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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425194515
ISBN number: 0425194515
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 496
Printing Date: February 03, 2004
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: February 03, 2004
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The citizens of Moonlight Cove, California, are changing. Some are losing touch with their deepest emotions. Others are surrendering to their wildest urges. And the few who remain unchanged are absolutely terrified--if not brutally murdered in the dead of night...
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Set in an isolated California community named Moonlight Cove, this horror novel pays homage to some of the finest most chilling horror stories of the fifties. The citizens of Moonlight Cove are changing. Against their will, some of them are surrendering to their most primal urges, transforming into ravening beasts. Struggling to understand and survive the town's transformation are four people: Tessa Lockland has come to Moonlight Cove to find out the truth behind her sister Janice's death. Tessa does not believe the official story that her vibrant, fun-loving sister committed suicide. FBI agent Sam Booker has come to Moonlight Cove to investigate a mysterious series of deaths that may indicate the corruption of the town police department. He is unaware that something more insidious, something infinitely evil has captured the soul of the town and its citizens. Ten year old Chrissie Foster knows part of the truth about what has happened. She narrowly escaped death at the hands of her own parents who have transformed into something so alien that Chrissie cannot even describe it. And high on a hill watching the disintegration of his beloved town is crippled Vietnam vet Harry whose telescope has given him a frightening glimpse of the hell which grips his fellow citizens. These four characters must find each other to uncover the truth and defeat the taint which has infected an entire town. Koontz has crafted a story which emulates "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "The Stepford Wives" to show an entire town corrupted by a scientist whose lust for power drives his genius. As always, Koontz develops sympathetic, realistic protagonists who inspire the reader with their courage and determination. He has an unerring touch in ratcheting up the suspense.
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this is just one of the best Dean Koontz book ive read. i just didnt want to put it down. if you a Dean Koontz fan, then this is a must buy!
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Believability is always a difficult undertaking when writing suspense/horror type novels. Although one may be skeptical of agile, four-legged, flesh eating and self-metamorphosing humans, Koontz instills a high level of believability to Midnight, not so much with the villainous creatures featured in the novel, but with all primary characters and their development throughout the book. Harry the shut-in Vietnam Vet, Sam the FBI man, Tessa the sister to one of the deceased and Chrissie the hapless pre-pubescent girl who narrowly escapes the clutches of her evil "converted" parents all add their own unique facets to the novel.
Believability soon fades for me after some craziness with the creatures somehow physically merging with computers. I suppose at this point it's pretty much irrelevant since all hell breaks loose within the town with the monsters running to and fro having their own carnivorous all you can eat festival.
Midnight makes for a semi-entertaining and effortless read, especially if you're in to far fetched tails involving flesh eating monsters. Koontz writes well and provides vivid description and realistic dialogue which is crucial when writing with this sort of subject material. As this is my very first Koontz novel, I will be interested to read some of his other works, preferably with a little less horror, sci-fi elements and a little more down to earth, suspense material.
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This here's a retread of several other classic books, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I really loved Koontz' Odd Thomas and Forever Odd, and decided to explore his other novels, and found here, quite a stinker. The old adage of if you're going to do a remake, it had better be better than the original is a good standard to uphold, but the author does not apply it here. Although this novel is mildly diverting - why waste time on a weak remake? Also, I got to say the authors photo on the backs of most of his paperbacks is a rather annoying, self indulgent feature. I'd much rather see some information about the book itself.
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This book was addicting...I couldn't put it down. If you've never read Koontz's books before, this one is perfect to start with. It's truly one of the best ones he's written.
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