Life Expectancy Summary

Life Expectancy

Published: 2004

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Comedy, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Literature, Metaphysical, Occult, Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller, Visionary Fiction

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Life Expectancy

Summary

James Tock was born at Colorado's Snow County Hospital at the same time his grandpa, Josef Tock, a pastry chef, died of a stroke. 

Though incapacitated by a stroke earlier in the week, Josef unexpectedly recovers to give his son Rudy 10 cryptic prophecies, including that his grandchild would be named James—but that everyone will call him Jimmy. Josef also foresees five dreadful days in his grandson's future. Despite his coherent statement, Josef Tock does not recover from this catastrophe and dies immediately before the baby is delivered.

Earlier in the evening, Rudy Tock met a weird man named Konrad Beezo. Beezo is a clown for the same circus that Tock's pass is for, and he is a fitful, nasty, frightening, chain-smoking guy partially dressed as a clown. 

Natalie, a well-known trapeze performer from a decent family, is said to be in labor, and her relatives have nearly shunned her for marrying him. He speaks glowingly about his soon-to-be-born kid, who will be named "Punchinello" and will continue on the family clowning legacy. He uses several colorful epithets to describe his father-in-law.

Tock is overjoyed to be leaving Beezo. However, his mourning over his father's death was brief. Beezo goes wild after learning Natalie died during childbirth, shouting about her family sending assassins to assassinate her and opening fire, killing a doctor and a nurse. 

Tock, in arguably the only heroic moment in his modest baker's life, convinces the furious clown that his foes have fled, temporarily quelling his rage.

On the eve of his fifth and final awful day, Jimmy Tock creates the book, a vague autobiography of personal experience, reminisces, and second- or even third-hand recollections of events, transcribing it from a series of recordings. 

The story is told in a self-deprecating, humorously restrained tone. Certain experiences, however, stand out sharply, most notably blundering into a terrifying, yet almost strange, bank robbery by a trio of plastique-wielding crazed history buff clowns led by none other than Punchinello Beezo — during which Jimmy gradually realizes he's falling for a comely fellow hostage—and a huge gamble of chicken with a severely disturbed predator on an icy road the night his wife Lorrie (on the second predicted date). 

Konrad Beezo is the guy after the Tocks, seeking vengeance for his imprisoned and accidentally-gelded son. Beezo's insatiable yearning for a male Tock kid as his treasure, a new son to nurture in the good clown tradition, frames both this horrible day and the following prophesied day.

The maniac will go to any length to recover what he feels is owed to him, even many facial plastic procedures to assume new identities and evade the authorities. 

Jimmy believes that everyone and everything in the universe is tenuously yet inextricably linked to one another, just as his toes were at birth. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as "six degrees of separation." 

Punchinello, who is presently incarcerated, is urged by Jimmy and Lorrie, who assisted in his conviction and punishment, to donate one of his kidneys to help save Annie Tock, Jimmy, and Lorrie's daughter. 

Punchinello only agrees to the gift in exchange for several favors that are little in contrast to the valuable kidney. 

As the arrangement nears completion, Punchinello requests that Jimmy assassinate Virgilio Vivacemente as a final favor. 

Jimmy learns a lot about himself as the prophecies come true one by one, as do Konrad, Natalie, Punchinello, and Konrad's father-in-law, Virgilio Vivacemente, the pompous, cruel patriarch of the world-famous acrobatic dynasty who throws a long shadow over both the Tocks and the Beezos' lives. 

Some of Jimmy's findings are lovely; others are terrifying; and still, others rattle his quiet, lumbering pastry chef's existence to its core, forcing him to consider the actual meaning of syndactyly—as both a disease and a life philosophy.

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The Face Summary

The Face

Published: 2003

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Espionage, Fiction, Literature, Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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The Face

Summary

The main premise of the novel follows Ethan Truman, an ex-cop who now works as the head of security for Hollywood's most renowned actor, Channing Manheim, a.k.a. "The Face." 

Ethan is attempting to locate the sender of multiple horrible "messages" received in black boxes. 

Ethan now has six black boxes to decipher the contents of. Ethan ultimately uncovers the conspiracy and rushes to stop the kidnapping of Manheim's son, Aelfric, after hunting down leads and tracing the "ghost" of his dead buddy Duncan "Dunny" Whistler (technically, Dunny is not a ghost, as he came back to life in the morgue).

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By the Light of the Moon Summary

By the Light of the Moon

Published: 2002

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Action, Adventure, Conspiracy, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Psychic, Psychological, Suspense, Thriller

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By the Light of the Moon

Summary

Dylan O'Conner, his autistic brother Shepherd, and a comedian called Jillian Jackson's life are permanently changed by an amoral doctor who instigates a new force for good through his wicked activities.

Dylan O'Conner, 20, is traveling with his younger brother Shep. During a visit to an Arizona hotel, he is knocked unconscious and restrained by a doctor, who administers 18 cc's of a golden liquid by syringe using a large-bore hypodermic needle. He warns Dylan that it may have unanticipated consequences.

The doctor ties up Jillian Jackson, a touring comic, and chloroforms her before injecting her with the same medicine.

