Dragon Tears
by Dean Koontz
Harry Lyon was a rational man, a cop who refused to let his job harden his soul. Then one fateful day, he was forced to shoot a man--and a homeless stranger with bloodshot eyes uttered the haunting words that challenged Harry Lyon's sanity: "Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours. . . Dead by dawn. . . Dead by dawn. . . Dead by dawn. . . "