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Epilepsy In Your Pet
Seizures In Dogs And Cats
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Epilepsy is a disease in which your pet is subject to recurrent seizures or convulsions. It is quite similar to the epilepsy that occurs in people. Seizures in our pets can have a number of causes - Not all seizures or convulsions are due to common epilepsy.
Idiopathic means that we do not know the cause. Once we have eliminated all possible other causes, we are left with a diagnosis of common (simple, true or idiopathic) epilepsy.
Veterinarians can not find physical problems in pets that have idiopathic epilepsy when they are not in the process of a seizure. All the blood tests, all the x-rays and examinations come back normal. But medical diagnostic equipment is becoming more an more sophisticated so it is probably only a matter of time until we will be able to see what the physical or chemical problem actually is in these pets.
What Pets Get Epilepsy ?
Any breed of dog or cat can develop epilepsy. But Golden Retrievers, Beagles, Cocker Spaniels, Dachshunds, German Shepherds, Irish Setters, Schnauzers, and Huskies seem to have the problem a bit more than other breeds. Seizures also occur more frequently in staffordshire bull terriers than in many breeds. But those seizures are often related to a specific neuro-metabolic disorder seen in this breed. (ref)
In cats, I see the common (idiopathic) form most frequently in Persians and Siamese.
If your dog has common epilepsy, it is very likely that it inherited it from its parents. Epilepsy is known to effect specific dog and cat blood-lines more frequently than others. In dogs, veterinarians think that it is often a genetic disease, Usually, a parent or a close relative of your pet also had epilepsy. The causes in cats are less clear. In young adult dogs, the majority of epilepsy is the non-progressive, idiopathic, form.
In cats however, only about a third of the cases are the non-progressive, idiopathic form. In cats, brain inflammations (encephalitis), exposure to toxic substances, traumatic injuries, abnormal body metabolism and brain tumors account for the other two-thirds. Your cat is more likely to be among the fortunate third if it is less than 3.5 years of age when the problem first begins and is also negative for Feline AIDS and Feline leukemia.
What Is Happening To My Pet When It Has A Seizure ?
It is very frightening to watch your pet experience a seizure. But you need to keep in mind that during the seizure your pet is not in pain. The pet may vocalize and thrash around, but it does not experience painful sensations. It is just before and after the seizure that your pet will be frightened and need your reassurance.
During an epileptic seizure random electrical impulses are sent from the nerve cells of your pet's brain to muscles throughout its body. In idiopathic epilepsy, the source of these abnormal brain impulses are small areas of abnormal or damaged brain tissue. During a complete epileptic seizure the pet looses consciousness and has no memory of the event ever occurring.
Epileptic seizures are a bit like an electrical storm. Their primary origin within cerebral cortex of the brain and the target tissues of their nerve cell impulses define the type epilepsy that occurs.
Seizures that put the whole body into severe muscle contractions, are called grand mal seizures. Seizures that are less severe and only affect a few muscle groups are called petit mal seizures. Status epilepticus is a term used for severe seizures that occur again and again with little or no rest between convulsions. These can be fatal.
During a seizure, these tiny areas begin sending out electrical impulses that are received by the nerve cells that surround them. This results in a chain reaction in which the surrounding nerve cells are stimulated to fire off a shower of signals of their own to various muscles of the body. In this respect, a typical epileptic seizure is much like a single snowball setting of a great avalanche. These abnormal electrical signals constitute a seizure. If the seizure affects the whole body, the pet looses consciousness. If it is a partial seizure, the pet may realize that something is occurring. In cases if idiopathic epilepsy, nothing can be found that is physically wrong with the brain.
Secondary Epilepsy and Seizures:
When a defect within the brain can be identified as the source of the abnormal impulses, we call the condition symptomatic or secondary epilepsy. Secondary seizures often occur when pressure within the brain is too high (intracranial pressure). They can also occur when the brain is inflamed or when brain tumors are present.
Things outside the brain can cause secondary epilepsy too. Things like overheating (hyperthermia), low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) , intestinal inflammation or liver and kidney failure. Poisons and toxic chemicals can also cause seizures. For example, certain flame retardant chemicals, when eaten, have the ability to cause seizures. (ref). Thiamine-deficient diets have also caused seizures in cats. (ref).
What About Epilepsy In Cats ?
Idiopathic epilepsy is much less common in cats than in dogs. As I mentioned earlier, unlike dogs, cats often develop seizures because of some progressive, acquired brain disease. Because many of these underlying causes increase in severity over time, the long-term prognosis (outlook) for epileptic cats is not nearly as good as it is for dogs. But even in these cats, your veterinarian can often control these seizures for a time.
I have seen more idiopathic or common epilepsy in pure-bred than in randomly-bred housecats.
Another common cause of epileptiform (epileptic-like) seizures in cats is infection with the virus of feline infectious peritonitis ("the dry form" of FIP). Another rarer cause is infection with toxoplasmosis. Increases in the pressure within your pet's brain, liver and kidney disease, low blood sugar, brain tumors, vitamin B-1 deficiency, feline immunodeficiency virus (feline AIDS), rabies, insecticides, antifreeze and migrating parasites (like baylisascaris ) account for almost all of the other cases of seizures in cats.
