Lightning

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz’s brilliantly thrilling novel of suspense.

In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying.

Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. Is he the guardian angel he seems? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond all time and space?

“A gripping novel...fast-paced and satisfying.” - People

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Critic reviews

"The paradox in time travel's tampering with history provides an interesting twist in this gripping thriller by a popular writer." (Library Journal)

Great Story . Excellent Narrator.

storyline keeps you listening and wondering what is next. Narrator read story changing voice for different characters superbly. Highly recommend this audio book.

A really good read

This was a good story that kept you on your toes. I liked the fact that I was surprised at the direction the story went. What an imagination. An excellent story teller.

I found the narrator good and would recommend this book.

Not what I expected

Love the story. I always appreciate when a story pulls a twist off that you don’t see coming. It was very engaging and thrilling going places I definitely didn’t think it would. Good characters as well with two very strong females. Also very well voice acted.

Great All Around

Fun interesting story by a master and excellent reader! Classic Koontz. Still one of my favorites.

This is 1980s Koontz, so..

..listening to this can be a bit like being dragged out shopping with a person who fanatically insists on spending hours in every area of a shop meticulously pouring over every piece of merchandise, buying obsessively, trying on 34 pair of shoes and then deciding to buy the first pair they tried until you're ready scream "GET ON WITH IT, ALREADY!", BUT I confess I understood this before purchasing this audiobook on sale. Lest we imagine readers settled for less quality in the 80s, this is patently untrue. There is a great deal of mindless crap being churned out now, making best seller lists, being "written" and pushed by celebs, etc. Koontz often labored overly hard trying to create a constant sense of wonder in his early books. He expresses this yearning succinctly in the main character of the author. This for me makes "Lightning" worthwhile. The narration is quite good, with one hilarious exception. I'll just say it's British and leave it at that.

Amazed!

I've always loved reading because it is a magical escape. Getting older, I haven't been able to read as much as I like (I dont have 2 or 3 days to hide away and climb into a book as in the days of yore.) This book in particular has kept me on the edge of my seat from practically the very first page every single time I've read it (at least 5x) so I thought it would be perfect to my first audio book. I wasn't sure if I would like a "story telling" rather than reading it myself, but I was amazed. The narrator did an excellent job with voicing and differentiating the characters. And how awesome to hear a story while I work. Bravo! 😍. I cannot wait to listen to my next book.

really enjoyed

Really enjoyed I really like that it wasn't too gory it wasn't too bloody and there was more story to it I really wished Laura's husband wouldn't have died but I really enjoyed the book and I can't wait to read many more Dean Kuntz books

Worth every minute

Twists, turns, action and suspense. Dean Koontz is a fantastic storyteller. Christopher Lane is an excellent voice artist.

Great book

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the narration as well as the story-line. A great read.

great book

Dean Koontz always turns out interesting and entertaing books, and this is up there as one of the best.