Dean Koontz - Long Fiction - 1986/87


Cover scans are courtesy of Stu Weaver.
1986

Strangers

Pub: Putnam
Price: $17.95

"They were strangers. A handful of people. From different backgrounds, living in different towns and cities across America, they had nothing in common - Except fear. They were victims. Cold and stark, an unknown terror gripped their dreams and turned their days into living nightmares. They were chosen. And they could not escape. Deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, a dark memory called out to them, drawing them to the Tranquility Motel - Where the terrifying truth was waiting..."

The Vision

Pub: Berkley
Price: $3.50
See Also: 1977
Notes: revised version
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cover image refers to the 1997 Berkley pb edition.

My synopsis: at the age of 6, Mary Bergen was badly hurt and she nearly died. When she left the hospital, though, she found that this gruesome experience left her with a disquieting heritage. She's a clairvoyant, now, and she's helped the police on numerous cases for years. Twentyfour years after those nightmarish events, though, her past comes back to haunt her as a chain of hideous murders grips the city. Mary, in fact, feels that the killer is looking for her and that he's the same person who raped her as a child. From now on, she'll have to fight against a blind fury, clinging to her courage and her clairvoyancy.


1987

Twilight Eyes

Pub: Berkley
Notes: this version is slightly different from the one published in 1985. This is the first publication of the complete story.
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cover image refers to the 1995 Berkley pb edition.

"They're out there - Waiting, watching. Unseen by normal eyes, but all too visible to Slim MacKenzie, a young man blessed-or cursed-by Twilight Eyes... They're out there - Lurking in the darkest shadows of an eerie, moonlit carnival. Feeding their twisted needs with human suffering. And fiendishly plotting the downfall of the human race... They're out there - But don't scream. They'll hear you."

Watchers

Pub: Putnam
Price: $17.95
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cover image refers to the 1996 Berkley pb edition.

"From a top secret government laboratory came two genetically altered life forms. One is a magnificent dog of astonishing intelligence. The other, a hybrid monster of a brutally violent nature. And both are on the loose. The explosive story of a man and a woman, caught in a relentless storm of mankind's darkest creation..."

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