• Sole Survivor

  • A Novel
  • By: Dean Koontz
  • Narrated by: Ryan Burke
  • Length: 12 hrs
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (1,571 ratings)

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Sole Survivor

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Ryan Burke
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#1 New York Times Bestseller

The plane crashed without warning. Three hundred and thirty people died. No explanation. No survivors. Now one man who lost everything that night is about to discover the answers he needs to go on with his life - or the conviction to finally end it.

Crime reporter Joe Carpenter lost his wife and two daughters in the crash of Flight 353. Aching from his loss, Joe is unable to work, think, or do anything but grieve, and wait for his own death. Then Joe meets Rose, a woman who claims to be the crash’s sole survivor. But before Joe can probe further, the elusive Rose slips away and Joe is left with haunting, terrifying questions: If Rose lived through the crash, is it possible his family could have survived it, too? Did the authorities conspire to hide what really happened that night? Joe’s search for the truth will shatter him like nothing has before - and force him to question everything he thinks he knows about life and death.

©1997 Dean R. Koontz (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Does anyone listen to these recordings to proof?

i am enjoying this book---one of Koontz's best and the narrator is good-ish, BUT HE MISPRONOUNCES EASY WORDS AND IT'S GETTING TO ME!

Every character, even a college educated newspaper reporter and intelligent scientist pronounce libRary as LIBERRY!
Who says that past kindergarten (not kinnygarden).

Producers of these recordings should be more careful---at one point, he said that someone who was driving "barked" instead of "braked."

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Koontz has an amazing ability to teach in fiction stories

Has always been a fan!
Koontz has not failed in structuring a story which holds your attention in such an amazing way. I cannot think of a single thing which I did not like about this audiobook. The narrators tone of voice aids in those who have a little problem hearing.
This is another really deep and well researched literary masterpiece.

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Mixed feelings

I absolutely love Dean Koontz and while this story was very intriguing I felt like the it played out too quickly. It could've been stretched out and made into a 5 star novel. still good though, I don't regret purchasing.

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Decent offering from Koontz

This is one of Dean's better reads. The story line is strong and the ending remains obscure till the end but makes sense once revealed.

I liked the characters and their development. Strong performance as well.

Overall good choice.

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Loved It

Very interesting. Love it. Touching and interesting all in one. Another great book from a great writer.

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Good Listen

unfolded slow, but captured my attention in the middle and kept it until the end.

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Great!

Outstanding premise! Dean Koontz at his finest. Narrator was enjoyable. Highly recommend this and all of his books.

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A great read (or listen)!!

I so enjoyed listening to the first book I read by Dean Koontz years ago. This is the book that got me hooked on this wonderful author.

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AMAZING!!

Again, Mr. Koonz does not disappoint!! Riveting story with a thought provoking end! Amazing! I was not disappointed!! :)

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Not my favorite

I read a lot of koontz and love his books. This wasn’t my favorite. The first half of the book moved too slowly for me. I’m kind of shallow when it comes to literature / I’m looking for action not metaphor. I finished the book but gave no idea what it was about. Oh well.

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