Quicksilver, Dean Koontz
Quicksilver, Dean Koontz
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Quicksilver

Author: Dean Koontz

Narrator: Todd Haberkorn

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2022

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating road trip with a man in pursuit of his strange past—mile by frightening mile.Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery—abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of “strange magnetism.” It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.During a shoot-out at a forlorn dude ranch, he finally meets his destined companions: Bridget Rainking, a beauty as gifted in foresight as she is with firearms, and her grandpa Sparky, a romance novelist with an unusual past. Bridget knows what it’s like to be Quinn. She’s hunted, too. The only way to stay alive is to keep moving.Barreling through the Sonoran Desert, the formidable trio is impelled by that same inexplicable magnetism toward the inevitable. With every deeply disturbing mile, something sinister is in the rearview—an enemy that is more than a match for Quinn. Even as he discovers within himself resources that are every bit as scary.

About Dean Koontz

Author Dean Koontz was born in Everett Pennsylvania in 1945. He has used various Pen names such as, Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Owen West and Richard Paige. His accomplished occupations include novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and poet. Most people were not aware of his many Pen names and various talents in literature besides novelist. Koontz genres of choice are suspense, horror and science fiction thrillers. He has had 14 hardcovers and 14 paperbacks making it to #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. According to the Dean Kootnz official website, he has sold more than 450 million copies of his books.

A little known fact about Dean Koontz is that he had hair transplantation in the late intos. Many of his novels are set in or around Orange County, California where he lives with his wife Gerda, in Newport Coast in an estate named Pelican Hills. His reported annual salary is $25 million.1990

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on February 08, 2022

This book is about a young man who was left abandoned on a highway when he was only three days old. He grew up in an orphanage and he is living a normal life. Suddenly he has these feelings that compel him to take actions. Next thing you know he is in a battle for humanity. I have read reviews on thi......more

Goodreads review by Craig on February 03, 2022

This was fun. I liked the first half quite a lot, but thought the conclusion find of fizzled. The book is dedicated to Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and Theodore Sturgeon (as well as a writer with whom I was unfamiliar, Jack Douglas), and I thought he captured some of the magical characterization a......more

Goodreads review by Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl on January 12, 2023

Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice, and I'll tell you a story. - F. Scott Fitzgerald Welcome to Arizona! Quicksilver is entertaining, bizarre, quirky, silly and for me, much more enjoyable than 2021's release, The Other Emily. I think incorporating Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman"......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on March 22, 2024

This is funny. I was going for a walk and I clicked on a video that was titled Holly by Stephen King audiobook. Three hours in, I'm browsing the comments and listeners are saying it's actually Quicksilver by Dean Koontz. Well, I like it and am already invested in it. Not sure if I have ever read Dea......more

Goodreads review by Carol on June 09, 2022

I have been a fan and a loyal follower of Dean Koontz for decades and always could count on getting a well written, exciting story from him...but his last couple of books have not really been his usual best. They're filled with way too much unnecessary description of everything from roads to towns t......more

Quotes

“Narrator Todd Haberkorn really gets into the characters, all of whom he gives drastically different voices that fit their personalities. It's as if he is a cast of multiple people.… Haberkorn's entertaining narration guides the listener as Quinn and company desperately try to stay ahead of a sociopathic force.” —AudioFile Magazine

“Todd Haberkorn, who narrates and performs the novel, does a fine job of adjusting his voice as Quinn ages. A child's simple gratitude, a young man's wanderlust, a woman's heartache, and an old man's experience all give listeners a clear aural sense of which character is speaking. Koontz's fans will enjoy the familiarity of the novel, while new listeners will enjoy the plot.” —Library Journal

“Positively twitching with suspense. Another sure-fire hit from a thriller master.” —Booklist (starred review)

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