Nameless: Season One

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's Summary

If our memories make us who we are, who is a man without any? Nameless has only a gun, missions from a shadowy agency, and one dead aim: dispense justice when the law fails. As he moves from town to town, driven by splintered visions of the past and future, he's headed toward the ultimate confrontation in this propulsive series of short thrillers by number one New York Times best-selling author Dean Koontz. With narration by Edoardo Ballerini.

©2019 The Koontz Living Trust (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Torture x 6, really?

Not my favorite Koontz. I generally love Koontz for his interesting characters, family-of-choice dynamics, good dogs, good prose, good vocabulary, and stories that are interesting and make sense. Unfortunately. occasionally Koontz goes off the right-wing deep end. This is a series of shorts where bad guys get tortured to death for their crimes by a Nameless guy, who has chosen to remember no past, and a secretive organization with unlimited resources, who dispense "justice" when the law does not find guilt. The vigilantes are really pretty sure they are not mistaken, and spend a loads of money to torture the bad guys in really clever ways - what fun?

This is 6 short stories (so you hear the "protagonists" memory loss back story over and over again).

OK I have searched all my Koontz reviews....and this is the worst Koontz there is. This is a bit like finding an author you have respected is actually a real total, no holds barred, racist, and it is embarrassing you every said you liked anything that guy had ever written. So, is Koontz really totally losing it (at 80 which is excusable)? Or is he publishing "stuff" he once knew was totally reprehensible to make some money off it before he loses it completely (I guess also excusable)? When I just googled him it said he just sold his primo Newport Beach place today.

Anyway, re-read ANY KOONTZ and avoid this one unless you just want to throw an old guy a bone.
You can also throw him a bone by reading his best:
Demon Seed, Odd, Moonlight Bay, Intensity,

Couldn't Stop Listening!!

Another great hit by Dean Koontz. Loved the tight story lines, the subtle homage to mid 20th century books, films, and televison shows, and this wonderful nameless character that is part Jack Reacher and part Johnny Smith from the Dead Zone.

Suga

I was very happy with this story. Loved it. Will be looking for more in the future. I've always loved Dean Koontz books.

Koontz is finally back!!!

This was a whole new level of plot twist and it was great. That “female vigilante character who abandons her son and fights the world” series had me lose faith in Koontz’s ability to make a likable protagonist, and there was some weird jazz book that I just couldn’t stomach. It is so wonderful to have the familiar writings back. I am all for one exploring new ways of writing but to abandon devoted readers on ones quest is not just foolhardy but dangerous.
For those of you who loved all his former books I assure you, despite how “different” this one feels at first, you will NOT be disappointed.
This book ends perfectly where he can weave this character into other books, or even go back and fully explore any one of the “tales” touched on in this book. Even if he never uses this character again it would be fine because the ending did not leave one wanting.
Enjoy

Thank you Dean & Edoardo

This is one of the best things I have read in months!
I have read most (sorry Mr. Koontz) but not all of your books and these “short stories” will be in the top 5.
PLEASE tell me there will be more.

excellent series of short stories.

dramatic and short. exciting series. part spy novel part murder mystery. the last book wraps up everything nicely.

great story I really liked it

I really enjoyed the stories here. I would recommend this book for all. Well written.

Dean Koontz is a master.

Koontz weaves another tale of mystery and a man working to save others. If you're a fan off Odd Thomas or The Good Guy you'll enjoy this just as much.

Did it again Dean...

Great story and performance. I just got done with Jane Hawk and Nameless is an awesome follow up.

Dean Koontz has done it again!

Great storylines. Loved these books and can't wait for more. I'm hoping these were just the appetizer.

Mostly Great Stories from Koontz

This book consists of half a dozen short stories which all evolve around a main central character, a sort of good guy vigilante (with the backing of a secret organisation) who dishes out death to different bad guy(s), in imaginative ways, in each of the separate story lines. The main character 'Nameless' has amnesia and has occasional visions, bringing the Koontz fantasy element to the stories.

This is the first thing i've read (or listened to) by Koontz for many years, after the general quality of his novels declined in the late 90s, have to say I found this set of stories to be very good, especially the first four stories (last two in my view weren't quite as good) which brought back memories of how good Koontz can be when he gets it right.

The narration was very good as well.

Cracking Series

Six books together in one. Namless is a man with no past, he has no name, he has no fingerprints. He uses various names for each assignment. Money is no object and everything is provided for him via a mysterious organization. His contact is someone who goes by the name The Ace of Diamonds. He hunts and passes sentence on people who have wronged but would never be prosecuted. He works for truth and justice. These stories are brilliantly narrated by Edwardo Ballerini. They also come as separate novellas, I'm glad Koontz decided to put them all together. A very enjoyable read, my only wish is that the stories were longer.

Great listen

Great collection of stories, Dean koontz is a master, hopefully more to come from the man with no name!

brilliantly written

loved this from the first few minutes . the reading was superb the script brilliant the capture and the getting rid of brilliantly crafted.

Brilliant

Great book would have been very disappointed if only read part of series as realistically all the stories make up one book . Was hooked really sad when came to the end.

Very enjoyable linked stories

I have mixed opinions on Dean Koontz books but I enjoyed these stories very much. Looking forward to the second season.

Excellent

thoroughly enjoyed this now off to find season 2 or something else by Dean Koontz