When In Life Does Epilepsy Usually Start And What Does A Real Seizure Look Like ?
Most pets have their first seizures between 1 and 5 five years of age. During a complete seizure, the pet falls on its side with its legs outstretched and it's back arched. Partial seizures have much more variable signs. Most pets maintain their legs rigidly extended but some paddle as if they were running. Pets may whine - although they are not in pain.
These pets often void their bowels and bladder during their convulsions. Their jaws are clenched during the first phase of the seizure. If only a portion of the body is affected the seizure is called a focal simple seizure or a partial seizure. Those pets do remain consciousness but often mentally impaired.
Focal simple seizures or partial epilepsy are often misinterpreted by owners as just a periodic quirky behavior. Sometimes muscles of the face just go into a jerky motion. Sometimes the pets appear to be snapping at invisible flies or chewing gum or running round and round in circles.
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Some seizures affect portions of the pet's brain that control thought rather than motion. When an area of the brain that controls the conscious thought process is affected the seizure is called a psychomotor seizure or hallucination. In humans this form of seizure is called frontal lobe epilepsy. During this altered period of consciousness your pet may show fear, aggression, hyperactivity, or repetitive nonsensical behavior. Some pets hear imaginary noises. Your pet may bite or snap at you if you disturb it during one of these episodes.
Because so many areas of the brain can give rise to epileptic seizures, no two pets exhibit exactly the same signs. In some instances seizures will be a one-time episode never to occur again. In other pets the problem reoccurs at regular intervals of from every several days to several times a year. Common medications to treat epilepsy can damage your pet's liver over time. Only you, not your veterinarian, can decide if the number and severity of seizures your pet experiences, justify the risks of continuous, lifetime medication.
Stages Of A Seizure
A seizure event of epilepsy can be broken down into three distinct stages. It is a very ancient disease, so the event has been divided in many ways using many confusing terms.
The first stage is called the prodromal, or warning stage. This stage usually lasts several minutes but can last much longer. During this stage, the pet may have changes in its mood and behavior and may appear anxious. Some common signs are restlessness, wandering, pacing, licking, trembling and vomiting. In epileptic people, therapy dogs have been trained to warn their owners during this stage that a seizure is eminent.
next stage is called the ictus or ictical stage. This is
the time of the seizure itself when the body is subject to uncontrolled
movement and thrashing. During this stage, the pet is unconscious.
Paddling or swimming movements, clenched teeth, and arched back
are common during this stage. In cases where partial seizures occur,
the pet may run in circles, or appear blind or deaf.
What Tests Will My Veterinarian Run To Confirm That My Pet Has Epilepsy ?
Your veterinarian will want to begin with a complete blood chemistry panel on your pet as well as a urinalysis on the pet's urine. If your pet has simple or idiopathic epilepsy, these tests will probably all come back normal. (T4 could be low if the pet is already taking phenobarbital [ref]) If your veterinarian is reasonably certain of the diagnosis at that point, the vet might begin the pet on an anti-epileptic medication. When the diagnosis is not that evident, the vet can go on to order more specialized tests, such as an MRI, CT scan or even a cerebrospinal tap (vets generally obtain that fluid higher up at the base of the pet's skull) - usually in that order - until the diagnosis is made.
What Should I Do During The Seizure ?
When a seizure occurs, owners tend to over-react. Their first inclination is to rush the pet to an emergency veterinary center. Luckily, most epileptic seizures last only a few minutes. One to three minute seizures are most common. Those that last five to ten minutes are less common and more serious.
Seizures that last longer than 5 minutes can become medical emergencies if these pets have trouble breathing. Have your veterinarian provide you with an emergency dose of injectable diazepam (Valium) if you pet has experienced such seizures in the past. Give nothing by mouth.
My first concern for my clients is that they NOT TO BE BITTEN. If your pet or a neighbor's pet develops a seizure, begin by placing the pet's head on a soft folded towel or pillow. You may carry the pet in a blanket to a tiled area so as not to soil the carpet or rug.
Then remove all objects that surround the pet so it will not injure itself. Do not put your hands into the pet's mouth.
It is quite rare for a dog to "swallow" its tongue but if the pet should turn bluish you can use an inverted spoon to manipulate the tongue. If this is not sufficient, and the dog is still having difficulty breathing, open the mouth by passing two towels through the mouth and pulling on them – one up, one down in opposite directions - to force the mouth open. Your pet doesn't recognize you during seizures and its jaws can clench forcefully on your hands.
You can gently stroke and speak calmly and softly to your pet; but the pet will not know you are present until the seizure begins to subside.
Keep the room darkened, cool and keep other family members away. You can already position some paper towels and warm soapy water on a wash stand beyond the pet's reach to help clean up any mess.
Owners that have experienced "break-through" seizures in their pets often have injectable diazepam issued to them to break seizures. In emergencies, some pet owners have been instructed in how to insert a diazepam tablet rectally to break a seizure. (I have not attempted that procedure myself so I do not know if it is effective.) Do not give tablets by mouth while a pet is having a seizure or subsequent to a seizure.
