Sole Survivor: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “Inviting reading…[Sole Survivor] rings with truth as well as excitement." 

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• Koontz at his haunting, page-turning best.

  — The Philadelphia Inquirer

• Dean Koontz is one of the best suspense writers operating today, with unfailing narrative drive.

  — The Dallas Morning News  

• [A] fast-paced masterpiece . . . impossible to put down.

  — Lansing State Journal

• Taut plotting, stark terror, and sweet redemption.

  — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• “A book of major interest and importance by an American-Chinese author of remarkable talent.” 

  — Dallas Times

• “[McCunn] shows us a meek, dependent person who is suddenly thrown on his own resources to remain alive…Through tortuous trial and error, Poon…learns to fish with a nail, to collect rainwater and to keep alert despite storms, blazing sun and nighttime cold. Five months later, when he washes ashore in Brazil, he is a matured man. Poon’s experience makes for a dignified, uplifting adventure tale.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “The tale of Poon Lim’s ordeal, including his thoughts and dreams, are told in Johanna Ward’s soft, pleasant voice, as though she were reading a child’s bedtime story. Her taciturn descriptions of the taste of fish eyes and the intestinal contents of sea birds are not for the squeamish and would be a good awakening for youngsters who won’t eat their vegetables.”

  — AudioFile

• “A vivid account of how one man used his intelligence and ingenuity to survive against incredible odds.”

  — School Library Journal

• “A classic saga of ordeal and survival that reminds us of the courage, strength, and resourceful intelligence of which human beings are capable.”

  — Tillie Olsen, author of Tell Me a Riddle