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ACCLAIM FOR DEAN KOONTZ\u2019S FRANKENSTEIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOOK ONE: PRODIGAL SON<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cLike expert plate-spinners, the authors set up a dizzying array of narrative viewpoints and cycle through them effortlessly\u2026. The odd juxtaposition of a police procedural with a neo-gothic mad scientist plot gives this novel a wickedly unusual and intriguing feel\u2026. A compelling read, with an elegant cliffhanger ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz realizes his original concept for a cable TV effort from which he withdrew. It was TV\u2019s loss, for, filmed utterly faithfully, Prodigal Son<\/em> could be the best horror thriller and, hands down, would be the best Frankenstein movie, ever. This is a book that helps restore horror\u2019s good name.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Booklist<\/em> (starred review)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis rich and complex tale is not only an ambitious project, but one of the most enjoyable monster stories in years\u2026. This is classic Koontz at his best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Fangoria<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis first book in a multipart saga features fascinating characters and an intriguing premise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Library Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz \u2026 examine[s] society\u2019s present milieu under the lens of traditional western mores and in so doing has presented the public with works that are perfectly entertaining and, more importantly, prescient\u2026. In [Prodigal Son]<\/em> the dimensions of the universe are in collision. We are brought to the door of chaos, anarchy, and destruction. In chilling, vivid detail, the author will keep the reader on the edge of his chair, as they begin the journey toward the ultimate blasphemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014California Literary Review<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BOOK TWO: CITY OF NIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cRelax, Dean Koontz\u2019s Frankenstein, volume one of which, Prodigal Son<\/em>, was a pulse-pounder all the way, is going to be a trilogy. But don\u2019t expect to relax all that much. This book cooks, no second-volume doldrums anywhere in it\u2026. Smart dialogue and cutting-edge scientific notions are the oh-so-sweet icing on this delectable thriller\u2019s irresistible, devourable cake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Booklist<\/em> (starred review)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

ACCLAIM FOR DEAN KOONTZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cPerhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America: novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good; that celebrate the common man and woman; that at their best entertain vastly as they uplift.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em> (starred review)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA modern Swift \u2026 a master satirist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition [and] demonstrating that the real horror of life is found not in monsters, but within the human psyche.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz has a knack for making the bizarre and uncanny seem as commonplace as a sunrise. BOTTOM LINE: the Dean of Suspense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014People<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIf Stephen King is the Rolling Stones of novels, Koontz is the Beatles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Playboy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c[Koontz is] far more than a genre writer. Characters and the search for meaning, exquisitely crafted, are the soul of his work. This is why his novels will be read long after the ghosts and monsters of most genre writers have been consigned to the attic. One of the master storytellers of this or any age.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Tampa Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Times<\/em> (London)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz writes page-turners, middle-of-the-night-sneak-up-behind-you suspense thrillers. He touches our hearts and tingles our spines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Washington Post Book World<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz almost occupies a genre of his own. He is a master at building suspense and holding the reader spellbound.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDemanding much of itself, Koontz\u2019s style bleaches out clich\u00e9s while showing a genius for details. He leaves his competitors buried in the dust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz has been on a roll. And he\u2019s been wielding his dry sense of humor like a well-placed scalpel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Denver Post<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe master of the psychological drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014LARRY<\/span> KING,<\/span> USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is one of the great suspense authors\u2026. There\u2019s no bestselling author of popular fiction whose sentences offer more musicality. His characters are memorable and his unique mix of suspense and humor absorbing. Great kudos to Koontz for creating, within the strictures of popular fiction, notable novel[s] of ideas and of moral imperatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cTumbling, hallucinogenic prose. Serious writers might do well to study his technique.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The New York Times Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz lights up a dark galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cInspires both chills and serious thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014People<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz virtually invented the cross-genre novel\u2026. He is one of the premier novelists of his generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Amazon.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz [is] working at his pinnacle, providing terrific entertainment that deals seriously with some of the deepest themes of human existence: the nature of evil, the grip of fate and the power of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em> (starred review)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIf there\u2019s an element of menacing chaos in Koontz\u2019s body of work, there\u2019s also another common thread: Good people, fighting back, can make a difference\u2026. Koontz continues to demonstrate his considerable storytelling skills. He knows how to set hooks throughout his novels and has a knack for foreshadowing without giving away the plot store.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz \u2026 gives us wonderful writing, a simple and honest good vs. evil theme and great characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Sunday Oklahoman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz, at a time when his contemporaries choose to retread, remake and remodel past glories, is doing some of the most mature, intriguing, and innovative work of his career \u2026 echoes \u2026 past masters: memorable homages to H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, and others \u2026 beckons to be embraced and deserves to be studied. Koontz, astoundingly, continues to challenge his readers and himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Bookreporter.