Bøger af Dean Koontz

A brilliant collection of dark and suspense-filled stories from the international bestselling Dean Koontz

Odd Thomas synes selv, han er en helt almindelig fyr. Men han besidder en gave – eller rettere en forbandelse: Han lever mellem to verdener og kan kommunikere med de døde.Sammen med sine nærmeste venner – både levende og døde – har han søgt tilflugt i en forfalden herskabsvilla i Santa Barbara. Men huset rummer frygtelige hemmeligheder og hjemsøges af hvileløse ånder. Odd og hans venner opdager hurtigt, at de ikke er alene, men at der iblandt dem også er noget andet mystisk og stadig mere skræmmende …

"Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancâee, and his favorite chair. He's not paranoid. Someone is out to get him.He just doesn't know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time. How strange--though it's a blessing, his uncle promises. Stranger yet is what's inside the crate. He's a seven-foot-tall self-described "bad weather friend" named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world. Spike will take care of it. He'll find Benny's enemies. He'll deal with them. This might be satisfying if Spike wasn't such a menacing presence with terrifying techniques of intimidation."--

Wat is dat vreemde geluid dat de twaalfjarige Malcolm vannacht hoorde uit het leegstaande huis van de buren? Hij krijgt er de rillingen van, maar hij kan er zijn vinger niet op leggen wat het kan zijn. Of was het toch maar een droom? Sinds de dood van de buurman een maand geleden staat het huis ten slotte leeg. Maar als zijn zus Amalia ook is opgeschrikt van het nare geluid, weet hij het zeker. Iets of iemand is in het huis, maar wat ze daar aan zullen treffen, gaat hun meest angstaanjagende verwachtingen te boven... Is er nog een weg terug voor de jonge broer en zus? De Amerikaanse auteur Dean Ray Koontz (1945) staat bekend om zijn spannende thrillers die vaak een vleugje horror, fantasy, science fiction of satire bevatten. Veel van zijn werken bereikten de New York Times-bestsellerlijst, waarvan meerdere direct op nummer één binnenkwamen. Dit maakt hem tot een van de grootste New York Times-bestsellerauteurs ter wereld. In totaal heeft hij maar liefst 105 boeken geschreven waarvan er meer dan zestig in het Nederlands te lezen zijn. Zijn boeken zijn wereldwijd meer dan 500 miljoen keer verkocht.

Vor zehn Jahren verschwand Emily spurlos. Man hielt sie für ein weiteres Opfer des Serienmörders Ronny Lee Jessup - doch ihre Leiche wurde nie gefunden.Der Schriftsteller David Thorne hat den Verlust seiner großen Liebe nie verkraftet. Als er Maddison begegnet, traut er seinen Augen kaum: Sie sieht auf unheimliche Weise aus wie Emily! Und sie weiß so viel über sie.Lebt Emily doch noch? Und kann es vielleicht sein, dass ...?Langsam kommt David der Wahrheit über die mysteriöse Doppelgängerin näher.Bestsellerautor Dean Koontz verknüpft Lovestory und Thriller zu einem spannungsgeladenen Mix. Nichts ist, wie es scheint.Dean Ray Koontz wurde im Juli 1945 in Pennsylvania geboren. Er verkaufte weit über 500 Millionen Bücher, die in 38 Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Dean Koontz ist einer der erfolgreichsten Autoren der Welt. Er lebt mit seiner Frau Gerda in Südkalifornien. The Times: »Dean Koontz ist nicht nur der Experte für unsere dunkelsten Träume, sondern auch ein literarischer Künstler.«

Drawn to a Montana homestead and to a strange childhood companion she'd long forgotten, Joanna Chase and others converge on this remote ranch where a madman lurks with a vision to save the future through murder, forcing them all to come together to save themselves--and humanity.

A modern-day Lazarus is humanity's last hope in a breathtaking novel about the absolute powers of good and evil by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished--including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry.Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he--or anyone else--has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired. Although what Michael does for Nina is life changing, his actions also evoke the wrath of John's father, a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles.But an even greater threat is descending: the Internal Security Agency's most vicious assassin, Durand Calaphas. Calaphas will stop at nothing to get his man. If Michael dies twice, he will not live a third time.From the tarnished glamour of Beverly Hills to the streets of South Central to a walled estate in Rancho Santa Fe, only Michael can protect Nina and John--and ensure that light survives in a rapidly darkening world.

