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Intensity

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Intensity

Written by: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
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#1 New York Times Bestseller

Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. 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. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.

Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive - until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess’s next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl...as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.

©1995 Dean Koontz (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Amateur Sleuth Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Mystery Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Scary Crime Detective Suspense Exciting
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What the critics say

“Chills the reader to the core and establishes Koontz as a master.”—Associated Press

“Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose . . . The story does not move so much as rocket up the . . . gloomy highway with the reader in violent pursuit.”—The New York Times

“The most viscerally exciting thriller of the year.”—Publishers Weekly

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One word to describe this book: Intense. Hands down one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read/listened to. The performance as well kept me on my toes. Frankie Corzo brings the book to life. Bravo.

One word.

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The accent on the reader. She skipped the t's in eaten, forgotten, beaten, etc. Only the past tense, as though the t's themselves were eaten as they were read.

Great story, read it in print.

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Overall, it is a book worth listening to. I enjoyed the plot, but at times found it far too wordy and unnecessarily descriptive during insignificant moments, which sometimes led me to skip ahead slightly.

Interesting concept

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Wow. This story had me sitting on the edge of my seat. I don’t know how many times I sucked in my breath in shock as something would happen. Intensity is the perfect name for this book.

Intensity is intense

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Great story keeps you engaged. Finished this book in 3 sittings. Narrator does a good job

Good book

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