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz\u2019s astonishing novel[s] show him making moral fable[s] out of dark fantasy materials\u2026. Object lesson[s] in the unfashionable virtues of fortitude, prudence, and a faith far firmer than with-it moderns generally tolerate \u2026 loaded with dialogue the likes of which haven\u2019t been rampant since the 1930s heyday of screwball comedy \u2026 richly sympathetic [characters] \u2026 emotionally powerful and thought-provoking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Booklist<\/em> (starred review)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGifted storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Chicago Sun-Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz sets in motion a compelling combination of character and circumstance, tempered with his special brand of dark humor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Library Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhile [Koontz is] scaring you to pieces, [he] manages a bit of relief with energizing humor and dialogue that astounds\u2026. You also will find some of the finest, most original metaphors and similes ever written by a modern-day author.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Tulsa World<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz creates compelling, almost biblical, stories about good facing evil in the battle for our souls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Orange Coast<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz seems to know us, our deepest foibles and fears.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is a master of melding the supernatural with the commonplace. [His] writing crackles with dry, tongue-in- cheek wit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Boston Globe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz really knows how to keep a story going at a blistering pace\u2026. Reading him is an uplifting experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Fort Wayne News Sentinel<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOne author \u2026 redefining mainstream fiction \u2026 is Dean Koontz. [He] continues to explore the larger issues of life\u2014friendship, faith, courage and salvation \u2026 an astounding mix of suspense, humor, wonder and fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014South End<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis style is a model of clarity, his prose so smooth that it goes down like apple juice \u2026 with the delayed punch of hard cider.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz has one of the most incredible gifts for the art of language\u2014a master of images and descriptions. His characters are timeless and beautifully constructed. He proves you can be on the bestseller lists and don\u2019t have to be dead or named Hemingway to have the depth and feeling of the classics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Michigan State News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is a literary phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz\u2019s books dwell in the heavy macabre, but \u2026 point to that glow of hope that may rise with the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014San Jose Mercury News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz\u2019s skill at edge-of-the-seat writing has improved with each book. He can scare your socks off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Boston Herald<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPowerful emotion tinged with spiritual wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz tries to create serious literature. He largely succeeds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cClassic Koontz features a distinctive narrative that verges on the wise-crackingly facetious\u2026. He is also a dab hand at tying in a wacky love story \u2026 an acquired taste, but one acquired by millions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Times<\/em> (London)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz \u2026 is at the top of his field. [He] delivers all we have come to expect from him, including suspense, action, violence and general weirdness \u2026 wonderfully understated \u2026 being raised above [his] contemporaries by excellent, deceptively detailed characterization.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014January Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhile dazzling the reader with magnificent turns of phrase that will evoke simultaneous admiration and envy, [Koontz] alternates the mood between tenderness and suspense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Bookreporter.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz skillfully blends elements \u2026 of romance, horror, fantasy, mystery, suspense, thriller, and detective fiction\u2026. All of Koontz\u2019s novels are about how to live and his people are the main event. You can believe them. You can believe in them. The clash of good and evil will keep readers turning pages to the end. Koontz maintains the chilling atmosphere and sense of foreboding, while including a great deal of humor. He can be wickedly satirical and funny\u2026. He has a good deal of faith\u2014like Dickens and Chekhov\u2014in individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Tampa Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz is as much philosopher as mystery weaver \u2026 as much mystic as realist, as much romantic as pragmatist \u2026 mov[ing] back and forth between mystery, love story, the supernatural, morality tale, and suspense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Asbury Park Sunday Press<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is king of highwire suspense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Denton Record-Chronicle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe [are] mesmerized by Koontz\u2019s gift of words and colorful prose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Oakland Press<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is famous for the way he falls in love with his characters. They\u2019re so richly and compellingly drawn, you can practically hear them breathing from the page. You\u2019ll never want to leave the worlds Koontz draws you into. Open your mind and your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Lexington Herald-Leader<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz builds mansions of place and time \u2026 examining the depth of the human spirit, our capacity for good and evil \u2026 and the consequences of even the simplest deed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Harrisburg Patriot-News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cExceptional writing and storytelling. Year after year, Koontz provides fresh ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014San Antonio Express-News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFor some time now, Koontz has been quite ambitious with the themes of his thrillers \u2026 Joy is definitely in the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Flint Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMagic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014New Orleans Times-Picayune<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cVintage novel writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Calgary Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz is not an author to be taken for granted. Each of his books stands alone; they do not fit a pattern\u2026. Well-developed characters [are] a trademark of Koontz\u2019s\u2026. Highly diverse \u2026 marvelous people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Fort Myers Beach Observer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCreative and far-reaching \u2026 riveting \u2026 Koontz is on top of his field.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Deseret Morning News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz achieve[s] a literary miracle\u2026. A tapestry of intrigue and suspense \u2026 stunning physical description, unique turns of phrase.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Boston Globe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz has the power to scare your socks off and the ability to fill your eyes with compassionate tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Orange Coast<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c[Koontz] breaks new ground in the scope of [his] themes and sheer story-telling prowess\u2026. Koontz drives you crazy with suspense as he weaves a web of psychological and mystical tension.