Then, as she is about to check her makeup, she realizes she is terrified to look in the mirror and confront her own face. Then one morning Martie experiences a sudden fear of her own, a brief but disquieting terror of.her shadow. Carol is so afraid of leaving her apartment that the trips are grim ordeals for both women - but bonding experiences as well. Martie Rhodes is a young wife (happily married to Dustin for three years), a video game designer, and a compassionate woman who takes her agoraphobic friend Carol to therapy sessions. On the heels of his critically acclaimedNew York TimesbestsellersFear NothingandSeize the Night, "America's most popular suspense novelist"* will stun readers with a deeply sinister and endlessly surprising tale of a rare and terrifying phobia: autophobia - fear of oneself. Dean Koontz once more reveals why he has, asPeopleput it, the "power to scare the daylights out of us." … ( more) No fan of psychological suspense will want to miss this extraordinary novel of the human mind's capacity to torment - and destroy.
As he comes closer to the truth about this strange and troubled "healer," Dustin finds himself afflicted with a condition even more bizarre and terrifying than Martie's. Frantic to discover the trigger for her descent into hell, Dustin begins to look into the background of a respected therapist. As the episodes of this traumatic condition - autophobia - build, the lives of Martie and her husband change drastically.
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