Elsewhere (Unabridged)
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- $25.99
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
The fate of the world is in the hands of a father and daughter in an epic novel of wonder and terror by Dean Koontz, the number one New York Times best-selling master of suspense.
Since his wife, Michelle, left seven years ago, Jeffy Coltrane has worked to maintain a normal life for himself and his 11-year-old daughter, Amity, in Suavidad Beach. It’s a quiet life, until a local eccentric known as Spooky Ed shows up on their doorstep.
Ed entrusts Jeffy with hiding a strange and dangerous object - something he calls “the key to everything” - and tells Jeffy that he must never use the device. But after a visit from a group of ominous men, Jeffy and Amity find themselves accidentally activating the key and discovering an extraordinary truth. The device allows them to jump between parallel planes at once familiar and bizarre, wondrous and terrifying. And Jeffy and Amity can’t help but wonder, could Michelle be just a click away?
Jeffy and Amity aren’t the only ones interested in the device. A man with a dark purpose is in pursuit, determined to use its grand potential for profound evil. Unless Amity and Jeffy can outwit him, the place they call home may never be safe again.
Includes an audio-only short story, "Parlor Trick," a kind of karmic coda to the novel.
Customer Reviews
Disappointing supporting narrator
Edoardo Ballerini should have just narrated the whole book.
If you can choke down the female narration it’s a good story. I literally skipped a couple chapters cause listening to her was that bad…. Or Edoardo is just that good.
Poorly executed audiobook
This audiobook had shockingly poor narration by the female voice actor, starting with varied mispronunciations of the girl Amity’s name throughout the book. Aminy? Amity? And also either mispronounced or poorly proofed text misusing common verbs. Not the female actor’s fault, but the author’s literally continuous repetition of Amity’s emphasis phrase “really and truly” became utterly distracting. Finally, unlike other Dean Koontz audio books (I’ve bought end enjoyed many) this one had a tacked-on conclusion that felt like a non sequitur. All in all felt like padding to stretch the book/audio to some particular length. The theme of the story had merit and was reasonably well explored, but all in all as an audiobook this was a waste of time and $25. Disappointing.