Eine Mutter, ein Junge und ihr verzweifelter Kampf gegen das Böse. Woody Bookman ist elf Jahre alt. Er hat noch nie ein Wort gesprochen, obwohl seine Mutter Megan alles tut, damit ihr Junge glücklich ist. Aber Woody wird von dunklen Ängsten geplagt. Er glaubt, dass ein monströses Übel hinter dem tödlichen Unfall seines Vaters steckt und nun ihn und seine Mutter bedroht. Dieses Böse ist ein Mann, mit dem Willen, die Welt zu zerstören. Seine Kräfte werden immer stärker, und er ist nicht allein. Doch auch Woody ist nicht allein. Er hat einen ihm unbekannten Verbündeten ...„Dean Koontz ist nicht nur der Experte für unsere dunkelsten Träume, sondern auch ein literarischer Künstler" – The TimesDean Koontz verkaufte weit über 500 Millionen Bücher, die in 38 Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Er ist einer der erfolgreichsten Autoren der Welt.Dean Ray Koontz wurde im Juli 1945 in Pennsylvania geboren. Er verkaufte weit über 500 Millionen Bücher, die in 38 Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Dean Koontz ist einer der erfolgreichsten Autoren der Welt. Er lebt mit seiner Frau Gerda in Südkalifornien.

Vor Jahren verschwand seine Frau Michelle spurlos. Seither lebt Jeffy Coltrane mit seiner elfjährigen Tochter Amity allein. Eines Abends taucht Spooky auf, ein alter, obdachloser Exzentriker. Er bittet Jeffy ein geheimnisvolles Gerät zu verstecken, den unvorstellbar mächtigen »Universalschlüssel«. Als das Gerät versehentlich aktiviert wird, scheint zunächst alles wie zuvor zu sein; aber dann bemerken sie subtile Unterschiede. Bald offenbart sich eine unglaubliche Wahrheit: Der Universalschlüssel erlaubt es ihnen, Parallelwelten zu betreten. Und mit einem Mal stellen sich Jeffy und Amity die Frage: Könnte Michelle irgendwo da draußen im Multiversum noch einmal existieren?Dean Ray Koontz wurde im Juli 1945 in Pennsylvania geboren. Er verkaufte weit über 500 Millionen Bücher, die in 38 Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Dean Koontz ist einer der erfolgreichsten Autoren der Welt. Er lebt mit seiner Frau Gerda in Südkalifornien.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SUSPENSE MAGAZINE • Includes Dean Koontz's short story "You Are Destined to Be Together Forever"-its first time in print!From "one of the master storytellers of this or any age" (The Tampa Tribune) comes the stunning final adventure of "one of the most remarkable and appealing characters in current fiction"(The Virginian-Pilot)-as Dean Koontz brings the unforgettable odyssey of Odd Thomas to its dazzling conclusion. Odd Thomas is back where it all started . . . because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. Across the land, in the company of mortals and spirits alike, he has known kindness and cruelty, felt love and loss, saved lives and taken them-as he's borne witness to humanity's greatest good and darkest evil. Again and again, he has gone where he must and done what he had to do-for better or worse-with his courage and devotion sorely tested, and his soul forever changed. Every triumph has been hard won. Each sacrifice has taken its toll. Now, whatever destiny drives him has finally steered his steps home, where those he cares for most surround him, the memory of his tragically lost true love haunts him, and one last challenge-vast and dreadful-awaits him. For Odd Thomas, born to serve a purpose far greater than himself, the wandering is done. Only the reckoning remains.Praise for Saint Odd "Equal parts supernatural thriller, cultural satire, character study, bildungsroman, offbeat love story, road trip, spiritual meditation, and apocalyptic adventure, the Odd Thomas books . . . are more than irresistible page-turners. They are intimate, haunting, often heartrending, exhilarating, and beautifully composed."-Biography.com "Odd Thomas is such an endearing and likable character and, more than anything else, has been the reason for the success of the series. . . . For readers who have been with Odd all along, Saint Odd will satisfy."-Bookreporter Acclaim for Dean Koontz and his Odd Thomas novels "Odd's strange gifts, coupled with his intelligence and self-effacing humor, make him one of the most quietly authoritative characters in recent popular fiction."-Publishers Weekly "Koontz gives his character wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark side of humanity-and moral outrage."-USA Today "The ultimate Everyman . . . an avatar of hope and honor and courage for all of us-the linchpin of a rollicking good tale . . . Odd evokes the homespun wisdom of Forrest Gump amid the mind-spinning adventures of a Jack Bauer."-BookPage "There's never anything predictable about an Odd Thomas adventure."-Booklist "The nice young fry cook with the occult powers is [Koontz's] most likable creation . . . candid, upright, amusing and sometimes withering."-The New York Times "An inventive . . . mix of suspense, whimsy and uplift."-The Washington Post "Heartfelt and provocative . . . a wonderfully rich and entertaining story."-Chicago Sun-Times

