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Zusatztext Tumbling! hallucinogenic prose... "Serious" writers might do well to examine his technique. The story does not move so much as rocket up the gloomy highway with the reader in violent pursuit Informationen zum Autor Dean Koontz is an international household name whose novels have sold many millions of copies worldwide and have appeared on national and international bestseller lists! selling millions of copies each year. He lives with his wife Gerda! their dog Anna and the enduring spirit of their dog Trixie in southern California. A thriller that delivers a powerful jolt of violence and terror Zusammenfassung Harry Lyon is a cop who embraces tradition and order. The biggest bane of his life is his partner! Connie Gulliver. Harry doesn't like the messiness of her desk! her lack of social polish or her sometimes casual attitude towards the law. 'Look! Harry! it's the Age of Chaos!' she tells him. 'Get with the times.' And when Harry and Connie have to take out a hopped-up gunman in a restaurant! the chase and shootout swiftly degenerate into a surreal nightmare that seems to justify Connie's view of the modern world. Shortly after! Harry encounters a filthy! rag-clad denizen of the streets! who says ominously! 'Ticktock! ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours.' Struggling to regain the orderly life he cherishes! Harry is trapped in an undertow of terror and violence. For reasons he does not understand! someone is after him! Connie Gulliver and the people he loves.
