the eyes of the darkness dean koontz amazon

Having perished in a bus accident while on a Scouts trip, Tina allowed her marriage to fall apart and has barely been able to function. Tina Evans has been struggling for a year since her son, Danny’s, death. Always liking to dive into a controversy, I decided to read this book to decide for myself. While Koontz denies that Wuhan-400 was a prophetic notion in his piece of fiction, those with too much isolation time seem to be holding firm. One rumour that began circulating was that Dean Koontz (writing as Leigh Nichols) penned a 1981 book that predicted the virus decades before. Koontz can get away with it because he is simply a good storyteller, but every time I read a sentence along the lines of “His blue eyes were seas where sorrow sailed” I’m convinced a little book fairy somewhere falls down dead.Īfter the media caught hold of the presumed origins of the COVID-19 virus, out came the conspiracy theorists with their tinfoil hats. I know a lot of people will probably disagree with me, but I find a lot of his recent writing too preachy and too focused on the language at the expense of the story.

But when you become as big as he is, you have a lot more freedom with what you do. In Eyes and other early and mid work–I’d say up to the mid-nineties–he focused on the story, which is why I liked him. What I really want to say about DK, however, is how his writing has changed. You won’t be wowed, but you won’t be disappointed either. If you haven’t read it, I’d say pick it up and give it a go. It’s pretty typical Koontz, with a lot of suspense, strong good vrs. The book focuses on a mother, Christina Evans, who sets out on a quest to find out if her son truly did die one year ago, or if he was still alive–somewhere. Eyes of Darkness was the next one, published in 1981. His first big breakthrough novel was Whispers in 1980. Dwyer, Aaron Wolfe, David Axton, Brian Coffey, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Owen West, Richard Paige, and Anthony North.

If you don’t know, DK fist began writing sci-fi, and was sometimes publishing up to eight books a year under pseudonyms such as Deanna Dwyer, K. Dean Koontz is one of the world’s best paid author’s (bringing in more than twenty five million annually!), which means everybody who’s interested in books has probably read him–which is why I didn’t choose to review one of his more popular works like Watchers.Įyes of Darkness isn’t my favorite Dean Koontz book, but it was one of his early ones, which I think is a good place to start with Koontz.

The eyes of the darkness dean koontz amazon