PW started the ball rolling with its starred review of Life Expectancy, Dean Koontz's latest Bantam Hardcover bestseller. PW called Koontz "a master storyteller and a daring writer" and Life Expectancy "an exemplar of his extraordinary work." The novel debuted at #10 on this week's PW list after just a partial week on-sale. There are now nearly 550,000 copies in print after two trips to press of Koontz's newest, which has garnered some of the strongest reviews in his career. Bantam has been running national radio and print advertising for the novel, and Koontz is doing radio and TV satellite interviews before the holidays; then he will get back to work on his next thriller, scheduled for summer 2005.