In the 1960s, Koontz worked for the Appalachian Poverty Program, a federally funded initiative designed to help poor children.

After graduation in 1967, he went to work as an English teacher at Mechanicsburg High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. In his senior year at Shippensburg State College, he won a fiction competition sponsored by Atlantic Monthly magazine. He has said that he was regularly beaten and abused by his alcoholic father, which influenced his later writing, as also did the courage of his physically diminutive mother in standing up to her husband. Koontz was born on July 9, 1945, in Everett, Pennsylvania, the son of Florence (née Logue) and Raymond Koontz. He has published over 105 novels and a number of novellas and collections of short stories, and has sold over 450 million copies of his work. Dwyer', 'Leigh Nichols' and 'Brian Coffey'.

Koontz wrote under a number of pen names earlier in his career, including 'David Axton', 'Deanna Dwyer', 'K.R. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, with fourteen hardcovers and sixteen paperbacks reaching the number-one position. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Scary, sickening (in that good way), and touching, this is a novel that will delight both the author's legion of fans and those who finally decide it's time to find out what this guy Koontz is all about.Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His new novel finds him still at the top of his game. 'Readers who were wondering how Koontz could possibly follow up his remarkable Jane Hawk series can breathe a sigh of relief. And he's coming after Woody and his mother. A malicious man driven by evil has set a depraved plan into motion. Woody's fearful suspicions are taking shape. But Woody believes a monstrous evil is behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother.

Not when his mother Megan tells him she loves him.įor Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. The chilling, unputdownable new novel from Dean Koontz, the master of suspense.Ī mother, a boy, and a desperate battle against the night.

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