An original short story from No.1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. A prequel to THE CITY, his gripping and moving new novel.

 Every city has its wonders and mysteries. For the Pomerantz family, the most disturbing mystery at the moment is the identity and the intentions of their new neighbour.

 The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other's best friend, united by a boundless interest in the world beyond their dysfunctional parents' unhappy home. But even the troubled Pomerantz household will seem to be a haven compared to the house next door, after an enigmatic and very secretive new neighbour takes up residence in the darkest hours of the night.

The Neighbour

Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as “America’s most popular suspense novelist”(Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. Reviewers hail his boundless originality, his art, his unparalleled ability to create highly textured, riveting drama, at once viscerally familiar and utterly unique. Author of one #1 New York Times bestseller after another, Koontz is at the pinnacle of his powers, spinning mysteries and miracles, enthralling tales that speak directly to today’s readers, balm for the heart and fire for the mind. In this stunning new novel, he delivers a tour de force of dark suspense and brilliant revelation that has all the Koontz trademarks: adventure, chills, riddles, humor, heartbreak, an unforgettable cast of characters, and a climax that will leave you clamoring for more.Dylan O’Connor is a gifted young artist just trying to do the right thing in life. He’s on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe when he stops to get a room for himself and his twenty-year-old autistic brother, Shep. But in a nightmarish instant, Dylan is attacked by a mysterious “doctor,” injected with a strange substance, and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him...or transform his life in the most remarkable way. Then he is told that he must flee--before the doctor’s enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body. No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police.Stunned, disbelieving, Dylan is turned loose to run for his life...and straight into an adventure that will turn the next twenty-four hours into an odyssey of terror, mystery--and wondrous discovery. It is a journey that begins when Dylan and Shep’s path intersects with that of Jillian Jackson. Before that evening Jilly was a beautiful comedian whose biggest worry was whether she would ever find a decent man. Now she too is a carrier. And even as Dylan tries to convince her that they’ll be safer sticking together, cold-eyed men in a threatening pack of black Suburbans approach, only seconds before Jilly’s classic Coupe DeVille explodes into thin air. Now the three are on the run together, but with no idea whom they’re running from--or why. Meanwhile Shep has begun exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior. And whatever it is that’s coursing through their bodies seems to have plunged them into one waking nightmare after another. Seized by sinister premonitions, they find themselves inexplicably drawn to crime scenes--just minutes before the crimes take place. What this unfathomable power is, how they can use it to stop the evil erupting all around them, and why they have been chosen are only parts of a puzzle that reaches back into the tragic past and the dark secrets they all share: secrets of madness, pain, and untimely death. Perhaps the answer lies in the eerie, enigmatic messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about an entity who does his work “by the light of the moon.”By the Light of the Moon is a novel of heart-stopping suspense and transcendent beauty, of how evil can destroy us and love can redeem us--a masterwork of the imagination in which the surprises come page after page and the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout.From the Hardcover edition.

Au Clair de Lune

Tout avait commencé par un dimanche ensoleillé de février. Ce jour-là, la mort vint soudain ricaner au nez du petit Joey, sous les traits d'une vieille femme aux cheveux gris, au visage blafard, aux yeux glauques. "Il faut qu'il MEURE!" criait-elle d'une voix haineuse.Puis le chien du gamin fut massacré tandis que Joey et sa mère échappaient de justesse à un attentat.Car la secte tout entière, fanatisée par la vieille folle, était à leurs trousses. Traque infernale dans le cadre glacial des montagnes du Nevada. Avec pour gibier Joey, Antéchrist descendu sur terre pour semer la violence et la désolation.Et si, après tout, Joey n'était pas un petit garçon tout à fait comme les autres ?

L'Heure des chauves-souris

Timothy Carrier a l'habitude, apr�s le travail, de venir boire une bi�re dans la taverne de son ami; il aime entra�ner les clients excentriques dans des conversations amusantes. Mais ce soir, l'homme bizarre assis � c�t� de lui au comptoir prend Tim pour quelqu'un d'autre, et lui remet une grande enveloppe. � Dix mille maintenant. Le reste quand elle sera �limin�e. � L'inconnu quitte le bar en laissant la photo d'une jolie femme qu'il faut tuer, avec son adresse. Quelques minutes plus tard, un autre inconnu s'assoit � c�t� de lui. Cette fois, il s'agit d'un tueur � gages qui prend Tim pour l'homme qui l'a embauch�. Tim Carrier, banal citoyen, se retrouve alors au coeur d'une myst�rieuse affaire; il est le seul � pouvoir sauver la vie de cette jeune femme innocente et � arr�ter le tueur. Pour cela, Tim devra trouver en lui l'altruisme, le courage, l'endurance, toutes ces qualit�s qui font de l'homme ordinaire un h�ros.Dans chacun de ses romans, Dean Koontz entra�ne le lecteur dans des mondes complexes et d�routants, o� se m�lent le suspense et le merveilleux. Dans son dernier ouvrage, il retrouve son th�me de pr�dilection: un homme lambda plong� dans une situation extraordinaire, qui va devoir combattre un adversaire redoutable... Traduit de l'anglais par Dominique Defert

