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      This is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      First published in the USA in 2019 by Bantam Books,

      an imprint of Random House,

      a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

      Copyright © Dean Koontz 2019

      Cover design layout © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019

      Cover photographs © Stephen Carroll / Trevillion Images

      Dean Koontz asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

       The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008291396

      Ebook Edition © December 2018 ISBN: 9780008291433

      Version: 2019-05-22

       Dedication

       To Gerda,

       who is my Jane