the darkest evening of the year by dean koontz

Sadly, the narration by singer and entertainer Kristen Kairos is bland and uninspired, resulting in a near-tedious listening experience. A handful of murderers are after Brian and Amy, stealing, spying and murdering anyone who gets in their way.īrian and Amy try and work past their respective dark pasts in order to save each other, their dogs and other innocents caught in the mess. Koontz's latest tale of a mysterious canine that devoted animal rights activist Amy Redwing brings into her home is a powerful thriller that should have the listener's pulse racing. But at this moment of joy an unknown and dangerous person arrives on the scene.Įvidence mounts up that Amy is being pursued by those who wish her, Brian and her dogs harm. Nickie is instantly recognized as pack leader by Amy's own two dogs, and her bond with Amy is like no other dog's.

The title is a possible allusion to Robert Frost's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'. Is it this reckless devotion to her work that prevents her making a commitment to the love of her life, Brian McCarthy? It seems so when a particularly thrilling and bizarre rescue brings Nickie into her care. The Darkest Evening of the Year is a novel by the author Dean Koontz, released on November 27, 2007. She has a treasury of astonishing rescue stories-a friend tells her she'll be broke by the time she's 40 if she carries on funding the work.

With money she inherited from a source she will never discuss, she founded and runs a group that rescues abandoned or abused golden retrievers. The title is a possible allusion to Robert Frost's ' Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'.Īmy Redwing's risk-taking on behalf of desperate dogs is legendary. The Darkest Evening of the Year is a novel by the author Dean Koontz, released on November 27, 2007.

The darkest evening of the year by dean koontz