Un type bien

His birth was marked by wonder and tragedy. He sees beauty and terror beyond our deepest dreams. His story will change the way you see the world. On the heels of his #1 bestseller False Memory, Dean Koontz brings together his most compelling themes and an unforgettable cast of characters to create what is perhaps the most thrilling and emotionally powerful work of his critically acclaimed career. Bartholomew Lampion is born on a day of tragedy and terror that will mark his family forever. All agree that his unusual eyes are the most beautiful they have ever seen. On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruthless man learns that he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew. He embarks on a relentless search to find this enemy, a search that will consume his life. And a girl is born from a brutal rape, her destiny mysteriously linked to Barty and the man who stalks him. At the age of three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. As he copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother counsels him that all things happen for a reason and that every person' s life has an effect on every other person' s, in often unknowable ways. At thirteen, Bartholomew regains his sight. How he regains it, why he regains it, and what happens as his amazing life unfolds and entwines with others results in a breathtaking journey of courage, heart-stopping suspense, and high adventure.

Regard Oblique

Travis Cornell est un homme bien solitaire depuis qu'il a quitté l'armée et perdu sa femme, trois ans auparavant. Aussi, lorsque sa route croise celle d'einstein, un chien errant, se fait-il une joie de l'adopter.Mais Einstein, n'est pas un animal comme les autres. Et son maître découvre bien vite que nombreux sont ceux qui le recherchent : les services secrets, un tueur â gages psychopathe... Et une créature qui suit le chien comme son ombre. Travis Cornell, le vétéran, a vu bien des horreurs dans sa vie. Mais là, tapi dans l'obscurité, â l'affût, se cache le prédateur le plus sanguinaire qu'il ait jamais eu â affronter. L'autre...

Chasse à mort

A chilling short story prequel to Dean Koontz's forthcoming full-length novel, INNOCENCE. Addison Goodheart is only eight years old, but he already knows he is not like other people.

 Addison Goodheart is a mystery even to himself. He was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, seeing no one but his mother, who barely accepts him. She is haunted by private demons and keeps many secrets - none of which she dreads more than the young son who adores her.

 Only in the woods, among the wildlife, is Addison truly welcome. Only there can he be at peace. Until the day he first knows terror, the day when his life changes radically and forever.

Wilderness - A short story

Joanna Rand est installée depuis dix ans au Japon.Sa vie se déroule tranquillement, à la tête 'un cabaret où elle chante tous les soirs. Et, malgré une certaine solitude, elle serait parfaitement heureuse si elle ne faisait pas chaque nuit le même cauchemar : un homme avec une main mécanique s'approche d'elle, et veut lui planter une seringue hypodermique dans le bras. Qui est cet homme ? L'a-t-elle connu jadis ? Pour le savoir, il lui faudra partir à la recherche de son propre passé, et en trouver la "clé interdite"...

La Clé interdite

Martin Stillwater a une imagination fertile. Une imagination qui a séduit son épouse, qui fait la joie de leurs petites filles et qui assure à ses thrillers un succès toujours grandissant. Mais peut-être a-t-il une imagination trop fertile... Par un près-midi pluvieux, un incident terrifiant le pousse à se demander s'il n'est pas en train de perdre le contact avec la réalité. Puis soudain, un inconnu, son sosie parfait, s'introduit chez lui, l'accusant de lui avoir volé sa femme, ses enfants, bref sa vie. Affirmant être le véritable Martin Stillwater, l'intrus se déclare prêt à tuer pour récupérer ce qui lui revient de droit. La police pense que l'écrivain a inventé le mystérieux agresseur. Chercher à la convaincre ne servirait à rien. Ne pouvant compter que sur eux-mêmes, seuls face à un tueur doté de pouvoirs quasi surhumains, Martin et les siens n'ont plus qu'une solution : s'enfuir. Mais, où qu'ils aillent, où qu'ils se cachent, le double maléfique réussit toujours à les retrouver.

The Neighbour

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