From AudioFile
Narrator B.D. Wong takes on the character of Tommy Phan, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to escape a home-brewed spell run amok. The story races through a terror-filled night as Tommy and his new friend, Deliverance Payne, try to outsmart a demon bent on murder. The many and varied facets of the tale, including suspense, family power struggles and New-Age spiritism, all come to life under Wong's expert narration. With subtle variations in tempo, tone and even volume, he keeps the listener riveted as the astonishing plot unfolds. Koontz's multicultural characters shine with distinct personalities, delivered with skilled inflection. Wong offers both popular American slang and foreigners' pronunciation of English with equal skill. Even the dog has a life of it's own. R.P.L. Winner of AUDIOFILE's Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine


Review
"Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler."
-- The Times (London)

Don't miss the latest thriller by Dean Koontz
False Memory

"Viscerally exciting...An extended, tense tour de force...An expertly crafted, ornate suspenser...Koontz fans will love it."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

And his other Bantam bestsellers:
Seize The Night
Fear Nothing
Sole Survivor
Intensity
Dark Riversof The Heart
Icebound
Winter Moon


Review
"Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler."
-- The Times (London)

Don't miss the latest thriller by Dean Koontz
False Memory

"Viscerally exciting...An extended, tense tour de force...An expertly crafted, ornate suspenser...Koontz fans will love it."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

And his other Bantam bestsellers:
Seize The Night
Fear Nothing
Sole Survivor
Intensity
Dark Riversof The Heart
Icebound
Winter Moon


Book Description
Tommy Phan is a successful detective novelist, living the American Dream in southern California. One evening he comes home to find a small rag doll on his doorstep. It's a simple doll, covered entirely in white cloth, with crossed black stitches for the eyes and mouth, and another pair forming an X over the heart. Curious, he brings it inside. That night, Tommy hears an odd popping sound and looks up to see the stitches breaking over the doll's heart. And in minutes the fabric of Tommy Phan's reality will be torn apart. Something terrifying emerges from the pristine white cloth, something that will follow Tommy wherever he goes. Something that he can't destroy. It wants Tommy's life and he doesn't know why. He has only one ally, a beautiful, strangely intuitive waitress he meets by chance--or by a design far beyond his comprehension. He has too many questions, no answers, and very little time. Because the vicious and demonically clever doll has left this warning on Tommy's computer screen: The deadline is dawn.

Ticktock

Time is running out.



From the Publisher
"Koontz is a master at maintaining mystery and suspense."
-- Library Journal"Dean Koontz writes page-turners, middle-of-the-night, sneak-up-behind-you suspense thrillers with a supernatural twist ... He touches our hearts and tingles our spines."
-- San Francisco Chronicle"Dean Koontz is a master storyteller ... always riveting."
-- The San Diego Union"Koontz's characters are fallible, complex, and human."
-- The New York Times Book Review"Koontz's writing is flawless."
-- The Denver Post


From the Inside Flap
Tommy Phan is a successful detective novelist, living the American Dream in southern California. One evening he comes home to find a small rag doll on his doorstep. It's a simple doll, covered entirely in white cloth, with crossed black stitches for the eyes and mouth, and another pair forming an X over the heart. Curious, he brings it inside.  That night, Tommy hears an odd popping sound and looks up to see the stitches breaking over the doll's heart. And in minutes the fabric of Tommy Phan's reality will be torn apart. Something terrifying emerges from the pristine white cloth, something that will follow Tommy wherever he goes. Something that he can't destroy. It wants Tommy's life and he doesn't know why. He has only one ally, a beautiful, strangely intuitive waitress he meets by chance--or by a design far beyond his comprehension. He has too many questions, no answers, and very little time. Because the vicious and demonically clever doll has left this warning on Tommy's computer screen: The deadline is dawn.

Ticktock

Time is running out.


From the Back Cover
"Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler."
-- The Times (London)

Don't miss the latest thriller by Dean Koontz
False Memory

"Viscerally exciting...An extended, tense tour de force...An expertly crafted, ornate suspenser...Koontz fans will love it."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

And his other Bantam bestsellers:
Seize The Night
Fear Nothing
Sole Survivor
Intensity
Dark Riversof The Heart
Icebound
Winter Moon



About the Author
DEAN KOONTZ, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives with his wife, Gerda, in southern California.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

ore chills and terror from the New York Times bestselling author of Intensity. When Vietnamese-American detective/novelist Tommy Phan finds a strange rag doll on his doorstep, he has no idea of its terrifying nature. Soon, Tommy finds himself being hunted in his own house after the doll grows into a monster determined to kill him.

FROM THE CRITICS

AudioFile - Ruth P. Ludwig