"Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but a literary juggler." --The Times (London). In this compilation of chilling tales, he continues to captivate with complex characters and riveting suspense. A psychic and a reporter do battle with an unseen enemy in Cold Fire, while Hideaway explores the meaning of death and the transcendent power of love. In The Key to Midnight, published in hardcover for the first time, a woman awakes to find that her identity and memories have been manufactured for her.
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I was born and raised in Pennsylvania where I graduated from Shippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University). When I was a senior in college, I won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and have been writing ever since. My first job after graduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where I was expected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. During my first day on the job, I discovered that the previous occupier of my position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in the hospital for several weeks. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and I was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer. I wrote nights and weekends, which I continued to do after leaving the poverty program and going to work as an English teacher in a suburban school district outside Harrisburg. After a year and a half in that position, my wife, Gerda, made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "I'll support you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of my writing career. Gerda and I, along with our dog, Trixie, live in southern California.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
master of mystery keeps the hits coming again and again,
By Nicholas L. (Lincoln City, OR USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Koontz: Three Complete Novels: Cold Fire; Hideaway; The Key to Midnight (Hardcover)
I have read many of Dean Koontz's books, my favorites being "Fear Nothing," "Sole Survivor," and "Strangers".I really enjoy how his hits are being published in sets of three now, and I recomend that more readers will start exploring these new sets.(except for those people who start reading and can't finish till its done, because they wouldn't be able to sleep for a while reading all three stories in a row) My favorite story out of this set would have to be "HideAway," for I, like many people, have a interest in death and the power of love. The other titles, "Cold Fire" and "Key to Midnight", are intense and extremely "well discriptive", as are all of his books. I would recomend this "set" to any reader who has read at least a book or two by Koontz, for the newly-reads will need to have some experiance in intense/mystery. Well, i hope that this advice served you all well, and i wish the best for all of you Koontz readers, new and experianced!
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This review is from: Koontz: Three Complete Novels: Cold Fire; Hideaway; The Key to Midnight (Hardcover)
i am deployed to iraq and have a great love for reading. the biggest problem with this is how fast i read. i might read a book every 2 days or so and i dont always have enough foresight to bring more than one book along. with the three novels in one, if i finish a book while im out, i have two more right there with me. i recomend you buy this for the convenience, quality of writing and the decorative hardcover makes a nice addition to any library.
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cold fire, hideaway, the key to midnight,
By Michael L Ambrose (marion, ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Koontz: Three Complete Novels: Cold Fire; Hideaway; The Key to Midnight (Hardcover)
cold fire was the first dean koontz that i ever read and it kept me hooked until the end. hideaway was a good book to that even though jeff goldbloom did a great acting job, the movie was no where near the exitement that the book gave. a key to midnight was a good book also and showed a very imaginative dean koontz that grabbed you and kept you from the first page.
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Even before the events in the supermarket, Jim Ironheart should have known trouble was coming. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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rocket hockey, port aisle, defibrillation machine, resuscitation medicine, mill stairs, lap bar, rocket jockeys, cold file, answering sentence, row sixteen, dancing butterflies, steel fingers, mechanical hand, resuscitation team Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jim Ironheart, Lisa Chelgrin, Tom Chelgrin, Joanna Rand, Orange County, Laguna Niguel, Dean Koonti, Henry Ironheart, Father Geary, Los Angeles, Moonglow Lounge, Alex Hunter, Saint Moritz, Sister Immaculata, United States, Fantasy World, Jonas Nyebern, New Svenborg, New York, Herr Doktor, Holly Thorne, Miss Thorne, Thomas Chelgrin, Arts American, Dean Koontl New!
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- The Eyes of Darkness by Leigh Nichols on page 507
- Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz in Front Matter
- The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz in Copyright
- Seize the Night by Dean Koontz in Front Matter
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