Demon Seed

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Now with a new afterword by the #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR... And a brand-new package.

In the privacy of her own home, and against her will, Susan Harris will experience an inconceivable act of terror. She will become the object of the ultimate computer-s consuming obsession: to learn everything there is to know about human flesh.

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The Darkest Evening of the Year

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Amazon.com Exclusive:
The Darkest Ice Cream of the Year by Dean Koontz

I once said writing a novel is sometimes like making love and sometimes like having a tooth pulled--and sometimes like making love while having a tooth pulled. I arrived at one of those joyful yet excruciating moments while working on The Darkest Evening of the Year.

Because I am obsessive about the revision of each page--the word fussbudget is embarrassingly apt when I am brooding over whether to use a comma or a semicolon--I have more than once held on to a manuscript until the drop-dead date for delivery. When that date rolled around for this book, I had written everything, but I was unwilling to send all of it to my editor. I withheld the last fifty pages for another four days, causing a quiet panic in those at my publishing house who are responsible for meeting production deadlines.

Although the book was done, I felt that something was wrong with Chapter 63. The action worked, the characters were in character, the mood was sustained...but something felt wrong with it, some fine point of the villain's motivation. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I worked 12-hour days, trying to identify the source of my doubt, but couldn't specify it to my satisfaction.

Nothing like this had ever happened to me. Previously, my worst struggles with a story had come in the first two-thirds, and the final third had been, if not a sweet swift toboggan run, at least a sleigh ride.

Sunday, I got up at 6:00 and set to work, revising, looking for the thorn I could feel but couldn't see--and ended up working 22 hours, eating at my desk, before tumbling to the problem at 4:00 a.m. Monday morning. "Eureka!" I cried, but I was so weary and my voice was so weak that my shout of jubilation came out as a squeak.

The revisions required to Chapter 63 were minor, but after working 58 hours in four days, after having passed a night without sleep, I was unable to focus sharply enough to get them done in the little time that remained before the production schedule would be derailed. In desperation, I turned to that source of creative energy and literary enlightenment that is without equal: ice cream.

I shuffled to the kitchen and snared a Dreyer's Slow-Churned Vanilla Almond Crunch bar from the freezer. I devoured this sweet-and-creamy muse, and felt the scales lift from my eyes; inspiration sparkled between my ears. I finished the revisions and e-mailed the final version of Chapter 63 to my editor with not a minute to spare. Although the American Heart Association will take issue with me, my advice to young writers stuck on a scene is to stop worrying about your arteries and give your wheel-spinning imagination what it needs to find traction: a tasty shot of fat and sugar.

--Dean Koontz, October 2007

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Patagonia Kindle Case (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle)

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Combining eco-conscienceness with function, the Patagonia Book Case for 2nd Generation Kindle provides great protection in a 100% recycled polyester shell. The screen can be viewed while in the water-resistant case, so you can read and protect at the same time. A poly-mesh handle makes carrying a breeze, and the plastic zipper means that you won't experience metal-interference during wireless access.

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• Great protection designed specifically for 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle
• Polyester-elastic catch straps for easy viewing of entire screen
• Water-resistant, 100% recycled polyester shell
• Internal nylon stretch-woven document pocket
• No metal hardware to interfere with wireless function

M-Edge GO! Jacket for Amazon Kindle - Pebbled Fuchsia

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Our Kindle 2 customers asked for a slim, compact jacket, and we've introduced our GO! Jacket to meet their needs. This smart case features classic lines and an ultra-slim profile. Even while closed, you'll find access to all ports, so you never need to remove your reader for charging. The M-edge Accessories GO! Jacket is a sleek case that will protect your Amazon Kindle (2nd Generation) from scratches and dings. It is the perfect solution for the user with a fashionable, active lifestyle.

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• Designed for Kindle 2 with luxurious, rich pebbled fuchsia 100% genuine leather
• Low profile and slim jacket for on-the-go Kindle 2 users
• Utilizes Kindle Compatible hinge system to hold device in place with additional mounting security provided by upper and lower elastic straps
• Jacket allows access to all ports and buttons
• The Go! Jacket is offered in 9 genuine leather colors: Marbled Red, Pebbled Black, Smooth Mocha, Pebbled Fuchsia, Pebbled Purple, Jade Green

5 Item Accesories package for Amazon Kindle DX E-Book Reader: Silicone Skin Rubber Cover (CLEAR) + White Amazon Kindle DX Car Charger + White Amazon Kindle DX Wall Charger + White Amazon Kindle DX Data Cable + A Live*Laugh*Love Wrist Band!!!

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This silicone skin is perfect for protecting the device in quick storage without the hasle of a carrying case!!! Or It can work with the carrying case giving your Amazon Kindle double the protection!!! Kindle DX Not Included!!!

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• Silicone Skin Designed for the Amazon Kindle DX!!!
• Custom cuts for screen, keypad, ports and controls, which allows access to all functions!!!
• Precision molded skin provides protection from bumps, scratches and dirt!!!
• Durable, tear resistant, and washable!!!
• Vangoddy TM(Trademarked) WristBand states Live*Laugh*Love on the front with Vangoddytm inside!!!

Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel

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Dean Koontz on Frankenstein: Lost Souls

When it comes to predicting the future, I am Nostradamus's idiot great nephew. In the 1980s, I believed that by 2010, we would all be traveling regularly to no-sales-tax shopping malls on the moon and zipping over to Mars for a Frappuccino. I thought we would be enjoying genetically engineered house pets like cadogs (half cat, half dog, all affection), miniature eaglebbits (flying rabbits), dry chihuahuas (little dogs that never need to pee), crocodobers (highly effective home guard dogs), and spongerbils (sponge gerbils that not only can be cuddled but will mop your floors and wring one another out in a bucket of water).