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Welcome to the Pendleton. Built as a tycoon's dream home in the 1880s and converted to luxury condominiums not quite a century later, the Gilded Age palace at the summit of Shadow Hill is a sanctuary for its fortunate residents. Scant traces remain of the episodes of madness, suicide, mass murder-and whispers of things far worse-that have scarred its grandeur almost from the beginning. But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, elevators plunge into unknown depths. With each passing hour a terrifying certainty grows: Whatever drove the Pendleton's past occupants to their unspeakable fates is at work again. And as nightmare visions become real, as a deadly tide begins to engulf them, the people at 77 Shadow Street will find the key to humanity's future . . . if they can survive to use it. Includes the bonus novella The Moonlit Mind-first time in print

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER On the road, on a hot Arizona night, Dylan O'Conner is overpowered by a stranger who injects him with an unknown substance. All he's told is that he's the "carrier," not of a disease but of something wondrous that will transform his life in remarkable ways-if it doesn't kill him in the next twenty-four hours. Now Dylan, his autistic brother, Shep, and another "carrier," a young woman, are swept into a desperate search for the shattering truth of what they are and what they might become. But first they must elude those sent to destroy them. Their only chance to survive is to discover the meaning of the messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about a man who does his work by the light of the moon.

Could there really be such a thing as hell on earth? Odd only knows. #1 New York Times bestselling maestro of macabre suspense Dean Koontz plunges everyone's favorite spirit-spotting fry cook into his most frightening encounter yet, in the thrill-packed third Odd Thomas graphic novel. Transforming a ramshackle mansion into a dream house has become a nightmare for onetime Hollywood producer Nedra Nolan, whose newly purchased fixer-upper in Pico Mundo has sent a string of spooked contractors scurrying off the job, claiming the place is haunted. Who's she gonna call? Her friend recommends Odd Thomas, the mild-mannered young man with a gift for communing with ghosts who won't rest in peace. With his soul mate and sidekick, Stormy Llewellyn, in tow, Odd agrees to investigate the eerie incidents. But his spirit-seeking style is cramped by the obnoxious TV ghost hunters Nedra hires to flush out the troublesome phantoms with elaborate gadgets. As night falls and a raging storm traps them all in the mazelike manse, Odd tries in vain to scare up some lost souls. But instead, something more terrifying than any apparition-something with flesh, blood, and teeth-makes its sinister presence known. And with nowhere to hide, Odd and his fellow hunters suddenly become the prey.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers terrifying thrills in this novel about a man caught in a never-ending nightmare.Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes, he discovers something strange-like blood on his hands-a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person-a young man with Down's syndrome-can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Koontz is America's No. 1 author of thrillers [and] The Husband is one of his finest novels."-The Denver Post We have your wife. You get her back for two million cash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. If she's everything to you, then you'll find a way. Mitch loves his wife more than life itself. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he'll pay a lot more. He'll pay anything. Praise for The Husband"Breakneck speed and complexities . . . Koontz is a master of the edge-of-your-seat, paranoid thriller-and perhaps the leading American practitioner of the form."-The Star-Ledger "A pulse-pounding thriller with echoes of Hitchcock."-Publishers Weekly "[A] hair-raising thriller . . . Nothing should be given away about this sinuous nail-biter's developments . . . all help ratchet up the suspense."-Booklist (starred review)

"A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. Writer David Thorne still hasn't recovered from losing the love of his life, or from the guilt of not being there to save her. Then David meets Maddison Sutton, beguiling, playful and keenly aware of all David has lost. But what really takes his breath away is that everything about Maddison is just like Emily. Is she Emily? Or an irresistible dead ringer? What game is she playing? Whatever the risk in finding out, David's willing to take it for this precious second chance. It's been ten years since he's felt this inspired, this hopeful, this much in love--and he's afraid"--Page 4 of cover.