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Intensity

by Dean Koontz
Kate Burton
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Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old woman whose deeply troubled childhood taught her the hard rules of survival, and whose adult life has been an unrelenting struggle for self-respect and safety. Now rare trust has blossomed for Chyna into friendship with the woman whose family home she is visiting for the weekend: a farm in the Napa Valley surrounded by vineyards and hills, which Chyna can see from the guest-room window where she sits at one o'clock in the morning, fully dressed, unable to sleep. Suspicions she learned in childhood still make her uneasy in unfamiliar houses—even this one, where her closest friend is sound asleep down the hall. And in this case her most disturbing instincts prove reliable. A man has entered the house, a man who lives for one purpose: to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits—to live with intensity.
His name is Edgler Foreman Vess. He likes to make words with the letters from his name—GOD, DEMON, SAVE, RAGE, ANGER, FEAR, FOREVER, are just a few of them—and then makes sentences with the words. One of his favorites, GOD FEARS ME, is sometimes the last thing he whispers to his victims. Edgler Vess is a self-proclaimed "homicidal adventurer": On this night, his adventure—murdering everyone in the house—becomes Chyna's long nightmare.
Trapped in Vess's deadly orbit, Chyna thinks only of getting out alive. But when she inadvertently learns the identity of Vess's intended next victim, waiting for him far from Napa Valley, Chyna is gripped with concern for this other person, who is as innocent as Chyna, and as endangered. Driven now by a sense of responsibility for another, by a purpose and meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna rises to unexpected heights of courage and daring—her only hope as the threat of Edgler Foreman Vess closes in and grows more horrifying moment by moment.
Intensity unfolds over the course of just twenty-four hours, but within that brief time frame, Dean Koontz gives us what is perhaps his most inventive, emotionally intricate, and terrifyingly suspenseful novel yet.
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    December 6, 2005

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      • ISBN: 9780739346723
      • File size: 333501 KB
      • Duration: 11:34:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Chyna Shepherd, a psychology student spending the weekend in the Napa Valley with the family of her best friend, survives a killing spree in which all but she are murdered by Edgler Vess, a psychopath. Chyna is trapped in Vess's motor home where she must battle Vess to save herself. Kate Burton gives an extraordinary reading of this thriller, so chilling and terrifying that one can hardly bear to listen, yet one can't wait to hear what comes next. It's essential that the narrator effectively delineate the two characters in this story. Burton accomplishes this by lowering her tone for Vess's narrative and conveying the intense emotions of Chyna's struggle, as well as the memories of her troubled past. Fans of thrillers and Koontz should revel in this production. M.A.M. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Chyna Shepherd is the only one spared after a serial killer murders her best friend's family, she must use every instinct and call upon hidden inner strengths to not only survive, but to save another potential victim. Kate Burton takes this Koontz thriller and uses it to twist the nerves, developing two distinct characters through the narration, each with unique traits. Burton switches effortlessly from a quiet, confidential delivery to crescendos of emotion. Not too much more can be explained without denying the listener the tension and discovery of the first listening, so this must suffice: Prepare for suspense and cold sweats. B.D.J. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

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