariest Thing I Know" and "Hostage Situation".......more

Goodreads review by Mashona on August 06, 2024

I've read only a couple of DK's novels throughout my years so it's safe to say I'm a newbie - all of these stories were new to me. I liked the stories on a whole - of course maybe 2 of them were predictable, but I enjoyed them anyway. Trying to figure out what to read next.........more

Goodreads review by Shirley on July 24, 2018

Good bunch of short stories.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 04, 2017

I didn't like this book as much I hoped to. I enjoyed some of the short stories, such as - The Black Pumpkin, Ollie's Hands and Kittens. The rest are all read and already forgotten.......more