By the Light of the Moon

A Novel

De: Dean Koontz

Narrado por: Kate Rudd, Seth Podowitz

Duración: 13 h y 24 m

Resumen del Editor

Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. Reviewers hail his boundless originality, his art, his unparalleled ability to create highly textured, riveting drama, at once viscerally familiar and utterly unique.

Author of one #1 New York Times bestseller after another, Koontz is at the pinnacle of his powers, spinning mysteries and miracles, enthralling tales that speak directly to today’s readers, balm for the heart and fire for the mind. In this stunning novel, he delivers a tour de force of dark suspense and brilliant revelation that has all the Koontz trademarks: adventure, chills, riddles, humor, heartbreak, an unforgettable cast of characters, and a climax that will leave you clamoring for more.

Dylan O’Connor is a gifted young artist just trying to do the right thing in life. He’s on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe when he stops to get a room for himself and his twenty-year-old autistic brother, Shep. But in a nightmarish instant, Dylan is attacked by a mysterious “doctor,” injected with a strange substance, and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him...or transform his life in the most remarkable way. Then he is told that he must flee—before the doctor’s enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body. No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police.

Stunned, disbelieving, Dylan is turned loose to run for his life...and straight into an adventure that will turn the next twenty-four hours into an odyssey of terror, mystery—and wondrous discovery. It is a journey that begins when Dylan and Shep’s path intersects with that of Jillian Jackson. Before that evening Jilly was a beautiful comedian whose biggest worry was whether she would ever find a decent man. Now she too is a carrier. And even as Dylan tries to convince her that they’ll be safer sticking together, cold-eyed men in a threatening pack of black Suburbans approach, only seconds before Jilly’s classic Coupe DeVille explodes into thin air.

Now the three are on the run together, but with no idea whom they’re running from--or why. Meanwhile Shep has begun exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior. And whatever it is that’s coursing through their bodies seems to have plunged them into one waking nightmare after another. Seized by sinister premonitions, they find themselves inexplicably drawn to crime scenes—just minutes before the crimes take place.

What this unfathomable power is, how they can use it to stop the evil erupting all around them, and why they have been chosen are only parts of a puzzle that reaches back into the tragic past and the dark secrets they all share: secrets of madness, pain, and untimely death. Perhaps the answer lies in the eerie, enigmatic messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about an entity who does his work “by the light of the moon.”

By the Light of the Moon is a novel of heart-stopping suspense and transcendent beauty, of how evil can destroy us and love can redeem us—a masterwork of the imagination in which the surprises come page after page and the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout.

©2002 Dean Koontz. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Perhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America post-September 11: novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good; that celebrate the common man and woman; that at their best entertain vastly as they uplift. By the Light of the Moon is one of those best, exciting and deeply moving.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Koontz seems to know us, our deepest foibles and fears.”—USA Today

“Surefire plotting and a roster of characters built out of painful tragedies make the pages move…. Koontz has a touching faith in the human spirit.”—People

Sherron6263

As always, a great story. Very entertaining. Narration well done. Ended up reading it twice. I listen as I fall asleep. When I wake up I have to roll back and find the last thing I remember. Sometimes I reread a large portion of it.

Great as always

Dean Koontz will always be on the top of my favorite authors cant wait for more

Great original story

Great voice actors on this one. One male and one female they work well together

one of my most favorite authors for over 30 years!

Love all of this man's books!!! this story was no exception. I loved the books so much, all of them, and this story was amazing!!!!

Dean Koontz obviously never met an Autistic person.

Honestly, calling Shep “high functioning autistic” over and over again like the only autistic person you’ve ever heard of was Rainman. I’ve met hundreds of autistic people in my work. A high functioning autistic person is someone who is … high functioning. Shep is … barely functioning. At best. Not the worst book if you’re totally clueless, but this grinds my gears.

I liked it

I found it interesting and intriguing. I saw that others didn’t like, but I’m aDean Koontz fan and this book didn’t disappoint. It took a bit to get use to the double narration. Not sure if I liked that.

Dean Koontz is Back!!

I’ve been waiting a long time for Koontz to come back to his original writing. This brought me back to the wonderful writing of Lightening, Watchers, etc. Loved this book! Mr. Koontz, if you read these reviews, please give us the gift of more of this genre. Thank you for this. It was certainly a pleasure to read!

prone to rambling

This story has long, unnecessarily descriptive passages throughout. It's a great story if you can get through the first couple of chapters.

Excellent.

Very good! Reminds me of Odd Thomas. I hope he writes more as a series!

tedious at times

Love Dean Koontz - not of fan of tedious stump-the-chump dialogue. Pass on this one.