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It began with a power outage. A power outage that went beyond lights and televisions. Clocks stopped telling time. Cell phones no longer received signals. Cars became dead relics that wouldn't start.
As the world around them becomes darker, so do the inhabitants of the small town of Westmont, Illinois. A mysterious and evil presence has taken a hold over the village, making the once peaceful town a place of violence and despair.
A small group of individuals, untouched by this presence, must uncover the mystery of why they remain normal and discover what (or who) is taking control of their town, one soul at a time.
Because the Man in the Dark Coat is out there. Hunting them.
And not everyone can remain untouched forever.
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This book starts out slow in the very first chapter, but after the very first chapter is read, you realize why it started out so slow. The author is just preparing you for the events that lie ahead.
Upon reading the very first chapter, I was wondering what was going on. What truly was happening to the townspeople of Westmont, IL. The lights go out, cars stop and won't start, phones will not work. The mayor frets, calls a town meeting and asks everyone to go to their homes and stay there until they can find out what is going on.
Soon, they all realize that this grey out has happened all over the world. They are not alone and the town goes to total chaos. People change and start acting "different." They look like zombies.
A writer named John Whitley, a cop named Heather, a pregnant lady named Gloria, and the mayor named Jennifer are left all alone to encounter their new world. One of evil.
The people's eyes turn grey and some even attack them. They encounter the man responsible for the blackout and the people changing. His name is Thomas Manning. Left alone in the town High School, the four of them hide in seclusion inside the High School, trying to figure out what to do. They hear a knock at the door, they argue whether to open it or not. Then, they all meet Richard and Lindsay, a couple from Chicago.
We get to look inside the evil people's minds and watch Jennifer and Lindsay turn into the evil one's themselves. Things get ugly and this book will keep you on your toes.
Do they survive? Can they destroy the evil one in charge, Thomas Manning, the one who seems to hold the evil inside of him?
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"Moonlight" is a work of fictional horror with the underlying premise of good versus evil.
In his debut novel, the author expertly avoids the pitfalls of weak character development and flimsy plot line that many first-time authors are guilty of. His characters are easily distinguished and have personality traits that you can identify with. The vivid descriptions of sight, sound, and smell place you smack-dab in the middle of all the action.
Though it certainly would not prevent me from recommending this book, I feel that many elements of Mr. Knapp's book are unoriginal and possess a cookie-cutter quality. For example, the "ink grey eyes" are oddly reminiscent of a Stephen King novel, which may not be a bad thing since I love the work of Mr. King.
There are some rather distracting editing issues, but this too can be overlooked as you immerse yourself in the tale that Mr. Knapp has successfully spun.
I really enjoyed this book and would certainly recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind graphic content.
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I found this was pretty well written, and I'm looking forward to seeing his subsequent novels.
While I'm certainly not a puritan, I did feel swear words were a little over used. In addition, the editing left much to be desired: while a spell checker was used to insure all words were correctly spelled, there were a number of instances where the wrong word was used.
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Though this book is almost 500 pages, don't let that prevent you from reading it. There is a lot of space and the font is large. If this had been printed by most of the mass market crew this book would probably be in the 330-350 page range. Beyond that... the almost 500 pages of this book are very good and the author manages to entertain from beginning to end.
Short Summary: The power goes out, and along with it everything else stops working from cars to watches to everything else. As if that isn't enough suddenly people aren't acting right... in fact they have become downright homicidal, and for some reason when you knock them down, they just keep getting back up, alive or not. We follow a band of survivors as they try to figure out what is going on and how they are going to live through the madness.
With echoes of "The Stand" and "The Rising" this novel takes off quickly. This is a very easy read, it flows well and although at very first it appears that this might end up being something we've read before, it turns down a different path. The author does a good job of keeping the tension up and not spoon feeding us all of the truth of what is going on too quickly. I also really appreciated that no-one in the book immediately had the answer. There were guesses all over the ball park, which is far more realistic than many other horror novels where someone always seems to know exactly what the problem is right from the get go. Knapp also does a wonderful job with his characters. Though I won't say they were all multidimensional, the ones we needed to care about, he was able to evoke enough emotion for. The reader will be concerned for many of them, and not all of them will make it. Though for the most part it is pretty clear who is going to live and die, there were a few stray deaths in there that I wasn't expecting (which is always good). As far as the ending... I could a used a little more umph but other than that, I closed the book and felt satisfied with what I had read.
My only real issue with the book was the title which really didn't have anything at all to do with the story. In fact many readers may be confused at the lack of werewolves in the story. Oh and a warning for those of you who don't seem to have the concept of horror (see other reviewer) there is a good bit of gore in this book and there IS profanity, though I didn't find it excessive or out of place.
I would suggest this book to the standard horror fans (King, Koontz, Matheson), I don't know that the extreme horror crew will find enough of the truly disgusting moments to keep them satisfied. Also this book is PG rated when it comes to the nudity and sex aspect (which I was completely happy with) but if that's what you are looking for, head for some Laymon or Lee rather than this novel. I really enjoyed this read and will pick up others by this author when they come out. Highly recommended.
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Moonlight had me from the very first sentence. Keith Knapp has written an interesting tale of horror and suspense.
It begins when a small town experiences a grey out, not any ordinary grey out, cars, batteries, anything electric has stopped working and in the darkness, evil has come to prey.
If Moonlight falls into some of the very first time writer/self published pitfalls, it redeems itself with characters that are interesting and believable dialogue.
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