A “superior thriller”(Oakland Press) about a man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods.
That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation...
- ISBN10 0425188809
- ISBN13 9780425188804
- Publish Date 28 January 2003 (first published 2 February 1987)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Berkley
- Format Paperback (US Tall Rack)
- Pages 624
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425188804