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After Death

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Publisher's Summary

A modern-day Lazarus is humanity’s last hope in a breathtaking novel about the absolute powers of good and evil by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.

Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished—including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry.

Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he—or anyone else—has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired. Although what Michael does for Nina is life changing, his actions also evoke the wrath of John’s father, a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles.

But an even greater threat is descending: the Internal Security Agency’s most vicious assassin, Durand Calaphas. Calaphas will stop at nothing to get his man. If Michael dies twice, he will not live a third time.

From the tarnished glamour of Beverly Hills to the streets of South Central to a walled estate in Rancho Santa Fe, only Michael can protect Nina and John—and ensure that light survives in a rapidly darkening world.

©2023 The Koontz Living Trust. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic Reviews

“Koontz's latest thriller is superbly narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.… Narrating largely from Mace's point of view, Ballerini portrays him as an unflappable, stoic loner who helps a single mother and her son escape the grasp of the boy's father, a vicious L.A. gangbanger…. Ballerini's performance of the cat-and-mouse game between Mace and Calaphas is riveting.”AudioFile Magazine, Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award

“A master of the suspense thriller genre, After Death is still another brilliant, original, memorable, and entertaining novel [from] master storyteller Dean Koontz. Deftly narrated by voice actor Edoardo Ballierini, …[this] will have a special appeal for fans of conspiracy thrillers and science fiction adventures.”Midwest Book Review

“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.”Los Angeles Times

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Conspiracy theories at their best

Dean takes you down a believable rabbit hole. All too real relatable to today's life.

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too many tangents

this had the storyline to be brilliant but failed to deliver. characters set to be big players in the game simply wiped in a sentence after chapters dedicated to them. left me underwhelmed

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Thoroughly enjoyed

Excellent performance, quite good voices
I really enjoyed this book and was amused by the names used at the end. I guess DK loves the Narnia books as much as I do! Lol!

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Captivated

Unable to hit pause. Just had to smash it out. Brilliant 👏 Went straight to find another novel of his.

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Riveting! Couldn’t stop listening.

Such a great story. Was totally riveted from the very start. Finished it in three days. Should be a movie.

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Lacked depth of character building

I usually love Mr Koontz’ books but this one was a let down. The characters were soulless and the heroes were not developed enough. Yes it had suspense and all but it was hard to follow especially as an audiobook.

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Average

I was a little disappointed in this one because many Koontz books I have read have gripped my imagination right from the start. This one however, although it started ok never reached its potential. The actual story could have been told as a short story or Novella in just 2 or 3 hours. But endless time was spent on every characters history in minute detail. The action segments were continuosly interrupted by these character background histories I assume to justify their motivations but this only annoyed me as it interrupted the flow of the story. Not Mr Koontz best work. It could have been a lot worse but the naration was quite good.

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Brilliant

Mr Koontz again does not disappoint. A beautifully woven tale that leaves the reader/listener wanting more and more. The rich and intricate characters are so fascinating, it left me in awe. Wonderful story.

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I always finish a book, but this book broke my rule.

I couldn’t finish. Absolute drivel. Read only if you like simplistic plots trying to be informed, with misogyny as a corner stone throughout.

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