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After Death

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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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. Adventure Science Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Technology Scary
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“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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It was an ok story. Well narrated. Nothing memorable and the ending felt quite weak. Some may like it more than I did!

Interesting idea but not one of Koonz’s best

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Always been a huge fan of Mr Koontz but I’m beginning to wonder if it’s actually him writing his latest books! Gone is the wonder and awe! Now it’s just a bit contrived and “ here we go again “! Finished the book but was lost by the end, nothing really explained and nothing exciting happened! Super disappointed!

Slightly pointless!

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I have loved Dean Koontz' books since I was a young teenager...Twilight and Phantoms and many many more, but I find that from the Odd Thomas series which I mostly loved, the language has become more a prose about feelings and love and caring for others than a scary story which is what it used to be. I used to be completely certain that I would love his books because they were scary but not too bloody, and always a fight between good and evil, but now they have more feelings and 'fluff' than a good story. It makes me sad.

A bit too preachy...

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The plot was a good one though not as gripping as I have found many of the great Mr Koontz - passed the time with some familiarity to his style whilst trekking to and from the office 👍🏻

Easy enough to listen to…

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was too long winded and at times left me wondering what was going on, had I accidentally jumped ahead a chapter or two? The story wanders off a bit, I am a fan of Koontz but am getting a little tired of him repeating certain lines in most of his books,

Koontz is getting a bit repetitive and running out of ideas

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