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That night Tommy hears an odd popping sound and looks up to see the stitches breaking over the doll's heart. And in minutes the fabric of Tommy Phan's reality will be torn apart. Something terrifying emerges from the pristine white cloth, something that will follow Tommy wherever he goes. Something that he can't destroy. It wants Tommy's life, and he doesn't know why. He has only one ally, a beautiful, strangely intuitive waitress he meets by chance—or by a design far beyond his comprehension. He has too many questions, no answers, and very little time. Because the vicious and demonically clever doll has left this warning on Tommy's computer screen:
The deadline is dawn.
Ticktock
Time is running out.
From the Paperback edition.
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Release date
June 27, 2006 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781415947722
- File size: 269106 KB
- Duration: 09:20:38
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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When a thin idea is stretched into a full-length book and the characters, motivations, and incidents have little correlation with reality, the exercise requires finesse. Witness this title. A Vietnamese-born American writer is chased all over Los Angeles by a murderous devil doll that metamorphoses into an ever more horrendous opponent. A quirk of fate joins the writer with a kooky young woman with amazing resources. Dean Koontz is famous for pulling off such nonsense. His fans relish it. But to do so in a recording, one needs a narrator also capable of finesse. Unfortunately, Paul Michael exhibits neither the élan nor the inventiveness to do more than a yeoman's job. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine -
November 15, 2006
Tommy Phan, a second-generation Vietnamese American, though successful by any American definition, has distanced himself from his family and ethnic background. He finds an ominous rag doll on his front step, with a message that the deadline is dawn. The doll morphs into a full-size demon trying to murder him for an unknown reason, and he surmises if he can stay alive until dawn, he'll survive the curse. Surprisingly, this is one of Koontz's more lighthearted thrillers, a simple chase-and-escape plot, but with interesting characters to meet along the way. Paul Michael as narrator keeps the action moving and manages the Vietnamese words and accents with skill and grace. This is far from Koontz at his best, but it is a serviceable program where demand warrants.Kristen L. Smith, Loras Coll. Lib., Dubuque, IACopyright 2006 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Narrator B.D. Wong takes on the character of Tommy Phan, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to escape a home-brewed spell run amok. The story races through a terror-filled night as Tommy and his new friend, Deliverance Payne, try to outsmart a demon bent on murder. The many and varied facets of the tale, including suspense, family power struggles and New-Age spiritism, all come to life under Wong's expert narration. With subtle variations in tempo, tone and even volume, he keeps the listener riveted as the astonishing plot unfolds. Koontz's multicultural characters shine with distinct personalities, delivered with skilled inflection. Wong offers both popular American slang and foreigners' pronunciation of English with equal skill. Even the dog has a life of it's own. R.P.L. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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