How Soon Should I Start To Think About Continuous Medications For My Pet ?
This is a difficult question to answer. I generally suggest that dogs and cats receive anti-seizure medications if they have had two or more seizures within an 8-week period or two or more cluster seizures within a 12-week period. Dogs and cats that show unusually severe ictal or post ictal periods should also begin medication. How frequently, if ever, that owners can tolerate the sight of seizure behavior in their pets is also a major factor for many pet owners.
What Medications Are Available To Treat Epilepsy In Pets ?
Phenobarbital (Phenobarbitone)
Phenobarbital is the most commonly used drug to treat epilepsy in
dogs and cats.
The side effects of phenobarbital are sedation, increased appetite, weight gain, increased thirst and urination and harm to the liver over time. These problems can be minimized if the dose is closely regulated or if a combination of medications is used. Phenobarbital works well in both dogs and cats. Cats do not seem as prone as dogs to liver damage while on this drug, but they do tend to gain weight.
Pets on Phenobarbital need to have their Liver enzymes tested periodically to check for possible liver damage. Combining phenobarbital with a second drug, such as Potassium bromide, may protect your pet from this liver damage. Some owners give their epileptic pets milk thistle to try to protect the liver. (unfortunately, the only recent scientific study of milk thistle's "active" ingredient, silymarin, found it of no value in humans with one form of chronic hepatitis ref. Silymarin is one of the two "active" ingredients in Denamarin) Phenobarbital is an old medicine. Despite its numerous side effects, it has been used to control seizures in humans since 1912. You can read the NIH product description here.
Primadone (Mysoline, Mylepsin, etc.)
The effects and side effects of primadone are the same as phenobarbital. In your pet's body, much of the primadone is converted to phenobarbital which accounts for most or all of its anti-seizure effects.
Phenytoin (Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin)
This drug rarely controls seizures on its own. It should never be given to cats. It can also be toxic to the liver of dogs.
Potassium Bromide
This drug is compounded by a number of special order veterinary pharmacies (It should be approved by the FDA as a prepackaged product in 2012) It can be used to lower the amount of phenobarbital your pet is given to hopefully decrease the likelihood of liver damage. Dogs taking potassium bromide should receive it with food. They need to be careful with the salt levels in their diet and whenever their brand of dog food is changed. Their T4 levels and serum bromide concentrations need to be periodically monitored. The most common side effects of this drug are behavioral changes, muscular twitching and staggered gait. You can read in detail about these side effects and others here. Most veterinarians rely on phenobarbital to get your pet's seizures under control and then add potassium bromide as a second line medication to keep the pets phenobarbital dose as low as possible. It is rarely used at this time as the primary seizure-control medication. (ref).
Cats do not respond as well to potassium bromide as dogs do. The use of this medication in cats has also been frequently associated with a type of lung inflammation called pneumonitis. (ref) When pneumonitis occurs, it can produce signs quite similar to feline asthma.
Valium (diazepam)
This drug alone is only good to end dangerous long-lasting seizures until another medicine can take effect. In dogs and cats, it is quite good at breaking a persistent, dangerous seizure; but when it is given over longer periods of time the body becomes resistant to its effects. It can be an effective "add-on" medication for epileptic cats because it seems to persist longer in the blood stream of feline than canine patients.
Newer Medications
(Some newer drugs used in human epilepsy show promise in dogs.
These include clorazepate, felbamate, gabapentin, levetiracetam
and zonisamide. However, the dog's Liver
enzymes need to be monitored
closely, particularly if the dog receives zonisamide (ref)
Veterinarians have less experience using these newer anti-seizure medications than phenobarbital or potassium bromide. These newer medications were developed for human use and it is yet unclear what their long-term effects might be in dogs and cats. Veterinarians rarely use them when a pet's seizures can be adequately controlled using these two better-known, traditional medications. So use the newer ones all with caution and with frequent monitoring of your pet's blood blood chemistry. Periodic monitoring of all anti-seizure medication serum blood levels as well as their effects on your pet's liver and kidney function is always a good idea.
Clorazepate (Tranxene®)
This drug can be used in conjunction with phenobarbital. It is moderately effective, but serum levels of the drug need to be monitored every 4-6 months as they tend to drift downwards. Clorazepate is similar in structure to diazepam (Valium) and like diazepam, it works well in emergencies. It is available in regular and time-release form. In dogs, both forms seem work the same. Because dogs vary greatly in how they absorb this drug, blood levels should be frequently checked. Side effects of clorazepate are sleepiness and a wobbly gait.
Felbamate (Felbatol®)
The primary advantage of felbamate is that it does not cause drowsiness. It is often given along with phenobarbital to lower the phenobarbital dose. The toxicity of this drug is very low but it has to be given several times a day. Blood samples should occasionally be taken to check for liver toxicity and bone marrow suppression, which are uncommon side effects.
Gabapentin (Neurontin®)
This drug also causes little to no sedation. It is sometimes given successfully to pets to supplement to other anti-seizure medication such as phenobarbitol and bromide when they do not control seizures well enough on their own. When using Neurontin, always try to stay at the lowest possible dose. A few veterinarians have found it helpful but many have not. You can read an article on it's use here.
