In this chilling original stand-alone novella,
available exclusively as an eBook, #1 New York Times bestselling
author Dean Koontz offers a taste of what’s to come in his new novel,
77 Shadow Street , with a mesmerizing tale of a homeless boy at large in
a city fraught with threats . . . both human and otherwise.
Twelve-year-old Crispin has lived on the streets since he was nine—with
only his wits and his daring to sustain him, and only his silent dog,
Harley, to call his friend. He is always on the move, never lingering in
any one place long enough to risk being discovered. Still, there are
certain places he returns to. In the midst of the tumultuous city, they
are havens of solitude: like the hushed environs of St. Mary Salome
Cemetery, a place where Crispin can feel at peace—safe, at least for a
while, from the fearsome memories that plague him . . . and seep into
his darkest nightmares. But not only his dreams are haunted. The city he
roams with Harley has secrets and mysteries, things unexplainable and
maybe unimaginable. Crispin has seen ghosts in the dead of night, and
sensed dimensions beyond reason in broad daylight. Hints of things
disturbing and strange nibble at the edges of his existence, even as
dangers wholly natural and earthbound cast their shadows across his
path. Alone, drifting, and scavenging to survive is no life for a boy.
But the life Crispin has left behind, and is still running scared from,
is an unspeakable alternative . . . that may yet catch up with him.
There is more to Crispin’s world, and its darkest corners yet to be
encountered, in this eBook’s special bonus: a spine-tingling excerpt
from Dean Koontz’s forthcoming novel, 77 Shadow Street .
Nice and short but very boring. Not even a little bit chilling. Reminded a little of Neil Gaiman's writing, but without the enjoyment Gaiman gives me. Will not be reading 77 Shadow Street.
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