The story of laura shane and stefan krieger, her guardian angel, is a riveting and surprisingly thoughtful departure from the authors thrillers. It is a quick easy read that wont consume too much of your time so it is worth the ride. Holly decides to follow this humble yet elusive savior on his next mission. Koontz s attempt at a straightforward horror novel, it was originally released as shadow fires under the pseudonym leigh nichols, and tells the story of a young woman who, in the process of getting a divorce from her husband of seven years, becomes a widow after a traffic accident. In portland, he saved a young boy from a drunk driver. Download or stream the darkest evening of the year by dean koontz.
Cold fire by dean koontz book cover, description, publication history. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cold fire. Koontzs sleekest novel in yearsa swift psychospiritual adventure about a miracleworker and the woman who loves him. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the whispering room. Holly wants to know what kind of power drives him, why terrifying visions of a churning windmill haunt his dreams, and just what he means when he whispers in his sleep that an enemy who will kill. Koontz, the master of horror, demonstrates his talent for science fiction and romance. I would recomend this set to any reader who has read at least a book or two by koontz, for the newlyreads will need to have some experiance in intensemystery.
Here, in place of the veinings of subplots and characters that enlivened his last three bestsellers the bad place, midnight, and lightning, koontz offers a single, enticing mystery. In houston, he disarmed a man who was trying to shoot his own wife. May 16, 2017 listen to cold fire audiobook by dean koontz. The washington post dean koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler the times.
He mostly has written standalone novels, although he also is the author of a number of series, including the black bat mysteries mike tucker, moonlight bay, odd. The other titles, cold fire and key to midnight, are intense and extremely well discriptive, as are all of his books. The book started out very well, and was quite suspenseful. Cold fire is a beautiful story encompassing the complexities of accepting the past and moving forward into the future.
Dec 07, 2004 cold fire ebook written by dean koontz. He has written under the pen names of david axton, gerda ann cerra and brian coffey. In boston, he rescued a child from an underground explosion. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. Totally unbelievable by todays technology, but who knows what the future holds.
It has good amount of weirdness and two nice primary characters. Sep 24, 2017 audiobook horror dean koontz cold fire 1. Shadowfires by dean koontz, sandra burr, audiobook mp3 on. City of night by dean koontz overdrive rakuten overdrive. Lightning by dean koontz read by christopher lane audiobook. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of. Read the darkest evening of the year a novel by dean koontz available from rakuten kobo. Sep 24, 2017 audiobook horror dean koontz cold fire 2. Berkley a deeply mysterious man rushes to faraway places and somehow manages to save people from the brink of death.
In cold fire, one of the details that truly stands out is the intense blue eyes of the protagonist, jim ironheart, and a voice plays an interesting part in a plot. Cold fire was published in 1991, after the bad place and before koontz starting coming out with 23 novels each year. Dean koontzs the silent corner being adapted for tv. After the first third of the book was over, there was very little action to keep the reader interested until the end. Someday ill have to read the rest of koontzs books to see if he really does have a preoccupation with these things, or if im just grasping at straws. It s clear koontz has a firm grasp on todays progress in cyber technology, and firmly believes there will be future advances in the future, and most likely a few setbacks as in midnight. May 15, 20 cold fire is very typical of koontz style and writing. Koontz barely lets the reader come up for air between terrors.
A popular bestselling thriller follows the events surrounding a quiet and reclusive man who emerges as a guardian angel for those in need, but who also warns of an. Dean koontz, carol cowan, michael hanson, brilliance audio. There are really only 2 and a half characters, which is unusual for koontz. Shadowfires is a novel by american writer dean koontz, released in 1987. When confronted by a sharp reporter, he admits to having a gift and feels he must save people. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. A novel of suspense dean here cold fire was better than other koontz favorites such as intensity or watchers, but it was good reading for sure. Koontz read 8 may 2014 on 2 sep 1999 i read chosen to live and on 3 sep 1999 i read miracle in the cornfield, both nonfiction accounts of the crash of flight 232 in sioux city on 19 july 1989 and when i saw in the wikipedia article on that crash that a fictional account based on that event was contained in this book by.
What power allows hero jim ironheart to divine imminent catastrophe, then compels him to. Above average koontz cold fire is a pleasant little koontz. The writer manages to mesh the world or reality with some pure sciencefiction yet it makes for a believable story. Reporter holly thorne was intrigued by this strange quiet savior named jim ironheart. Unfortunately, it deteriorated into a stupid story about uncovering the past, with some romance thrown in. Koontz followed up cold fire with hideaway in 1992. Download the darkest evening of the year audiobook by dean. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.
I listened to this as an audio book a few years ago and was thrilled to reexperience the story in print. Holly is intrigued by jim and his intense but cold blue eyes eyes which burn with a passionate, cold fire, hence the novels title. Cold fire audiobook by dean koontz, read by carol cowan. From the celebrated imagination of dean koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time.
By the end, listeners are actively pondering its paradoxes and the whatifs of timetravel. Reporter holly thorne is intrigued by jim ironheart, who has saved 12 lives in the past three months. I initially listened to this as an audio book and was thrilled to reexperience the story in print. The starting point is california, the end point is the depths of the. Mar 17, 2017 dean koontz s the silent corner being adapted for tv exclusive.
There are not as many developed characters as i like in a great koontz novel and there is no dog bummer. I dont think that cold fire was better than other koontz favorites such as intensity or watchers, but it was good reading for sure. Cold fire 2004 read online free book by dean koontz in epub. The darkest evening of the year ebook by dean koontz.
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