False Memory

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 21 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

It's a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It's the one fear you cannot escape, no matter where you run...no matter where you hide. It's the fear of yourself. It's real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly.

Fear for your mind.

©2000 Dean Koontz (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

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

spectacular

First of all, congratulations to Stephen Lang, for doing such a superb job with the book, I enjoyed him the second time now, he also reads "by the light of the moon" by Dean Koontz. This book, together with "The face" ranks among my top 3 Koontz-books, absolutely world-class. The audio book breaks down pretty much in 3 seven hour parts and I can honestly say that the middle part represents the strongest I have come about in the thriller-genre. While some argue that the book is too long, I think that everybody who brings an appreciation for creativity to the book, will fall in love with this one, leave alone the suspense. Is the book too long? Sure it is, Koontz-novels almost always are. However, I would have to contain myself not to call this book the work of genius. While I do not want to spoil anything here, let's just say that the evil force behind it all has been fleshed out in *creative* (the key-word to the book) detail, keeping the listender mesmerized and literally sweaty handed. The way Koontz ties up the loose ends are brilliant, tongue-in-cheek and even good for a laugh. The characters are extremely likeable, a former weakness of Koontz, and just a certain form of "literature" that shows up again and again throughout the book shows, Koontz still has a deep, playful passion for writing and the fact that he is kind of a mass producer does not take away from the quality at all. The plot unfolds a bit slow at the beginning, but this time there is a method to the (descriptive) madness. The horror gets so real. The listener will get over-compensated for a not so spectacular beginning. This book will split the critics down the middle one more time, as they will love or hate it, this one is more complex (like "the face"), and less linear than for example "the husband". In my opinion, this 700 + books is merely about 50 pages too long and he should have taken it out of the last third, but who am I. It's the journey that counts and this is a MASTERPIECE

Listen to This Book!

Classic Koontz. So many twists and turns! Nailbiter til the end!! Give it a Listen!

WOW! What a great story, great details as always.

WOW! What a great story, great details as always. Such a great imaginations, I have come to expect nothing but greatness from Koontz.

Loved it!

Another complex, suspenseful, "couldn't put it down" novel from Dean Koontz! I didn't think it was too long at all. When a book is this great, I like being given the opportunity to stay immersed in the story for hours on end!

not my favorite Dean Koontz book

I really struggled with this one and almost abandoned a few times. it was just too much. he seemed to linger too long in a few places where he was so over-descripitve. I didn't care for the performance either, especially when the narrator was reading the parts of Susan and Marty.

Another great Dean Koontz book!!

Love this book!! I was on the edge of my seat. I listened to it in my car and jumped in more times than I needed to so I could continue the story!

Great book

Dean Koontz is awesome he's one of my favorite author great book I recommend it

struggled in the beginning

I struggled in the beginning, but it was definitely worth the time. great story.

I love Dean Koontz

This is one of my favorite books by Dean Koontz. Stephen Lang did a good job reading it.

Again

So many twists! Am going to listen to it again so that I can follow the storyline again and possibly pick up on clues I missed the first time.