He didn't throw tantrums, wasn't stubborn.Īs long as he was in the company of those he knew, he never recoiled when touched or suffered mentally from physical contact, though he found strangers suspect and often frightening. He had been diagnosed with a rare form of autism, although in truth the doctors didn't know what to make of him.įortunately, he had none of the most problematic behavior associated with autism. The cause of his amusement was often internal and a mystery to his mother. He laughed, although seldom at anything that was said to him or at any comical sight. At birth and for a few years thereafter, he cried, but not once since he'd turned four years old. Woodrow Bookman, Woody to everyone, had never spoken a word in his eleven years of life. She stood in the doorway of her only child's bedroom, watching him at his computer with its array of associated equipment, as he researched whatever currently fascinated him. This current sense that somewhere bells were tolling toward her final hour would pass it always did. A love that she'd thought would endure, a man she had believed would grow old with her: All was taken away without warning.

This wasn't intuition at work, but just the consequence of being widowed at thirty. Only a force greater than evil can stop what's coming next.Three years after the accident, Megan Bookman's heart and mind were in a good place, although occasionally anxiety afflicted her, a feeling that time was running out, that a sinkhole might at any moment open under her. And he's coming after Woody and his mother. A man driven by a malicious evil has set a depraved plan into motion.

Woody's fearful suspicions are taking shape. When he hears the boy who communicates like he does, without speaking, Kipp knows he needs to find him before it's too late. An ally unknown to him is listening.Ī uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his breed, Kipp is devoted beyond reason to people. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Devoted has every mark of a classic.' -Associated Press 'Canine or human, it is hard to find a more lovable character in fiction than Kipp. An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller.įrom Dean Koontz, the master of suspense, comes an epic thriller about a terrifying killer and the singular compassion it will take to defeat him.

Devoted by Dean Koontz