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No cover — Dean R. Koontz: Breathless (EBook, 2010, HarperCollins)

eBook

English language

Published Aug. 28, 2010 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-729075-8
OCLC Number:: 587470957

(1 review)

In the Colorado mountains something miraculous comes into the life of Grady Adams, a strong, gentle man whose past experiences have alienated him from the modern world and driven him to live in the wilds. When he sees it, he knows that one of Nature's great mysteries has been revealed to him.He takes his friend Cammy Rivers to bear witness to the phenomenal presence. As a scientist, she is stunned and awed. She emails photos to colleagues in far places to try and find a name for the wonderful beings. Before they know what is happening, Homeland Security has quarantined the wilderness around them and sent in assorted scientists to track down and 'neutralize' the threat to the known world.Grady and Cammy aren't sticking around to be mere witnesses to this atrocity – determined to prevent it, they go on the run, and a pursuit of hair-raising suspense is under …

In the Colorado mountains something miraculous comes into the life of Grady Adams, a strong, gentle man whose past experiences have alienated him from the modern world and driven him to live in the wilds. When he sees it, he knows that one of Nature's great mysteries has been revealed to him.He takes his friend Cammy Rivers to bear witness to the phenomenal presence. As a scientist, she is stunned and awed. She emails photos to colleagues in far places to try and find a name for the wonderful beings. Before they know what is happening, Homeland Security has quarantined the wilderness around them and sent in assorted scientists to track down and 'neutralize' the threat to the known world.Grady and Cammy aren't sticking around to be mere witnesses to this atrocity – determined to prevent it, they go on the run, and a pursuit of hair-raising suspense is under way, with no happy ending in prospect...Breathless is a unique and riveting thriller from the master of suspense.

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Review of 'Breathless' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

One star seems unfair but Goodreads's "two stars" rating is described as "it was ok", and this book was not ok. The worst part about the book is that the worst part is the end, so you have to read the whole thing to realize how bad it is. The rest of the book is ok. The characters are cliché - even caricatures of clichés, but the story is exciting enough to keep the pages turning while the reader anticipates what must be a breathtaking ending. The title must refer to something, right? But the title doesn't refer to anything and there is no breathtaking ending. It's like the author is a parent telling an exciting story to his child, but just when they get to the good part they realize it's past bedtime and say, "And then the knight escapes with the princess and they live happily every after. …

One star seems unfair but Goodreads's "two stars" rating is described as "it was ok", and this book was not ok. The worst part about the book is that the worst part is the end, so you have to read the whole thing to realize how bad it is. The rest of the book is ok. The characters are cliché - even caricatures of clichés, but the story is exciting enough to keep the pages turning while the reader anticipates what must be a breathtaking ending. The title must refer to something, right? But the title doesn't refer to anything and there is no breathtaking ending. It's like the author is a parent telling an exciting story to his child, but just when they get to the good part they realize it's past bedtime and say, "And then the knight escapes with the princess and they live happily every after. The end."