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Watchers

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dean Koontz
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Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator with an afterword read by the author

A “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....

©1987 by Nkui, Inc. Afterword © 2003, 2018 by Dean Koontz. (P)2018 by Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic Reviews

“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.” --Publishers Weekly

“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.” --Kirkus Reviews

“Displaying...more depth and a lot more humor than Stephen King, Dean Koontz has really hit his stride.” --The New York Times Book Review

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Super stoked

What a book!
The blurb didn’t read amazingly to me, however, it truly was an amazing read.

The story is utterly incredible and you fall in love with the wonderful characters.

I wish it didn’t end .

Read it! ( or listen ;)

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A First Class Story

I first read this wonderful book mang years ago when it was first published Now at 86 yearrs of age, with failing eyesight, I have bee n able to revisit this story. Thanks to all involved in this Audible productio n. Five stars all round.

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pretty good

Reader was excellent, story itself was pretty good, characters were believable but a little too sugar sweet

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An excellent story

What can I say but a absolutely fantastic read I am glad I discovered your books Dean Koontz they have kept me company on my journeys. Can’t wait to read more of your books.

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Great book

One of Dean Koontz's best stories, wonderfully narrated. Well worth the purchase price. I'm off to the library to download more now.

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Dean Koontz is one of my most favourite author's. Watchers is the very 1st book I ever read of his and is my most favourite read. I love how this have been read and will most diffently revisit it time and time again.

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Einstein best boy

There have been a few books that have grabbed my until the end, this one is one of the few.

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A middle aged mormon sci fi nerd's wet dream?

What was this nonsense. I mean. wow this is bad. Had a promising open and then it's just weird jarring nonsense for the sake of it. delta force and wonder pooch take on the baddies and moralise their way through the tenderloin like they read about it in a comic. It's almost like Koontz not so subtly dedicated this to rugged misogynists worldwide.

Dean Koontz wrote a black character jiving about the pains of being a brother, like an awkward tactless tonedeaf centre dem larping as a black cop hunting baboon bigfoot.

Basically I'm disappointed I don't have the paperback because at least I could clean myself after passing faeces. there could be some kind of redemption for the text in that scenario. but not now

Watchers made me more stupid.

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Excellent

Took me about an hour to properly get into it but once I did I was hooked! Right until the very last word.....

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Totally enthralling

Absolutely loved this book it was so hard to stop listening and do anything other than listen to this book.

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