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Tulsa World<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. He creates characters of unusual richness and depth. A level of perception and sensitivity that is not merely convincing\u2014it\u2019s astonishing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA master storyteller. Sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz raises intriguing questions about life, death, evil, and faith that are worthy of C. S. Lewis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Flint Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz\u2019s prose is at times lyrical without ever being na\u00efve or romantic. This is a grotesque world, much like that of Flannery O\u2019Connor or Walker Percy. Scary, worthwhile reading.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014New Orleans Times-Picayune<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz\u2019s prose is as smooth as a knife through butter, and his storytelling ability never wavers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Calgary Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is a master at constructing vivid, eerily realistic worlds that hold readers spellbound.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Booklist<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis prose mesmerizes\u2026. Gut-wrenching clarity. It\u2019s in the description of emotional states\u2014from love to despair\u2014that Koontz has consistently hit bull\u2019s-eyes, evoking reactions of \u2018Yes, I know exactly<\/em> how that feels!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Arkansas Democrat-Gazette<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz fuses narrative brio with benedictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz writes first-rate suspense, scary and stylish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGenre-bending \u2026 Koontz\u2019s use of original metaphors and similes \u2026 give his stor[ies] a depth rarely found in such tales\u2026. The modern master of suspense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Tulsa World<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFor years Koontz has aimed at more than thrills; he is a novelist of metaphysics and moral reflection. Koontz remains one of the most fascinating of contemporary popular novelists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz knows where we keep our bejesus and what it takes to scare it out of us\u2026. [He] spins his yarns effortlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014New York Daily News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs scary as anything Poe ever crafted. Koontz has that rare ability to mix despair and hope in almost equal measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Mesa Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz has always been a master of plot, dialogue, and description. As gifted a writer as Koontz is he\u2019s a better storyteller. The blood of the shaman and chronicler courses through his veins, as he conjures up stories of decent people placed in terrible circumstances. His theme centers on the Grand Romance with its temptations, love, and the struggle against evil. If Koontz tells us anything it is that we are accountable for the choices we make, and one way or another, the bill\u2019s coming due. Fast-paced and dark \u2026 Koontz knows we live in a world where evil delights in justifying itself, where materialism has become an end in itself, where the gray, half-light of moral ambiguity supersedes moral verities, and where mankind has turned its collective face away from God. What will become of such a society? Koontz requires us to examine the condition of our kind and there is much to answer for\u2026. Classic literature [that] deserves a place on the bookshelf beside Orwell\u2019s 1984<\/em>, Bradbury\u2019s Fahrenheit 451<\/em>, and Berry\u2019s Jayber Crow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014California Literary Review<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cShow[ing] influences from H. G. Wells\u2019 The War of the Worlds<\/em>, John Wyndham\u2019s The Day of the Triffids<\/em>, Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em>, and the stories of H. P. Lovecraft, not to mention The Wasteland<\/em> and other T. S. Eliot works \u2026 Koontz effectively merges science-fiction and horror conventions with Judeo-Christian traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Rocky Mountain News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz may like to scare readers, but he also likes to charm them. He succeeds at both efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014San Jose Mercury News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz incorporates mysteries into his plots, but his protagonists are more mysterious than the crimes they solve. He knows how to hook the reader \u2026 how to play with our expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis prose is rich and evocative. His characters are among the warmest\u2014and most despicable\u2014in modern fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Ottawa Citizen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is writing right where popular culture swells into something larger, just as it did for Homer, Shakespeare, and Dickens. He\u2019s got the gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Australian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAfter three dozen novels and more than 200 million copies sold, Dean Koontz can still reach out and pull the reader into terror.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014San Antonio Express-News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz\u2019s plots and characters are always compelling, absorbing, and beautifully drawn with a deep respect for the redemptive power of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Orange Coast<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDean Koontz \u2026 has the power to scare the daylights out of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014People<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz\u2019s superlative ability to balance sensationalism with psychological, emotional, and physical realism keeps readers riveted to the page.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Mystery Scene<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA master of the [suspense] genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz is a master at creating believable characters and realistic dialogue\u2026. He has few peers when it comes to snappy one-liners and irreverent humor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz knows how to turn the screws, and dealing with internal terrors, really takes the reader for a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz long ago mastered the art of grabbing a reader\u2019s attention and hanging onto it into the wee hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Baton Rouge Advocate<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz has a touching faith in the human spirit. [His] sure fire plotting and a roster of characters built out of painful tragedies make the pages move.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014People<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe poet laureate of paranoid pop fiction \u2026 You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a writer so tailor-made for the strange, paranoid, black-and-white century we\u2019ve just entered.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Denver Post<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKoontz drops readers into the middle of the action, then doubles back to provide the background for his characters, deftly making us care about them\u2026. [He] keeps the action moving at a frenetic pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Chicago Sun Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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