After escaping their bindings, the two meet just as a huge number of SUVs approach. They had a brief scuffle before fleeing.

They are overtaken with the desire to do the right thing when traveling. Dylan develops psychometric abilities, and Shep demonstrates the capacity to 'fold' from one location to another. They eventually grow to appreciate one other's strengths.

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One Door Away from Heaven Summary

One Door Away from Heaven

Published: 2001

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Action, Adventure, Conspiracy, Fiction, First Contact, Literary, Literature, Mystery, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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One Door Away from Heaven

Summary

A shape-shifting extraterrestrial, along with others of his kind, has arrived on Earth to save us from ourselves. 

After seeing his whole family slaughtered by wicked aliens focused on stopping him, he embarks on a cross-country quest to save himself. 

He stops in the middle of the night at a farmhouse to "borrow" some cash and supplies and finds a sleeping youngster his age. He is able to "become" Curtis Hammond, the boy's exact replica, using a drop of blood from an old bandage. 

The terrible aliens arrive seconds after he leaves the house and slaughter the family, leaving just the dog alive. Curtis and the dog escape and wind up at the site of an extraterrestrial sighting. 

Castoria and Polluxia Spelkenfelter, twin UFO enthusiasts, know Curtis from news coverage of his murder and resolve to assist him. He eventually confesses his actual nature to them, and they promise to help him finish the assignment he has come to Earth to perform. 

The twins, boy, and dog set off together towards Nun's Lake, Idaho, the next place on the twins' schedule while they determine what to do next.

Michelina (Mickey) Bellsong was just released from jail. She has moved in with her Aunt Geneva to start again, but things aren't going as planned. She is adrift and aimless, simply trying to get through the day. 

A clever but crippled little girl approaches her as she is sunbathing in the backyard. Leilani Klonk has a malformed hand and a misshapen leg that necessitates the use of a brace. She is smarter and more talkative than the usual nine-year-old, and her wit charms Mickey. 

Mickey and Geneva get to know the youngster and discover that her mother is a psychotic drug user and her stepfather is a killer. He murdered her older brother Lukipela, and Leilani is the next victim. 

Leilani feels that no one can assist her since Preston Maddoc is well-regarded in the academic community. Preston and Leilani's mother, Sinsemilla, travel throughout the country hunting for UFOs, and Leilani knows it's just a matter of time until they return to Montana, where Preston murdered her brother Lukipela. 

Mickey and Geneva resolve to find a method to assist Leilani, but Preston discovers this and flees with the family in the middle of the night. 

Mickey realizes that they have vanished and sets out to find them in order to save Leilani. Leilani had said that they are heading to Nun's Lake, Idaho, the location of a rumored close contact, and Mickey rushes to the town in order to discover the girl. 

Mickey comes and proceeds to talk with the man who was "healed" by aliens, only to discover that Leilani's step-father hasn't arrived yet. She searches the home for Preston and follows him to Leilani. 

Preston is alerted to her existence by the cured man, whom he murders. He slips out of the home and approaches Mickey, knocking her out. He drags her into the deceased man's house and binds her up before speeding back to the campsite. 

Curtis meets Leilani at the Nun's Lake campsite and realizes she's in trouble. While Preston is away, he and the twins approach her and persuade her to accompany them. 

Leilani is kidnapped by her stepfather and taken to the home where he has concealed Mickey as they rush for the twins' RV. 

His objective is to have Leilani witness him kill Mickey before torturing and killing her. When he returns home, he sees that Mickey has escaped her chains. He ditches Leilani, takes her brace and begins looking through the maze of old periodicals and newspapers for Mickey. 

Leilani enters the maze in search of a route out, where she and Mickey meet. Preston corners them and sets fire to the newspapers in front of them, intending to listen as they burn to death. 

Curtis and the twins arrive at the residence, helped by a disillusioned ex-PI sent by Aunt Gen. The PI, Noah Farrell, shoots Preston Maddoc as he speeds through the maze looking for Mickey and Leilani. 

Preston staggers away, becoming increasingly dizzy from blood loss and smoke inhalation. Noah and Cass locate Mickey and Leilani, and the four of them look for a way out. 

Curtis appears in his normal form to save them, and they all flee the home. Preston Maddoc is killed after he gets buried behind a mound of flaming rubbish.

Leilani, Mickey, Aunt Gen, and Noah join Cass and Polly in their attempt to assist Curtis in completing the assignment that has been assigned to him.

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False Memory Summary

False Memory

Published: 1999

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Psychological, Romance, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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False Memory

Summary

Martie Rhodes assists her friend Susan Jagger, who has agoraphobia, in attending appointments with psychotherapist Dr. Ahriman. Dusty, Martie's spouse, attempts to aid his brother Skeet by giving work in his painting business. 

Skeet, who had previously been in drug recovery, relapses, and attempts suicide by jumping from a roof. Dusty falls from the roof while trying to save Skeet and chooses to return his brother to rehab.

Martie has a puzzling case of autophobia and comes home, only to be terrified by her own mirror. Later, her condition increases, and she quickly develops a fear of sharp items, despite the fact that she is truly scared of the harm she may wreak with them. 

