Book description
Harry Lyon is a cop who embraces tradition and order. The biggest bane
of his life is his partner, Connie Gulliver. Harry doesn't like the
messiness of her desk, her lack of social polish or her sometimes casual
attitude towards the law. 'Look, Harry, it's the Age of Chaos,' she
tells him. 'Get with the times.' And when Harry and Connie have to take
out a hopped-up gunman in a restaurant, the chase and shootout swiftly
degenerate into a surreal nightmare than seems to justify Connie's view
of the modern world. Shortly after, Harry encounters a filthy, rag-clad
denizen of the streets, who says ominously, 'Ticktock, ticktock. You'll
be dead in sixteen hours.' Struggling to regain the orderly life he
cherishes, Harry is trapped in an undertow of terror and violence. For
reasons he does not understand, someone is after him, Connie Gulliver
and the people he loves. 'Koontz's art is making the reader believe
the impossible... sit back and enjoy it' Dean Koontz was born into a
very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels
have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have
appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in
southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.
