For who Jimmy Tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days his world turns is a mystery as dangerous as it is wondrous – a struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through. And with each crisis he faces, he will move closer to a fate he could never have imagined. What terrifying events await Jimmy on these five dark days? What nightmares will he face? What challenges must he survive? As the novel unfolds, picking up Jimmy's story at each of these crisis points, the path he must follow will defy every expectation. Suddenly, the old man's predictions take on a chilling significance. But then he discovers that Josef also predicted the moment of his grandson's birth to the minute, as well as his exact height, weight, and the fact that Jimmy would be born with syndactyly – the unexplained anomaly of fused digits on his left foot. Rudy is all too ready to discount his father's last words as a dying man's delusional rambling. The first is to occur in his 20th year the second in his 23rd year the third in his 28th the fourth in his 29th the fifth in his 30th. What he says before he dies is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson – five dates whose terrible events Jimmy will have to prepare himself to face. Life Expectancy Hardcover Januby Dean Koontz (Author) 2,329 ratings Kindle 6.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 31.99 34 Used from 1.46 1 New from 31.99 Paperback 10.62 3 Used from 10.32 4 New from 9.77 Mass Market Paperback 9.99 62 Used from 1. It's a strange vigil made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm's fury, Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the first and last time since his stroke. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. Koontz is a master storyteller and a daring writer, and in his novels he gives readers bright hope in a dark world. Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it.

In the dazzling new thriller from the master of dark suspense, the hand of fate reaches out to touch an ordinary man with greatness.

Life expectancy by dean koontz