Levetiracetam (Keppra®)
This medication has been used in dogs in combination with phenobarbital and potassium bromide to lower the daily dose of phenobarbital received and in cases where phenobarbital was not able to control the seizures alone. The drug appears quite safe. Rare side effects in dogs include stiff wobbly gait, vomiting and salivation. It's cost is high and it requires frequent dosing.
Zonisamide (Zonegran®)
This drug is sometimes effective in blocking seizures and has few side effects that we know of. When it is used, it is usually an add-on therapy for dogs already receiving phenobarbital. When this drug is used, the phenobarbital dosage can sometimes be drastically reduced or , perhaps, entirely eliminated.
Imepitoin (Pexion®)
This medicatin works quite well in dogs and is a common alternative medication to phenobarbital in Europe. But as of 2016, it is still not available in the United States. Read about Pexion here.
Valproic Acid (Depakote®)
This medication does not work as well in dogs and cats as it does in people with epilepsy. It can be quite toxic to cats. It is occasionally used to supplement other anti-seizure medications in pets. It can cause the pet to loose hair and it can be toxic to the liver. It can cause drowsiness, sedation, nausea and vomiting. It is best given with food.
Can I Ever Stop Giving My Pet Medications ?
Pets that were put on long term phenobarbital because their pet had one or two seizures probably shouldn't be on it at all. But if your pet had multiple seizures that were determined to be idiopathic epilepsy, I suggest not attempting to lower or discontinue medications until your pet has been free of seizures for a year. Do not change or discontinue medications without the knowledge of your veterinarian and schedule any changes so that seizures are unlikely to occur on weekends, holidays or periods when your regular veterinarian is not likely to be available. If seizures frequently reoccur, your pet will probably need its medications for its lifetime.
Might My Pet's Diet Affect The Number and Intensity of Its Seizures ?
There is some preliminary evidence that in humans at least, a diet based primarily on meat protein and fat might be beneficial in controling epilepsy. You can read a review of that information here. You can read some tips on preparing all-meat or high meat diets here. (I would caution you against feeding your pet any diet that contains raw meat. That is because the threat of infection from contamination of these products is greatly increased when a pet has chronic health problems of any kind.)
Will Idiopathic Epilepsy Shorten My Dog's Life ?
Typically, idiopathic epilepsy will not shorten your dog's life.
It is dogs and cats that have progressive brain disease that trigger seizures that are ever more severe that will eventually pass away from the problem. (ref1, ref2, ref3)


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Velocityby Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz's unique talent for writing terrifying thrillers with a heart and soul is nowhere more evident than in this latest suspense masterpiece that pits one man against the ultimate deadline. If there were speed limits for the sheer pulse-racing excitement allowed in one novel, Velocity would break them all. Get ready for the ride of your life.
Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. If you don't take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours.
It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Bill's fault: he didn't convince the police to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum–and two new lives hanging in the balance.
Suddenly Bill's average, seemingly innocuous life takes on the dimensions and speed of an accelerating nightmare. Because the notes are coming faster, the deadlines growing tighter, and the killer becoming bolder and crueler with everycommunication–until Bill is isolated with the terrifying knowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over a psychopath's innocent victims. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The choice is yours.
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Chapter One
Part 1
Chapter 1
With draft beer and a smile, Ned Pearsall raised a toast to his deceased neighbor, Henry Friddle, whose death greatly pleased him.
Henry had been killed by a garden gnome. He had fallen off the roof of his two-story house, onto that cheerful-looking figure. The gnome was made of concrete. Henry wasn't.
A broken neck, a cracked skull: Henry perished on impact.
This death-by-gnome had occurred four years previously. Ned Pearsall still toasted Henry's passing at least once a week.
Now, from a stool near the curve of the polished mahogany bar, an out-of-towner, the only other customer, expressed curiosity at the enduring nature of Ned's animosity.
"How bad a neighbor could the poor guy have been that you're still so juiced about him?"
Ordinarily, Ned might have ignored the question. He had even less use for tourists than he did for pretzels.
The tavern offered free bowls of pretzels because they were cheap. Ned preferred to sustain his thirst with well-salted peanuts.
To keep Ned tipping, Billy Wiles, tending bar, occasionally gave him a bag of Planters.
Most of the time Ned had to pay for his nuts. This rankled him either because he could not grasp the economic realities of tavern operation or because he enjoyed being rankled, probably the latter.
Although he had a head reminiscent of a squash ball and the heavy rounded shoulders of a sumo wrestler, Ned was an athletic man only if you thought barroom jabber and grudge-holding qualified as sports. In those events, he was an Olympian.
Regarding the late Henry Friddle, Ned could be as talkative with outsiders as with lifelong residents of Vineyard Hills. When, as
now, the only other customer was a stranger, Ned found silence even less congenial than conversation with a "foreign devil."
Billy himself had never been much of a talker, never one of those barkeeps who considered the bar a stage. He was a listener.
To the out-of-towner, Ned declared, "Henry Friddle was a pig."
The stranger had hair as black as coal dust with traces of ash at the temples, gray eyes bright with dry amusement, and a softly resonant voice. "That's a strong word--pig."
