Final Hour (Novella)

Final Hour (Novella)

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • Following <i>Last Light </i>comes <i>Final Hour, </i>the second of two standalone eBook original novellas leading in to <i>Ashley Bell,</i> the highly anticipated new novel of suspense from Dean Koontz!</b><br /> <b> </b><br /> Just by touching others, Makani Hisoka-O’Brien can see the darkest secrets they keep. The troubling talent has made the Southern California surfer wary of casual contact. But while impulsively saving a stranger from an accident, she experiences her most disturbing vision.<br />  <br /> With only a good friend to help her, and mere traces of information to guide her, Makani must track down two mysterious women—one of them innocent, one not. <br />  <br /> But Makani is stepping into the path of an adversary more dangerous than she can imagine: a brutal predator behind a pretty face, who won’t go down without drawing blood.<br />  <br /> <b>Acclaim for Dean Koontz</b><br /> <b> </b><br /> “Dean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. [He creates] characters of unusual richness and depth . . . with a level of perception and sensitivity that is not merely convincing; it’s astonishing.”<b><i>—The Seattle Times</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “Demanding much of itself, Koontz’s style bleaches out clichés while showing a genius for details. He leaves his competitors buried in the dust.”<b><i>—Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “A rarity among bestselling writers, Koontz continues to pursue new ways of telling stories, never content with repeating himself.”<b>—<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose. ‘Serious’ writers . . . might do well to examine his technique.”<b>—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match.”<b><i>—Los Angeles Times</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “Koontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition.”<b>—<i>USA Today</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “Characters and the search for meaning, exquisitely crafted, are the soul of [Koontz’s] work. . . . One of the master storytellers of this or any age.”<b>—<i>The Tampa Tribune</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “A literary juggler.”<b>—<i>The Times</i> (London)</b>