A superior thriller(Oakland Press) abouta man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontznominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read.
On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods.
That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him intoa relentless storm of mankinds darkest creation…