"You know what the pervert was doing on his roof? He was trying to piss on my dining-room windows."
Wiping the bar, Billy Wiles didn't even glance at the tourist. He'd heard this story so often that he knew all the reactions to it.
"Friddle, the pig, figured the altitude would give his stream more distance," Ned explained.
The stranger said, "What was he--an aeronautical engineer?"
"He was a college professor. He taught contemporary literature."
"Maybe reading that stuff drove him to suicide," the tourist said, which made him more interesting than Billy had first thought.
"No, no," Ned said impatiently. "The fall was accidental."
"Was he drunk?"
"Why would you think he was drunk?" Ned wondered.
The stranger shrugged. "He climbed on a roof to urinate on your windows."
"He was a sick man," Ned explained, plinking one finger against his empty glass to indicate the desire for another round.
Drawing Budweiser from the tap, Billy said, "Henry Friddle was consumed by vengeance."
After silent communion with his brew, the tourist asked Ned Pearsall, "Vengeance? So you urinated on Friddle's windows first?"
"It wasn't the same thing at all," Ned warned in a rough tone that advised the outsider to avoid being judgmental.
"Ned didn't do it from his roof," Billy said.
"That's right. I walked up to his house, like a man, stood on his lawn, and aimed at his dining-room windows."
"Henry and his wife were having dinner at the time," Billy said.
Before the tourist might express revulsion at the timing of this assault, Ned said, "They were eating quail, for God's sake."
"You showered their windows because they were eating quail?"
Ned sputtered with exasperation. "No, of course not. Do I look insane to you?" He rolled his eyes at Billy.
Billy raised his eyebrows as though to say What do you expect of a tourist?
"I'm just trying to convey how pretentious they were," Ned clarified, "always eating quail or snails, or Swiss chard."
"Phony bastards," the tourist said with such a light seasoning of mockery that Ned Pearsall didn't detect it, although Billy did.
"Exactly," Ned confirmed. "Henry Friddle drove a Jaguar,
and his wife drove a car--you won't believe this--a car made in Sweden."
"Detroit was too common for them," said the tourist.
"Exactly. How much of a snob do you have to be to bring a car all the way from Sweden?"
The tourist said, "I'll wager they were wine connoisseurs."
"Big time! Did you know them or something?"
"I just know the type. They had a lot of books."
"You've got 'em nailed," Ned declared. "They'd sit on the front porch, sniffing their wine, reading books."
"Right out in public. Imagine that. But if you didn't pee on their dining-room windows because they were snobs, why did you?"
"A thousand reasons," Ned assured him. "The incident of the skunk. The incident of the lawn fertilizer. The dead petunias."
"And the garden gnome," Billy added as he rinsed glasses in the bar sink.
"The garden gnome was the last straw," Ned agreed.
"I can understand being driven to aggressive urination by pink plastic flamingos," said the tourist, "but, frankly, not by a gnome."
Ned scowled, remembering the affront. "Ariadne gave it my face."
"Ariadne who?"
"Henry Friddle's wife. You ever heard a more pretentious name?"
"Well, the Friddle part brings it down to earth."
"She was an art professor at the same college. She sculpted the gnome, created the mold, poured the concrete, painted it herself."
"Having a sculpture modeled after you can be an honor."
The beer foam on Ned's upper lip gave him a rabid appearance as he protested: "It was a gnome, pal. A drunken gnome. The nose was as red as an apple. It was carrying a beer bottle in each hand."
"And its fly was unzipped," Billy added.
"Thanks so much for reminding me," Ned grumbled. "Worse, hanging out of its pants was the head and neck of a dead goose."
"How creative," said the tourist.
"At first I didn't know what the hell that meant--"
"Symbolism. Metaphor."
"Yeah, yeah. I figured it out. Everybody who walked past their place saw it, and got a laugh at my expense."
"Wouldn't need to see the gnome for that," said the tourist.
Misunderstanding, Ned agreed: "Right. Just hearing about it, people were laughing. So I busted up the gnome with a sledgehammer."
"And they sued you."
"Worse. They set out another gnome. Figuring I'd bust up the first, Ariadne had cast and painted a second."
"I thought life was mellow here in the wine country."
"Then they tell me," Ned continued, "if I bust up the second one, they'll put a third on the lawn, plus they'll manufacture a bunch and sell 'em at cost to anyone who wants a Ned Pearsall gnome."
"Sounds like an empty threat," said the tourist. "Would there really be people who'd want such a thing?"
"Dozens," Billy assured him.
"This town's become a mean place since the pate-and-brie crowd started moving in from San Francisco," Ned said sullenly.
"So when you didn't dare take a sledgehammer to the second gnome, you were left with no choice but to pee on their windows."
"Exactly. But I didn't just go off half-cocked. I thought about the situation for a week. Then I hosed them."
"After which, Henry Friddle climbed on his roof with a full bladder, looking for justice."
"Yeah. But he waited till I had a birthday dinner for my mom."
"Unforgivable," Billy judged.
"Does the Mafia attack innocent members of a man's family?" Ned asked indignantly.
Although the question had been rhetorical, Billy played for his tip: "No. The Mafia's got class."