I also predicted that by now we would be flying everywhere with personal jet packs, and carrying clever autofloss machines to strip the bugs out of our teeth in thirty seconds flat after landing. Back in 1980, I predicted that by now John Belushi would be president, but I don't count this one a complete miss, because Al Franken is a United States Senator, which I admit surprises me considering that Mr. Franken isn't nearly funny enough to hold high office.

When I finished the third Frankenstein novel, Dead and Alive, I foresaw that it was the end of the series. As it turns out, I was as right about this as I was about my prediction that the annual Academy Awards TV special would be hosted five years running by Muammar Gaddafi.

My original trilogy brought to an end a story cycle, but the themes of Shelley's novel are more timely by the month. I realized that I could do much more with the concept than I had done thus far. Furthermore, an entirely new kind of technology of creature-creation occurred to me, and it was a lot more terrifying than the messy-gooey, strictly biological New Race that Victor developed in the first trilogy. By moving the setting from New Orleans to Rainbow Falls, Montana, I was able, as well, to change the atmosphere and to have fun with Armageddon occurring in snow-and-cowboy country.

As always, if readers hadn't been so enthusiastic about these books, I wouldn't have been able to proceed with the series. I appreciate your support more than I can say. I've received a lot of mail from readers who said they didn't read these novels for the longest time because the whole Frankenstein thing turned them off, but when they finally tried them, they discovered these weren't at all like what they expected, and they loved them. I always try not to give you the same old same old. Lost Souls has the flavor of my first three Frankenstein titles, but otherwise it does not clump over familiar territory. This time, Victor is much scarier and smarter than his predecessor, and his war against humanity is a blitzkrieg that comes on like a storm.

Lost Souls, like the books after it, is self-contained even though it is a part of a larger narrative. You can plunge into it and, if you like it, then go back to Prodigal Son, City of Night, and Dead and Alive if you wish. I am currently working on The Dead Town, recounting the next phase of the war against humanity, and I suppose it might sound a little strange to say I'm having a good time chronicling our doom.

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The Husband

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With each and every new novel, Dean Koontz raises the stakes—and the pulse rate—higher than any other author. Now, in what may be his most suspenseful and heartfelt novel ever, he brings us the story of an ordinary man whose extraordinary commitment to his wife will take him on a harrowing journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption to the mystery of love itself—and to a showdown with the darkness that would destroy it forever.

What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill?

We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he’s standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.

Whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. He has Mitch’s wife and he’s named the price for her safe return. The caller doesn’t care that Mitch runs a small two-man landscaping operation and has no way of raising such a vast sum. He’s confident that Mitch will find a way.

If he loves his wife enough. . . Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He’s got seventy-two hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he’ll pay a lot more. He’ll pay anything.

From its tense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is a thriller that will hold you in its relentless grip for every twist, every shock, every revelation…until it lets you go, unmistakably changed. This is a Dean Koontz novel, after all. And there’s no other experience quite like it.


From the Hardcover edition.

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M-Edge e-Luminator2 Kindle DX Booklight (Fits 9.7" Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX)

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The M-Edge e-Luminator2 booklight is the ultimate accessory for the Amazon Kindle. Based on the input of loyal M-Edge customers, this custom designed booklight has been developed to work seamlessly with the M-Edge Executive, Platform, Latitude and GO! Jackets for Latest Generation Amazon Kindle DX. The powerful light features a super-bright LED light bulb which provides ample illumination for the screen of the Reader screen while a mirrored reflector and optical quality lens disperses the light uniformly.The light is powered by a standard AAA battery (not included) with endurance enough for more than 20 hours of operation without dimming.The light is operated by a three position switch with two light intensity settings.A flexible and resilient steel neck allows the user to position the light in the desired direction.Perhaps the most impressive feature of this light is that it is designed to be stored via a slim support arm sized to match a pocket sewn into the back of many of M-Edge Jackets for the Amazon Kindle. The light pocket is conveniently located behind the Reader and does not interfere with the use of the Reader. When in the storage position, the light is located conveniently in the spine of the jacket so you can easily bring your light while on the go (for our Executive and Platform jackets). For our Latitude Jacket, there is a storage pocket to easily place your e-Luminator when not in use.

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• Lightweight and compact booklight works seamlessly with most of the M-Edge Accessories covers for Latest Generation Amazon Kindle DX
• Light stows in many M-Edge covers and easily pivots up to allow for optimal light positioning
• Powered with 1 AAA battery that provides more than 20 hours of use without dimming (battery not included)
• Optical lens spreads light evenly over Kindle screen, and Super Bright LED light bulb never needs replacing
• High and low light intensity settings allow for tailored screen illumination
• Fully adjustable flexible steel neck allows for fine tuning light position.

Frankenstein: Dead and Alive

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From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now the mesmerizing saga concludes. . . .

As a devastating hurricane approaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin to spin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and the future of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests with Victor’s first, failed attempt to build the perfect human. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as the original manifestation of a soulless vision–and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first they must face a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have conceived–an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with powers, and a purpose, beyond imagining.


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Verso Clip-On Reading Light for Kindle (White)

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The Verso Clip Light attaches perfectly to your Kindle or Kindle cover. It casts an even pool of LED light without any “hot spots” that can accelerate eye fatigue. Reflection or glare from the screen can easily be eliminated by adjusting the flexible neck.

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• Bright, even LED light illuminates the screen without any "hot spots".
• Flexible neck adjusts to eliminate reflection or glare.
• Clip designed for Kindle. Clip width and depth insure secure, stable connection to the Kindle without interfering with the screen.
• Package includes a set of CR2032 batteries pre-loaded in the light AND an extra set of batteries for your convenience.
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging.