COLD FIRE Reviews

"Irresistible. Cold Fire doesn’t disappoint." — Newsweek

"A swift, psychospiritual adventure…offers plenty of surging suspense and sentiment." — Kirkus Reviews

"[Koontz’s] name has come to be recognized as a guarantee of a good, solid read. Cold Fire is his most enjoyable book to date." — London Times

"Unforgettable. A stunning showdown." — Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune

"Koontz is an expert at creating believable characters." — Detroit News and Free Press

"Koontz’s imagination is not only as big as the Ritz, it is also as wild as an unbroken stallion. Gripping." — Los Angeles Times

"An exciting, well-conceived story…filled with spectacular descriptive scenes…creative and captivating." — Lansing State Journal

"In Cold Fire Koontz shows off his style. Unforgettable." — The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Koontz strikes a chord in Cold Fire, latest of [his] string of darkly brilliant novels. You’ll revel in this adventure tale." — Jackson Sun

"Compelling…steadily building suspense that defies any attempt to put it down." — Macon Telegraph

"Fresh, hopeful…a charm all its own…that propels you willingly from page to page." — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"A cool sizzler that’ll grab you from the start and won’t let go until you either finish it or are overcome by exhaustion. I thoroughly enjoyed it." — Duncan Times (Duncan, OK)

"Hard to put down. [Koontz’s] ability to breathe life into his characters and to weave a web of suspense has resulted in a book that will cause many sleepless nights." — Lexington Herald-Ledger

"From its opening line to its thrilling climax, [Cold Fire] is a mesmerizing tale that grabs the reader and refuses to let go, a breathtaking experience." — Orange County Register

"Koontz can write characterization rings around [other popular novelists]." — Birmingham News

"Cold Fire is a page-turner, and Koontz’s prose is as easy to take as lemonade on a hot summer day." — Sunday Journal (Flint, MI)

"Suspenseful, entertaining…vivid storytelling [that] offers the reader an unsettling insight into deep trauma and the aftereffects of unresolved sorrow." — Sunday Cape Cod Times

"Koontz does it so well!" — Baton Rouge Morning Advocate

"The tight, quixotic storyline of Cold Fire is supported by deep characterization and a most developed sense of place and pace. He is the reader’s friend, in that he can always be counted upon to deliver." — Fear

"His prose mesmerizes…gut-wrenching clarity. It’s in the descriptions of emotional states — from love to despair — that Koontz consistently hits the bull’s-eye, evoking reactions of ‘Yes! I know exactly how that feels!’" — Arkansas Democrat

"Likable characters, thrilling plot, and nonstop suspense." — Daily Reflector [Greenville, NC]

"A stunner…things are never what they seem…characters of extraordinary depth and sensitivity." — Californian

"Koontz adeptly builds tension, fully fleshing out his characters and establishing a mesmerizing plot. A galloping page-turner." — Chattanooga News-Free Press

"Well-written, hard to put down." — New Britain Herald

"Wonder-filled, powerful suspense." — Plainview Daily Herald