With each and every new novel, Dean Koontz raises the stakes - and thepulse rate - higher than any other author. Now, in what may be his mostsuspenseful and heartfelt novel ever, he brings us the story of anordinary man whose extraordinary commitment to his wife will take him ona harrowing journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption to themystery of love itself - and to a showdown with the darkness that woulddestroy it forever.What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill?Wehave your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. LandscaperMitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in themiddle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when hiscell phone rang. Now he's standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on abright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkestnightmare.Whoever is on the other end of the line is deadserious. He has Mitch's wife and he's named the price for her safereturn. The caller doesn't care that Mitch runs a small two-manlandscaping operation and has no way of raising such a vast sum. He'sconfident that Mitch will find a way.If he loves his wife enough. .. Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He'sgot seventy-two hours to prove it. He has to find the two million bythen. But he'll pay a lot more. He'll pay anything.From itstense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is a thriller thatwill hold you in its relentless grip for every twist, every shock, everyrevelation…until it lets you go, unmistakably changed. This is a DeanKoontz novel, after all. And there's no other experience quite like it.