Watchers

Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator with an afterword read by the authorA “superior thriller” (Oakland Press) about a man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz―nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods.That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation...

Publishers Weekly

“His best story yet! Cross Lassie with E.T., add a touch of The Wolfen and a dash of The Godfather, and you get a sense of some of the ingredients in this thriller....this is the sort of thoroughly frightening and entertaining tale that has its readers listening for noises in the night.”

Kirkus Reviews

“His best ever, an imaginative and unusual blend of sense and sentiment. A fable about love and trust...with echoes of Frankenstein and The Island of Dr. Moreau. A breakthrough for Koontz.”

The New York Times Book Review

“Displaying...more depth and a lot more humor than Stephen King, Dean Koontz has really hit his stride.”

Los Angeles Daily News

“Convincing characters, good dialogue...written in prose of a literary quality that puts most bestselling authors to shame.”

The Cleveland Pain Dealer

“Watchers is so well crafted that it is nearly everything one could wish for in a modern suspense novel....First-class entertainment.”

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