While Koontz is not a stranger to using animals in his stories, Breathless stands everything else on its head. But its a stunning event no one could have foreseen that convinces Grady and Cammy to do the unthinkable: to escape with the two creatures on a riveting race for freedom. Breathless by Dean Koontz is a stunningly beautiful story that stresses the divisions we find in our world between light and dark, beauty and ugliness, and redemption and damnation. And Grady, Cammy, and the two creatures theyve come to feel they must protect at all costs find themselves virtual prisonersand the unwilling focus of an army of biologists, naturalists, and research scientists. Soon Gradys home and hundreds of square miles of surrounding wilderness will be placed under quarantine by Homeland Security. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the. For this he enlists the help of an old friend, veterinarian Camellia ∼ammy Rivers, who, in turn, is stunnedand enchantedby Gradys new pets. But while Grady and Cammy carefully observe these enigmatic animals for clues to their origin, they, too, are being watched. To view the synopsis (blurb) from the back of this book click on the picture to enlarge it. In the days ahead, Grady will approach the creatures again, gaining their trust but coming no closer to solving their mystery. They flee the instant they detect his presence, but the mystery of that brief encounter remains. One day, while hiking, Grady spots a pair of stunningly beautiful furred animals unlike anything hes ever seen. Theres little about this strong yet gentle man to suggest the experiences that have alienated him from the contemporary world. Here the thirty-five-year-old carpenter works out of a converted barn, crafting exquisite one-of-a-kind furniture. Grady Adams lives a simple, solitary life deep in the Colorado mountains.

Breathless by dean koontz