"Which is a word these professor types can't even spell," Ned said. "Mom was seventy-six. She could have had a heart attack."
"So," the tourist said, "while trying to urinate on your dining-room windows, Friddle fell off his roof and broke his neck on the Ned Pearsall gnome. Pretty ironic."
"I don't know ironic," Ned replied. "But it sure was sweet."
"Tell him what your mom said," Billy urged.
Following a sip of beer, Ned obliged: "My mom told me, 'Honey, praise the Lord, this proves there's a God.'"
After taking a moment to absorb those words, the tourist said, "She sounds like quite a religious woman."
"She wasn't always. But at seventy-two, she caught pneumonia."
"It's sure convenient to have God at a time like that."
"She figured if God existed, maybe He'd save her. If He didn't exist, she wouldn't be out nothing but some time wasted on prayer."
"Time," the tourist advised, "is our most precious possession."
"True," Ned agreed. "But Mom wouldn't have wasted much because mostly she could pray while she watched TV."
"What an inspiring story," said the tourist, and ordered a beer.
Billy opened a pretentious bottle of Heineken, provided a fresh chilled glass, and whispered, "This one's on the house."
"That's nice of you. Thanks. I'd been thinking you're quiet and soft-spoken for a bartender, but now maybe I understand why."
From his lonely outpost farther along the bar, Ned Pearsall raised his glass in a toast. "To Ariadne. May she rest in peace."
Although it might have been against his will, the tourist was engaged again. Of Ned, he asked, "Not another gnome tragedy?"
"Cancer. Two years after Henry fell off the roof. I sure wish it hadn't happened."
Pouring the fresh Heineken down the side of his tilted glass, the stranger said, "Death has a way of putting our petty squabbles in perspective."
"I miss her," Ned said. "She had the most spectacular rack, and she didn't always wear a bra."
The tourist twitched.
"She'd be working in the yard," Ned remembered almost dreamily, "or walking the dog, and that fine pair would be bouncing and swaying so sweet you couldn't catch your breath."
The tourist checked his face in the back-bar mirror, perhaps to see if he looked as appalled as he felt.
"Billy," Ned asked, "didn't she have the finest set of mamas you could hope to see?"
"She did," Billy agreed.
Ned slid off his stool, shambled toward the men's room, paused at the tourist. "Even when cancer withered her, those mamas didn't shrink. The leaner she got, the bigger they were in proportion. Almost to the end, she looked hot. What a waste, huh, Billy?"
"What a waste," Billy echoed as Ned continued to the men's room.
After a shared silence, the tourist said, "You're an interesting guy, Billy Barkeep."
"Me? I've never hosed anyone's windows."
"You're like a sponge, I think. You take everything in."
Billy picked up a dishcloth and polished some pilsner glasses that had previously been washed and dried.
"But then you're a stone too," the tourist said, "because if you're squeezed, you give nothing back."
Billy continued polishing the glasses.
The gray eyes, bright with amusement, brightened further. "You're a man with a philosophy, which is unusual these days, when most people don't know who they are or what they believe, or why."
This, too, was a style of barroom jabber with which Billy was familiar, though he didn't hear it often. Compared to Ned Pearsall's rants, such boozy observations could seem erudite; but it was all just beer-based psychoanalysis.
He was disappointed. Briefly, the tourist had seemed different from the usual two-cheeked heaters who warmed the barstool vinyl.
Smiling, shaking his head, Billy said, "Philosophy. You give me too much credit."
The tourist sipped his Heineken.
Although Billy had not intended to say more, he heard himself continue: "Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect much,
enjoy what you have."
The stranger smiled. "Be self-sufficient, don't get involved, let the world go to Hell if it wants."
"Maybe," Billy conceded.
"Admittedly, it's not Plato," said the tourist, "but it is a philosophy."
"You have one of your own?" Billy asked.
"Right now, I believe that my life will be better and more meaningful if I can just avoid any further conversation with Ned."
"That's not a philosophy," Billy told him. "That's a fact."
At ten minutes past four, Ivy Elgin came to work. She was a waitress as good as any and an object of desire without equal.
Billy liked her but didn't long for her. His lack of lust made him unique among the men who worked or drank in the tavern.
Ivy had mahogany hair, limpid eyes the color of brandy, and the body for which Hugh Hefner had spent his life searching.
Although twenty-four, she seemed genuinely unaware that she was the essential male fantasy in the flesh. She was never seductive.
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Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Anna, and the enduring spirit of their golden, Trixie.
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- Newport Beach, California
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- July 9, 1945
- Place of Birth:
- Everett, Pennsylvania
- Education:
- B.S. (major in English), Shippensburg University, 1966
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What a ride. The plot is slick, fast-paced and very entertaining. The ending is both satisfying and touching. As in much of Koontz's work, several plot points do strain credibility. This is but a minor fault in a popular fiction designed to entertain. When Koontz is on, he is ON. Quite fun. Highly recommended. Note that there are no supernatural or paranormal elements to this story. The horrors are strictly of the human variety, and, in my opinion, that makes them even more scary.
Velocity was a great thriller. The suspense kept me reading it until I finished it and uncovered the mystery. The premise is that Billy, a hardworking, quiet bartender, recieves a note telling him he has the power to determine who the writer of the note murders. Billy decides that the note is a malicious prank and ignores it. He's ready to move on until one of the possible victims the note indicated ends up dead. More notes arrive and Billy realizes that he's dealing with a serial killer who's so expertly tangled him in his murderous web that he can't even contact the police. I love how Dean Koontz took a premise so frightening and made it wholly believable. He had red herrings and dozens of clues that kept me guessing. Koontz managed to keep the storyline of the relentless killer going at a breakneck speed while developing all the characters. In Velocity there were two mysteries side by side- the mystery of the killer's identity and motivation and the mystery of how Billy is more than just an average bartender. I loved how I had to keep reaing to peel back layer upon layer of who the protaganist really was. It added to the suspense. The climax was completely suprising and thrilling and led to a perfectly written conclusion. I loved this book because it also dealt with deeper topics like the human condition. So it offered entertainment and integrity. Dean Koontz is an excellent writer and I definitely recommend this one.
(Originally written January 23, 2006) I was a Dean R. Koontz fan long ago, and since I've gotten back into reading, I see Mr. Koontz has remained as skilled as ever. I recently read and was thrilled by "Intensity," but even so, I was STILL blown away by "Velocity!" What can I say? Once this novel got going, which did not take any time, every chapters, almost every PAGE had me on the edge of my seat! Koontz throws you in with hero Billy and never lets either of you rest. This novel is also strong in the What-Would-YOU-Do? category. While "Intensity" took me along for the ride, "Velocity" made me feel even more like I was at the center of the story. I kept trying to figure out how I would handle each situation even as I waited to see what Billy would do next. As is Koontz's habit, we are once again treated to his standard "Man with a sad background" character. But this time, the "Woman with a terrible background" character is absent (or at least in a coma). And so, as with "Intensity," I was able to look past this "stock" character and focus more on the story. As a result, I have no real complaints about Koontz's work this time around. "Velocity" edges out "Dream Parlor" by Christopher Andrews as my current favorite novel, and I am pleased to give another 5-star rating.
VELOCITY was a very engaging story. The main character Billy Wiles just can't seem to make the right decision given the choices he is given. Killing, mayhem, entrapment, and love. It's all in there. I highly recommend VELOCITY. The novel is good to it's name.
A hard book to put down. One that will keep you at the edge of your seat!
Omg! Excellent read, keeps you in suspense wondering what is next ! I have this in hard copy and may buy it again so that I canhave it on my nook .
just awesome! its over before you know it. A perfect ending!
You read quotes and just melt from sheer perfection when you read this book. Velocity is one of the best Koontz books by a landslide.
Dean Koontz's Velocity is a thrilling, exciting, and unpredictable. ONe minute you will think this will happen, but the next thing you you know the exact opposite happens. The main character, Billy, gets note from the 'freak', as Billy calls him, in which he has to choose from two very different, unnamed people for the freak to kill. Each note gets more interesting as the story progresses. Suspense is present throughout the whole novel. The reader will have their head spinning in circles trying to figure out who the 'freak' is. And why the freak chose Billy. This book is great for somebody who wants a true thriller. I applaud Dean Koontzs in creating this exhilarating novel. You will truly be satisfied.
Suspenceful and twisted from the start, this is a typical Koontz story. Velocity is a fun mystyery and troubling at the same time. It is impossible not to empathize with Billy, the main character, though you will question his sanity. You will ask yourself what choices you would make in his place. It would be a profound (and of course horrifying) moral quandary in which to find yourself. You might think you couldn't choose another person to die, but if it might save the person you most love from torture and death, you would do it. Probably without hesitation. This kind of novel helps you appreciate the relatively uneventful calm of your routine life...and includes a shout out to Charles Dickens. Michael Travis Jasper, Author of the Novel "To Be Chosen."
I've been a big fan of Dean Koontz since reading Watchers the year after it came out, and I normally like everything he writes. Velocity is a decent novel, but it represents a departure from some of Koontz's normal style conventions. Although I appreciate the effort to do something different, to experiment a bit, I thought the experiment was unsuccessful. The book is tense and suspenseful, as Koontz novels always are, but throughout most of the novel I felt it lacked something. It was not until the end that I realized what. Probably my favorite aspect of Dean Koontz's novels is his wonderful characterization, and his startling ability, novel after novel, with character after character, to make me love and care about his characters. His novels are "page turners" because I care so much about the characters. I worry about them. I want them to make it. And so I keep reading; I can't put the books down. In Velocity, however, I did not feel the same way. There's really only one character. The book is told entirely from his perspective -- it could easily have been written in first person format. There are no scene breaks, no shifts into someone else's mind. Although that is fine, the problem here is that I didn't really like main character Billy Wiles very much. I didn't find myself DIS-liking him either... But I didn't care about him the way I've cared about characters in all of Koontz's other novels. Billy becomes somewhat likable in the very last few chapters, but it happens too late, and for the bulk of the book I found him uninteresting. Don't get me wrong. Velocity is not a bad book. If this were a novel by some other author I'd never heard of, I'd probably say it was pretty decent. But as a Koontz novel, I felt it was one of Dean's weaker offerings. My advice is, save this for last, and read all the other ones first. They're all better than this one.
