Elsewhere

De: Dean Koontz

Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Imani Parks, Josh Bloomberg, Brian Holden, Kevin T. Collins, Soneela Nankani, Alexander Cendese, Amanda Leigh Cobb

The fate of the world is in the hands of a father and daughter in an epic novel of wonder and terror by Dean Koontz, the number one New York Times best-selling master of suspense.

Since his wife, Michelle, left seven years ago, Jeffy Coltrane has worked to maintain a normal life for himself and his 11-year-old daughter, Amity, in Suavidad Beach. It’s a quiet life, until a local eccentric known as Spooky Ed shows up on their doorstep.

Ed entrusts Jeffy with hiding a strange and dangerous object - something he calls “the key to everything” - and tells Jeffy that he must never use the device. But after a visit from a group of ominous men, Jeffy and Amity find themselves accidentally activating the key and discovering an extraordinary truth. The device allows them to jump between parallel planes at once familiar and bizarre, wondrous and terrifying. And Jeffy and Amity can’t help but wonder, could Michelle be just a click away?

Jeffy and Amity aren’t the only ones interested in the device. A man with a dark purpose is in pursuit, determined to use its grand potential for profound evil. Unless Amity and Jeffy can outwit him, the place they call home may never be safe again.

Includes an audio-only short story, "Parlor Trick," a kind of karmic coda to the novel.

©2020 The Koontz Living Trust (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Ballerini (a Koontz veteran) is tremendous, and Parks makes strong choices in diction, pronunciation, and pacing to bring Amity Coltrane to life. The collaborative effect of Ballerini and Parks' narration works as a deliberate “all-in” to the production, making the audio version even more of a standout.”—Booklist

“Colorful, imaginative…a lively, offbeat novel.” —Kirkus Reviews

“This is a genre-busting work that happily will appeal to readers who enjoy thrillers, horror, sci-fi or just a flat-out well-told story with a breakneck pace that never lets up.” —Bookreporter

Amity was a horror

Such bad narrating for Amity's part. It was as if the narrator was reading the material for the first time ever and they didn't have time for a second take. So distracting.

Good story but Girl’s Narration - UGH

I love Dean Koontz and this story was great, but the girl’s narration almost completely spoiled it for me. Who hires these narrators?! Eduardo Ballerini was wonderful, as always, but why in God’s name did they pair him with Imani Parks?! My DOG has more in-depth cadence than this chick. She sounded like an elementary student giving a book report. Save our sanity and do a better job picking narrators! PLEASE!!!!!!

Where are the editors.

Being a rabid Dean Koontz fan, I find no fault with the story itself. As always, his characters are finely drawn and believable, and his command of language to describe locations is rich and layered. The male reader on this audible book is fabulous. But the female reader, who is trying to read in the voice of a young girl, mispronounces numerous words, and has no sense of phrasing. She will often read a sentence and bring it to an end with a sort of vocalized period. Then she adds “he said,” as though it were a stand-alone sentence. Her poor grasp of the writer’s sentence structure suggests she doesn’t actually understand what she’s reading and it is a constant distraction. Where are the audible book editors?

Couldn't palette the readers lack of timing

I don't usually leave comments, but the female narrator in this was very hard to get through. Eduardo Ballerini is fantastic as always, but the female lead was challenging to listen to.

The female narrator is certainly distracting

She manages to pronounce "Amity" correctly only six times ( if I counted correctly)