{"id":6340,"date":"2026-01-05T23:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/sole-survivor-koontz-dean\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:45:12","slug":"sole-survivor-koontz-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/sole-survivor-koontz-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Sole Survivor &#8211; Koontz, Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='book-preview'>\n<h3>Book Preview<\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">The real Barbara Christman won a prize: the use of her name in this novel. Considering that she was one of a hundred booksellers involved in the lottery, I am surprised by the way in which her name resonates in this particular story. She was expecting to be portrayed as a psychotic killer; instead, she will have to settle for being a quiet heroine. Sorry, Barbara.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">The sky is deep, the sky is dark.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">The light of stars is so damn stark.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">When I look up, I fill with fear.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">If all we have is what lies here,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">this lonely world, this troubled place,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">then cold dead stars and empty space.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">Well, I see no reason to persevere,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">no reason to laugh or shed a tear,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">no reason to sleep or ever to wake,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">no promises to keep, and none to make.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">And so at night I still raise my eyes<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">to study the clear but mysterious skies<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">that arch above us, as cold as stone.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">Are you there, God? Are we alone?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span class=\"calibre1\">-The Book of Counted Sorrows<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style='margin: 30px 0; border-top: 1px solid #eee;'>\n<p style='text-align:center;'>Read the full book by downloading it below.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/download-is-starting\/?url=https%3A\/\/mega.co.nz\/%23%21QlAXHQ4D%21cEIxGl7wd3CX-RLlR9Bo5P1VDlWKo1c81cYE_ZRPr-w' class='download-btn' target='_blank'>DOWNLOAD EPUB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Preview The real Barbara Christman won a prize: the use of her name in this novel. Considering that she was one of a hundred booksellers involved in the lottery, I am surprised by the way in which her name resonates in this particular story. She was expecting to be portrayed as a psychotic killer; &#8230; <a title=\"Sole Survivor &#8211; Koontz, Dean\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/sole-survivor-koontz-dean\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sole Survivor &#8211; Koontz, Dean\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[421],"class_list":["post-6340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dean-koontz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}