Fear Nothing

FEAR NOTHING is Dean Koontz at his strangest--a peculiar protagonist is called on to solve a baffling supernatural mystery. The story has considerably more narrative than dialogue, so Keith Szarabajka can read it without having to project a myriad of characters. But when called on to become a character besides the dour hero, Christopher Snow, he does so with relish. He even does a decent dog voice. The setting is the California town of Moonlight Bay, where dead bodies disappear and weird things are happening to the living. Koontz outdid himself in making the town and its creepy--and not so creepy--inhabitants seem real. Still, it's not a place anyone would like to visit. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine


From the first few lines, Dean Koontz arouses in listeners a protective feeling for the main character of Fear Nothing. Forced to spend his life in the dark due to a rare genetic disorder that makes him vulnerable to light, Christopher Snow is thrown into an eerie thriller he seems hardly able to handle. Keith Szarabajka's capable performance relays Chris's strong will, although at times it's difficult to believe such a sure voice would belong to a 28-year-old man who has been isolated his whole life. Regardless, Szarabajka's reading, like Koontz's writing, sweeps listeners into the exciting adventure and keeps them rooting for the unlikely hero. R.A.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine