NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
No fan of Dean Koontz or of psychological suspense will want to miss this extraordinary novel of the human mind’s capacity to torment—and destroy—itself.
 
It’s a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It’s the one fear you cannot escape no matter where you run . . . no...

Loving everything scientific except spiders, an arachnophobic Stink reluctantly attempts desensitization therapy exercises recommended by Judy and Webster before a real-life, fact-filled encounter takes them all by surprise.

Scaredy Squirrel is reluctant to make a friend because he's afraid he might be bitten, so he uses his best defense techniques when a dog approaches him, with unexpected results.

When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door, he and Mudge help calm her fears.

When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.

A little boy walking through an ordinary forest encounters an extraordinary monster.

Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.

Eva is very excited about a beach vacation with her family and best friend Lucy, but her secret fear of swimming where there might be hungry sharks could keep her from finding the legendary mermowls.

When Brother Bear brings a spooky book from the library, bedtime and the dark become ominous and threatening to Sister Bear.