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Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. When Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks for the first and last time since his stroke,...

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Main Author: Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
Other Authors: Lloyd, John Bedford
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, p2004.
Edition:Library ed.
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Cerebrovascular disease > Patients > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Terminally ill > Fiction.
Grandfathers > Fiction.
Forecasting > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > Sound recordings.
Suspense fiction > Sound recordings.
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Summary:Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. When Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks for the first and last time since his stroke, he says that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson-each occurring at different times of his life. 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 time of his grandson's birth to the minute, his exact height and weight, and the fact that Jimmy would be born with 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?
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Physical Description:10 sound discs (72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:1415907846 :
Author Notes:Dean Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. A former high school English teacher as well as a teacher-counselor with the Appalachian Poverty Program, he began writing as a child to escape an ugly home life caused by his alcoholic father. A prolific writer at a young age, he had sold a dozen novels by the age of 25. Early in his career, he wrote under numerous pen names including David Axton, Brian Coffey, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Richard Paige, and Owen West. He is best known for the books written under his own name, many of which are bestsellers, including Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, The Husband, Odd Hours, 77 Shadow Street, Innocence, The City, Saint Odd, and The Silent Corner.

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