• Darkness Under the Sun

  • By: Dean Koontz
  • Narrated by: Steven Weber
  • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (512 ratings)

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Darkness Under the Sun

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Steven Weber
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Publisher's summary

There once was a killer who knew the night, its secrets and rhythms. How to hide within its shadows. When to hunt. He roamed from town to town, city to city, choosing his prey for their beauty and innocence. His cruelties were infinite, his humanity long since forfeit. But still... he had not yet discovered how to make his special mark among monsters, how to come fully alive as Death. This is the story of how he learned those things, and of what we might do to ensure that he does not visit us.

©2010 Dean Koontz (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Excellent!

Dean Koontz is one of my absolute favorite authors and Steven Weber is an amazing narrator! This is an epic combination and I can't wait to listen to the next one.

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Nice very short Koontz

This is a nice, but very short, Koontz. The characters are good if truncated. It ends very quickly with a moral that, although reasonable, was not really well supported by the story. The language is nice and blends darkness and light well. I really like Koontz so this was worth it to me. It was worth the sale price, but silly me I used a whole credit on it.

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Not bad for a short story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

If I had only listened to the story and done nothing else I wouldn't say this was time well spent because it wasn't a story that had much to say. But the story is moderately entertaining and a decent distraction while doing mundane chores.

Would you be willing to try another book from Dean Koontz? Why or why not?

I have read other Dean Koontz books and plan to read more. He wasn't as good in short story as the novels I've read but this one story didn't really change my mind about Dean Koontz either way. Don't base your sole opinion of the author on this story.

What about Steven Weber’s performance did you like?

Steven Weber did a pretty good

Any additional comments?

This is a decent story for a short distraction but not as good as a Dean Koontz novel.

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The best Koontz!

Absolutely needed to be a full novel! Just brilliant! Would love to see a continuation.

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This one creeped me out

But that's the chance you take with Koontz. One book captures you from beginning to end and then next can be sooooooo weird. This wasn't my favorite Koontz.

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More Short Stories

I would love to read more short stories form Mr. Koontz. This story had a message, a feel, and a life of its own.

Can't go wrong with this story.

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A VERY GOOD KOONTZ SHORT STORY

This short story continues on a story from a novel. It was an interesting take on how the author continues on a story from another story. Enlarges a minor character from a novel to a main character in a short story. I always wondered what happened to the kid who started Blackwell into another killing spree from single women to families, unwittingly, of course.

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Very good story

This story was very well written and I felt empathy for Howie, but also saw him as a hero.

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Wonderful!

How one responds to adversity can define your life. Good short story that definitely could be expanded into a whole book.

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just a predictable bore

as a Dean Koontz fan I was really disappointed. he's better than this. the entire book was incredibly predictable and felt like it borrowed heavily on Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven

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