She woke up inside a hospital room, barely in a position to remember her own name. What secrets are hidden within Susan Thorton’s brain? What terrible incident brought her right here? And who are the four shadowy strangers-waiting, like death-in the darkened corridors? One at a time, Susan unlocks these mysteries. And detail by detail, she methods the torment of her past-a single night of assault, waged by four youthful males….“Koontz is a terrific what-if storyteller.’ -People“His perennial bestsellers are…engrossing entertainments.” -The Washington Post Book World