Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.Ĭhyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse or limits, to live with intensity. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Forman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. Aspects Maine’s most famous writer and his West Coast counterpart undoubtably shared, even though stylistically they vary to a great degree on the printed page.Īdd in their prolific output, which fueled longtime popularity, and you can see why either’s readers would be well aware of the other.īrief Synopsis : “Past midnight, Chyna Shepherd, twenty-six, gazed out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Besides delving into elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and not surprisingly satire. Both produced many dark page-turners that built their own dedicated readership, arguably. Koontz a writer many a Stephen King fan, me included, had at least a passing awareness of over the years. Its title matched my fledgling steps as a parent, let alone what the novel put this reader through with its introduction. Initially released (in the UK) the month after our first-born landed in 1995 the two coming up on twenty years, now. Not so strangely, both occurred with my return visit to the first Dean Koontz novel I ever encountered, Intensity. Or rather, find you’ve had the same unsettling experience with it. Sometimes one discovers new aspects to a book, or even in this case an audiobook, upon second reading. Intensity by Dean Koontz ℅ Stephen King & Thomas Harris

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