Breathless

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Jeffrey Cummings

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Grady Adams lives a simple, solitary life deep in the Colorado mountains. Here the 35-year-old carpenter works out of a converted barn, crafting exquisite one-of-a-kind furniture. There's little about this strong yet gentle man to suggest the experiences that have alienated him from the contemporary world. But that is about to change.

One day, while hiking, Grady spots a pair of stunningly beautiful furred animals unlike anything he's ever seen. They flee the instant they detect his presence, but the mystery of that brief encounter remains. In the days ahead, Grady will approach the creatures again, gaining their trust but coming no closer to solving their mystery. For this he enlists the help of an old friend, veterinarian Camellia "Cammy" Rivers, who, in turn, is stunned - and enchanted - by Grady's new "pets." But while Grady and Cammy carefully observe these enigmatic animals for clues to their origin, they, too, are being watched.

Soon Grady's home and hundreds of square miles of surrounding wilderness will be placed under quarantine by Homeland Security. And Grady, Cammy, and the two creatures they've come to feel they must protect at all costs find themselves virtual prisoners - and the unwilling focus of an army of biologists, naturalists, and research scientists. But it's a stunning event no one could have foreseen that convinces Grady and Cammy to do the unthinkable: to escape with the two creatures on a riveting race for freedom.

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Critic reviews

"Koontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition." ( USA Today)
"Koontz is at the top of his game...both a great storyteller and a novelist of ideas...one of the most important novelists writing today." ( National Review)

Wonderfful as always

true koontz style. Great listen. Was pleased all the way through.
Cant understand for the life of me the bad reviews. What were the LISTENING to???!!

A great book

This one kept me in my car and some times late to work..Yes, there are a lot of characters to follow, however I think he does a good job on captivating the readers attention. I would have to say this is out of his norm but none the less I'm glad I used my credits on this one.

Entertaining, Magical and Inspiring

I listen to over 200 titles per year. This is one of my favorites!

A feel good book from Koontz

With an expectation of the "normal" Koontz book you will find that this falls flat. It has many of his themes, but not the horror. I didn't hate this book, I would have liked more character development and maybe some action, but it wasn't what I expected. That said, it is not necessarily horrible to have a feel good book from Koontz.
Loved the narrator.

Not what I expected

Not your typical Koontz novel. I liked most of it, but the end seemed rushed.

So thrilling!

I love this book and can’t get enough of it! I want my own puzzle and riddle in my home. I’ve read and now listened to this book and it was so satisfying. It is a great easy quick read and Dean Koontz will keep you interested the whole book!

Exciting and well done

I was kept involved the whole time trying to figure out how this would end. Great commentary and narration.

Fabulous

Reading Breathless was wonderfully fun and entertaining. This book filled me with wonder, a reminder of the struggle between Good and Evil, Right and Wrong; as well as the beauty of whatever life each of us has.
I found this story very entertaining, fun and fast paced with strong characters and in some cases evil characters with confused hearts and minds. Dean Koontz has done it again.

Out of This World

What an imagination this author has. His description of the other worldy creatures made you really picture them. It ended with Alls well.

strange tale

This is a very strange tale, but it's a Dean Koontz story, so except nothing less. The main characters are a man and his fog, with other coming and going in the story. out in the woods the man and dog, find some very unusual animals. What are they? You'll have to read the book to findout