Strangers

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 29 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

“The plot twists ingeniously...an engaging, often chilling book.” - The New York Times Book Review

A writer in California. A doctor in Boston. A motel owner and his employee in Nevada. A priest in Chicago. A robber in New York. A little girl in Las Vegas. They’re a handful of people from across the country, living through eerie variations of the same nightmare.

A dark memory is calling out to them. And soon they will be drawn together, deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, where the terrifying truth awaits...

©2008 Dean Koontz (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“A unique spellbinder that captures the reader on the first page. Exciting, enjoyable, and an intensely satisfying read.” - Mary Higgins Clark

“[Koontz] is a great storyteller, and Strangers features a plot so original you’ll be reading, with chills, well into the morning." - New York Daily News

“Koontz is a master at constructing vivid, eerily realistic worlds that hold readers spellbound. A memorable thriller.” - Booklist

Exceptional Story

I loved this book. Koontz is great at writing a book with just the right combination of emotions in the right ways and places. They're exciting, thrilling, a bit scary but in the end they are uplifting and inspiring. This is a quality that is sorely lacking in some other authors.

Long but worth every minute

A tale well told of people from all walks of life pulled into a mystery that promises to transform mankind

Drag dawn a bit, and then had an anti climatic end

The story was good, and the performance was ok, but, it dragged on a bit and once it started to catch steam, it went by a little quickly and the end was more philosophical than addressing the endings of the characters. Did Faye ever recover her memories? Did Jorga's daughter (Marcy) fully recover? Did Jack and Jorga get together? Too many loose ends.

What an amazing imagination!

This was a little different, but Koontz always has wonderfully detailed and diverse characters. The performance was excellent and the story piqued the image of future possibilities.

Fantastic depth to the characters and storyline

I appreciate the way Koonze develops his characters. The narrator did a great job voicing the different characters and kept the story flowing.

Wonderful

I read this book many years ago. I was in graduate school and was introduced to the author by a new friend. It was a wonderful diversion. What a pleasure to listen to it after all this time. Thank you.

Depth of characters

I loved the gradually increasing suspense and the eeriness. I also enjoyed the exciting conclusion. This is a good read

Great Story

Although the book was very long, it was interesting every step of the way. I have read all of the Koontz, and this one was very good. His writing continues to get better every book. Not quite so dark anymore, almost with a touch of spirituality. A must read.

exhausting

If an abridged version exists, I strongly recommend it. As with a couple other Koontz novels (by no means all), many of the characters are simply not interesting enough to warrant the degree of development Koontz provides. And to say the plot creeps along is an underestimate to the extreme. Frequently found myself skimming and not paying attention. Whether the ending is worth the effort is up to the reader to decide. But clear your schedule if you pick this one.

"Strangers" A Must Have

Although the title of this presentation from Mr. Koontz is entitled "Strangers," it should be no stranger to the reader. It is full of the usual mysteries and and the great verbal majesty of his usual offerings.
I live in California and have traveled to the Nevada area he writes of. Mr. Koontz's accurate descriptions of these locations lend a believable level of truth that then extends to the rest of the novel for me, both in locations and characters.
His character development is full and complete. You can see (and fear for) these characters as they walk through the terrors that await them.
If you love the Christopher Snow series, one of my very favorites, this is a must have.