Dean Koontz 2-Book Thriller Collection: Innocence, The City

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Nothing pleases a writer more than mail from readers who claim that one of his books was life-changing or inspired perseverance in difficult times. But as I finished Innocence, a letter that I received from Elizabeth Waters in the state of Washington, regarding my novel From the Corner of His Eye, moved me more profoundly than most. Beth, your courage humbles me. The hope that you found in my book is matched by the hope that you have given me with your kind correspondence. You shine.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

— PETRARCH, De Remediis

Contents

Cover (#ude57b39a-ecb9-5db9-a980-aa9b9abeaa6c)

Title Page (#ue4b0da11-bd66-58c7-90ec-7aefac55e65c)

Copyright (#u22ff8e5d-9ac7-5e8e-9396-3cfe92926d2e)

Dedication (#uc54b9e0e-d5ee-5af2-b0db-3cb755d6e1f0)

Epigraph (#ud1b89e34-d8c4-5f7f-ae39-b8f53375f774)

Part One: The Girl I Met in Lamplight Near Charles Dickens (#uf5fbac9a-3985-5eaf-930a-c5da15a95941)

Chapter One (#u8f1093da-8ee9-5817-9631-53a91003cf81)

Chapter Two (#u8c26219e-c2e9-5888-8465-a30f4469f3c0)

Chapter Three (#u62d6451a-1102-58c6-9007-42b21128f3af)

Chapter Four (#u02dc2de2-51fc-5d60-8e3d-36eacb52170f)

Chapter Five (#u8987be68-b951-5c23-871b-4b5c5d1ce89a)

Chapter Six (#u006567e7-f177-571e-a6c8-fd99b1e29b8e)

Chapter Seven (#udf1810b0-6825-5511-8c6c-89882ea04f40)

Chapter Eight (#u90ecd7eb-a69e-5755-bf28-e8a4893abe0a)

Chapter Nine (#u19e02fb8-1ea7-5d89-94cc-4aec4e390d8c)

Chapter Ten (#u864c0f9f-f0cc-5b79-8fc9-94dcfa520450)

Chapter Eleven (#u8d25d220-a17d-5b70-a312-06eb6c533a9c)

Chapter Twelve (#u6796df11-ee66-5dae-aad8-cb0af3dcf86d)

Chapter Thirteen (#uc04e865f-dfe2-5921-9fee-2b8ce2172be9)

Chapter Fourteen (#u01f9e08d-503e-5a3c-8b08-54385e1caef9)

Chapter Fifteen (#u8d34cd66-e885-55e1-a75c-8154e5724b68)

Chapter Sixteen (#uc06971cc-4edc-507f-8919-75ed59fa35b5)

Chapter Seventeen (#uc064ac45-5a9f-5e35-a577-0933a3812fa2)

Chapter Eighteen (#ub961dff1-0ed2-5f78-af1d-949a9fd33a1d)

Chapter Nineteen (#u51aa55ea-bae2-53f9-9769-a30074f723d8)

Chapter Twenty (#u91453351-c9fe-564a-9f20-2f59b068b5d0)

Chapter Twenty-one (#u4c795d52-820f-5fe5-af18-2a77722a2076)

Chapter Twenty-two (#u8c42c93a-7234-515a-ae68-dbcf4cf2d4a8)

Chapter Twenty-three (#udb0298e2-c098-5a91-8f43-c5f7de3ea3e8)

Chapter Twenty-four (#u4c53fe27-c2c8-508c-bbd1-57b3e315fea9)

Chapter Twenty-five (#ub4197fd4-46cc-5f04-bf51-834e4cc34720)

Chapter Twenty-six (#u68e9331c-b3f0-509a-a175-c5f2e0132568)

Chapter Twenty-seven (#u686aad6b-72fc-5498-807b-0373547a2871)

Chapter Twenty-eight (#udbb097b8-01a3-5b77-8b29-7acc1ab2b64c)

Chapter Twenty-nine (#u93f1fccf-1da6-52cb-b6ec-69191bbcc700)

Chapter Thirty (#u6ffe7cea-a965-59d5-bc3a-d1efd0b16c5b)

Chapter Thirty-one (#u9ba2a255-78de-568d-9c50-b9a2b14354be)

Chapter Thirty-two (#ube482dce-4652-5a3e-abc9-813bf736b95c)

Part Two: The Flame Delights The Moth Before The Wings Burn (#u21ed5536-839a-553f-9f86-ffc8ebf155b5)

Chapter Thirty-three (#u70ee1c5e-908e-56dd-a202-66bcc3101d40)

Chapter Thirty-four (#u621bfb6d-b463-5588-ab69-598c2773d940)

Chapter Thirty-five (#u32737ab8-dd80-5dd8-b837-7593d97919b0)

Chapter Thirty-six (#ub36c162b-2717-52a5-b1b2-e0afde5942ab)

Chapter Thirty-seven (#u458c2d66-c7fe-50ba-bd0d-fc34ff9be213)

Chapter Thirty-eight (#ucd877b3c-4428-566c-b601-9f49afcbcb89)