Sole Survivor: A Novel
Jun 2007 · Bantam
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“Dean Koontz is one of the best suspense writers operating today, with unfailing narrative drive.”—The Dallas Morning News
“[A] fast-paced masterpiece . . . impossible to put down.”—Lansing State Journal
The plane crashed without warning. Three hundred and thirty people died. No explanation. No survivors. Now one man who lost everything that night is about to discover the answers he needs to go on with his life—or the conviction to finally end it.
Crime reporter Joe Carpenter lost his wife and two daughters in the crash of Flight 353. Aching from his loss, Joe is unable to work, think, or do anything but grieve, and wait for his own death. Then Joe meets Rose, a woman who claims to be the crash’s sole survivor. But before he can probe further, the elusive Rose slips away and Joe is left with haunting, terrifying questions: If Rose lived through the crash, is it possible his family could have survived it, too? Did the authorities conspire to hide what really happened that night? Joe’s search for the truth will shatter him like nothing has before—and force him to question everything he thinks he knows about life and death.
“Taut plotting, stark terror, and sweet redemption.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“[A] fast-paced masterpiece . . . impossible to put down.”—Lansing State Journal
The plane crashed without warning. Three hundred and thirty people died. No explanation. No survivors. Now one man who lost everything that night is about to discover the answers he needs to go on with his life—or the conviction to finally end it.
Crime reporter Joe Carpenter lost his wife and two daughters in the crash of Flight 353. Aching from his loss, Joe is unable to work, think, or do anything but grieve, and wait for his own death. Then Joe meets Rose, a woman who claims to be the crash’s sole survivor. But before he can probe further, the elusive Rose slips away and Joe is left with haunting, terrifying questions: If Rose lived through the crash, is it possible his family could have survived it, too? Did the authorities conspire to hide what really happened that night? Joe’s search for the truth will shatter him like nothing has before—and force him to question everything he thinks he knows about life and death.
“Taut plotting, stark terror, and sweet redemption.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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4.4
93 reviews
Brooke Lowry
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October 25, 2016
This is a most dearly human story. The grief of Joe is expressed in such clear detail and with such deep insight that it almost equals my own grief for the love of my life. It would be easy for grief like this to take my mind and my sanity. This book was so moving that I had to stop and recover before I could finish it.
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A Google user
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January 2, 2012
Anticlimactic ending, too much voodoo to fix the lack of logic. I liked Dean's series on Odd Thomas, but in this book he's taking the voodoo bits too far for my taste.
Ryan H
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May 11, 2016
In general, a great book. The end felt a little rushed with not as much thought put into it as the rest of the book, but all in all I'd recommend it
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About the author
Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.
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