It definately catches your attention from the very first sentence and as it carries on you'll find yourself not only questioning what choices you would make in Billy's place but you'll be on the edge of your seat and shocked by each sudden twist. Waiting alongside Billy is difficult and you'll be frustrated, wanting to know what on earth is going to happen next--but such is Koontz's genius, making you endure it too.
I was walking through the aisle of Walgreens and saw the cover. Me being a car guy, it caught my eye. I read the back cover and was hooked. So I bought it. I could not wait to get to the end, but I didn't want it to end. I would recommend this to everybody.
Reading this book was quite fun, perhaps best described as feeling very lucky for not being in the main character's shoes. For a regular young guy keeping busy by bar tending, Billy Wiles is not very remarkable until we see him in distress. Out of the blue his life is being pulled in all sorts of crazy directions and the puppeteer pulling all his strings is a total freak who plays twisted mind games and plants all sorts of discriminating evidence in Billy's house, memorabilia of his past killings in random bodies and parts planted to keep him from running to the police. When he starts finding random notes asking him who to spare and who to kill, Billy refuses to play the game, but his friends start disappearing and he has no choice but to play the game and maybe even try and win it, without turning into a psycho himself.
I haven't read Koontz in a while, not by any conscious choice, but this week I suddenly craved his stable fiction that always satisfies, like a piece of cake, there are plenty of choices and they rarely fail even if they aren't the most nutritious. For some odd reason I couldn't get into the book at first, it reads fast but the first fifty pages were not a smooth read, perhaps I was being distracted by my surrounding but once I had time and quiet the book zoomed past me and I read it in two days. Most of the time at the end of each short chapter, the final paragraphs kept exploding with more and more crazy stuff, it felt like Billy was never getting his innocence and sanity back and it was impossible to put the book away or go to sleep or do anything else. The title defies the book perfectly, the way one person's life starts to crumble, the hole in the ground being dug deeper and deeper by a mysterious foe who knows everything about Billy but who's pulling the rug from under his feet in random directions getting him into more trouble by the minute. Playing tricks and games, treating people and their precious lives as a toy; something to play with, to get off to, the killer is cunning and cold, driving though his plan to bring Billy down. But lucky for us Billy is no sap and in some interesting ways plans to catch up to the maniac.
Koontz does a great job of making Billy feel for all those who have perished, the deaths aren't meaningless and added to make the book soupy with gore, they are mourned and talked about form different angles, making the reader feel real sorrow and it made me think a little more about my own mortality, the way it can so easily be extinguished. Luckily this was just a book, and a great way to spend a dark and cold night. Now of course all I want to read is Koontz...I must say, he's a little bit addictive and I've acquired quite a bit of his stuff over the years.
- Kasia S.
Loved it, I started the book and had it completely finished in 3 days. I couldnt put it down. I litteraly walked around, at work, at home, with this book glued to my hands. I read it before going to work, I read it on breaks, I read it on my lunch hour, I read it afterwork on my way home (no, I wasnt driving), I read while eating dinner, I read it at home in bed. So many twists & turns, everytime you think you know who's leaving the notes, you find how wrong you were. Most authors spend the first 5-6 chapters filling them with boering backgrounds on all their charachters before moving you into the story. Not Koontz - he jumps in from the very beginning hurling you into the story. Then slowly bleeds out the background info on characters throughout the book in such small pieces it leaves you waiting to learn more. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT & would HIGHLY recommend to anyone who likes good twisty, turny, murder mysteries. This would be great made into a mini movie
Unusual (as usual for Koontz) story which moves along at a brisk pace. The characters are well written and you feel empathy for the main character Bill. I always like the way that Dean Koontz finds to end his books. They are uplifting without being too cliche.
Velocity is my first Koontz novel. Needless to say, I was extremely impressed by this book. Koontz captures a world of suspense, terror, and mystery in just one book. Billy Wiles is a character many of us can relate to, and because of this, Koontz manages to take us through many of the same emotions that Wiles felt during the 'terror'. I honestly felt psychotic after I read Velocity. It can mess with your mind. No other book has done that for me. The storyline holds a strong premise in this book. Choose one person's life or death over another's. This basic scheme provides the suspense for most of the plot. We encounter Wiles attempting to make a decision while desperately searching for the killer and covering his tracks. This was a strong point in the novel. Just to reiterate, this book is not a hard read. It was a fairly quick read for me, mainly because I couldn't set it down. I found myself reading one hundred pages at a time or more. Velocity is chock full on nonstop action. Unlike some other thrillers, where one must wait for 1/3 of the book to develop before they witness a breaking action, Koontz hits the ground running and never stops. This book is action, action, and more action. I would have to say thats a great way to write. I thoroughly enjoyed Velocity by Dean Koontz. I have a huge appreciation for his writing and now I am on the way to the bookstore to purchase his remaining books. This book should keep everyone who reads this on the edge of their seat. This was one of the 'coolest' books I have read. Go out and buy it now.
Please keep writing. Between Koontz and King are wonderful.
One of my favorite by Koontz!


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