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In his final year a piece of his won a fiction competition held by atlantic monthly, which marked the beginning of his determination to become a writer. Lightning by koontz dean at the best online ebook storage. I picked up this book and the next in the series, forever odd, and thought sure, why. Dean koontz has published over 100 novels in many genres like science fiction, horror, and romance. Dean koontz was born in 1945 in everett, pennsylvania.
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