Sole Survivor: A Novel

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Random House Publishing Group, Jun 29, 2007 - Fiction - 416 pages
A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead -- no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter.

A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions, she slips away.

Driven now by rage (have the authorities withheld information?) and a hope almost as unbearable as his grief (if there is one survivor, are there others?), Joe sets out to find the mysterious woman. His search immediately leads him into the path of a powerful and shadowy organization hell-bent on stopping Rose before she can reveal what she knows about the crash.

Sole Survivor unfolds at a heart-stopping pace, as a desperate chase and a shattering emotional odyssey lead Joe to a truth that will force him to reassess everything he thought he knew about life and death -- a truth that, given the chance, will rock the world and redefine the destiny of humanity.


BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City.
 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
9
Section 3
16
Section 4
44
Section 5
59
Section 6
74
Section 7
89
Section 8
118
Section 11
207
Section 12
229
Section 13
265
Section 14
300
Section 15
323
Section 16
340
Section 17
387
Section 18
399

Section 9
143
Section 10
158

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About the author (2007)

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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