A cop races against time to prevent his own death in this heart-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Harry Lyon is a rational man, a cop who refuses to let his job harden his soul. His partner urges him to surrender to the chaos of life. But Harry believes in order and reason. Then one fateful day, he's forced to shoot a man—and a homeless stranger with bloodshot eyes utteres the haunting words that challenge Harry Lyon’s sanity...
“Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...”
- ISBN10 0425208435
- ISBN13 9780425208434
- Publish Date 7 February 2006 (first published 14 January 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 October 2023
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Penguin USA
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 432
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425208434