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Life Expectancy (Paperback)
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Life Expectancy (Paperback)
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In the dazzling new thriller from the master of dark suspense, the
hand of fate reaches out to touch an ordinary man with greatness.
So long as he is ready. So long as he is, above all, afraid. Jimmy
Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves
it. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends
long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers'
waiting room and his dying father's bedside. It's a strange vigil
made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm's fury,
Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the
first and last time since his stroke. What he says before he dies
is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson -
five dates whose terrible events Jimmy will have to prepare himself
to face. The first is to occur in his 20th year; the second in his
23rd year; the third in his 28th; the fourth in his 29th; the fifth
in his 30th. Rudy is all too ready to discount his father's last
words as a dying man's delusional rambling. But then he discovers
that Josef also predicted the moment of his grandson's birth to the
minute, as well as his exact height, weight, and the fact that
Jimmy would be born with syndactyly - the unexplained anomaly of
fused digits on his left foot. Suddenly, the old man's predictions
take on a chilling significance. What terrifying events await Jimmy
on these five dark days? What nightmares will he face? What
challenges must he survive? As the novel unfolds, picking up
Jimmy's story at each of these crisis points, the path he must
follow will defy every expectation. And with each crisis he faces,
he will move closer to a fate he could never have imagined. For who
Jimmy Tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days his
world turns is a mystery as dangerous as it is wondrous - a
struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive only the most
extraordinary of human spirits can shine through.
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2011 |
First published: |
March 2011 |
Authors: |
Dean Koontz
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
560 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-736825-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
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LSN: |
0-00-736825-9 |
Barcode: |
9780007368259 |
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