When Dusty leaves Skeet in the recovery facility, he observes a shadow in his brother's room window. Strange phenomena, such as Skeet, Martie's autophobia, and hypnotism, begin to occur for both Dusty and Martie.

The pair finally realizes that they have both been gradually indoctrinated and trained to obey Dr. Ahriman, a sexual psychopath who poisons and indoctrinates his victims before raping or ordering them to commit murders or suicide for his delight. 

After realizing that she had recorded him having sex with her, Dr. Ahriman ordered Susan to commit herself by cutting her wrists. Skeet has also been programmed by the doctor, resulting in his incapacity to fully heal from drug usage and skewed thinking. 

Dr. Ahriman creates control by mentioning a name and then reciting a haiku to patients, almost quickly putting them in a detached state of awareness. He tries to explain this by claiming that by directing specific patients to commit heinous crimes like as mass murders, bombings, and random shootings, he may compel laws to make the world a "better place."

Dr. Ahriman is finally slain by another patient who was terrified of Keanu Reeves' portrayal in The Matrix. Dr. Ahriman, the lady suspects, is one of the Machine operatives attempting to manipulate her. 

Dusty and Martie acquire a sizable sum from Susan's bequest and gradually attempt to rebuild their damaged lives.

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Sole Survivor Summary

Sole Survivor

Published: 1997

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Assassination, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Media Tie-In, Occult, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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Sole Survivor

Summary

Joe Carpenter is the protagonist of the tale, having lost his wife and two kids in an aircraft disaster the previous year. Joe has never really recovered from their deaths, and on the one-year anniversary, he encounters a strange lady named Rose, who claims to be a survivor of the accident despite the fact that none were recorded. 

Rose says she'll tell Joe the truth, but not yet. Finally admitting that the crash narrative never made sense to him, Joe continues his search for information about what actually happened that night, learning that others may be interested in stopping him even if it meant sacrificing his life.

There have been a great number of suicides among the families of the accident victims, which leads Joe to believe that Rose is somehow convincing them to commit suicide by showing them an image of a cemetery. 

This leads him to a development involving his deceased daughter and a laboratory produced girl, CCY 21–21, with healing skills that resemble his daughter and want to live the life she was unable to enjoy. 

This girl has the ability to heal and provide hope to everybody she comes into contact with. Her sole flaw is that she cannot cure herself if she is injured.

Rose had been protecting this girl until her healing abilities and full potential evolved until Rose was shot by agents aiming to murder her and the kid. 

SSW-89-58, another experiment, has the ability to telepathically perceive and know things by gazing at photos of areas, as well as manipulating the minds of living organisms in that region. 

As it turns out, the plane accident was part of a plot to assassinate Rose since she had smuggled CCY 21–21 out of the complex. SSW-89-58 was obliged to take control of the pilot in order to murder everyone on board.

The plane crashed, but the girl and Rose managed to escape and are now on the run. Joe escapes with Nina and goes underground towards the end of the story (CCY 21-21). Rose was shot and perishes in the last storm.

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Icebound Summary

Icebound

Published: 1995

Author: Dean Koontz (Written as David Axton)

Genre: Adventure, American, Assassination, Contemporary, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Psychological, Science Fiction, Suspense, Teen, Terrorism, Thriller, Young Adult

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Icebound

Summary

The narrative revolves around a group of multinational scientists who are working on a project to tow an iceberg to be used as drought relief. 

It is led by Rita and Harold (Harry) Carpenter, a husband and wife partnership. Rita is secretly terrified of the cold, ice, and snow. 

The scientists become stuck on the iceberg due to a sudden storm, with explosives ticking beneath them. 

They will perish if they do not find a way out. A Russian submarine is attempting to save them, but the operation is hampered by ice. Meanwhile, another issue has arisen. One of the team members is a covert assassin with his own purpose.

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Mr. Murder Summary

Mr. Murder

Published: 1993

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Fiction, Genetic Engineering, Ghost, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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Mr. Murder

Summary

Marty Stillwater, a best-selling mystery writer, was recording himself one day when he discovered he kept saying "I need..." over and over again. When he rewound the tape, he discovered that he had been mindlessly repeating "I need" for more than 7 minutes. Marty was nervous the entire day, but as he put the kids to bed, he cooled down and was finally calmed.

Meanwhile, the Killer is out and about before his shift. He enters the pub and walks out with a prostitute to a hotel. He has sex with her and then murders her since she is unable to relieve his rage. He kills his targets and returns to his hotel. That night, still restless, he feels pulled to Topeka for some reason. Suddenly, he begins to say:

"I must... be... I have to be... I have to be..." As the suburbs and, eventually, the dark plains speed by on both sides, his enthusiasm grows gradually. He trembles on the verge of an epiphany that, he believes, will transform his life. "I must be... to be... I feel the urge to be someone." He immediately grasps the significance of what he has spoken. He does not mean what another guy may mean by those three words; he does not imply that he has to be someone famous, wealthy, or significant. Just one person. Someone who has a legitimate name just an ordinary Joe, as they used to say in 1940s movies.

— Mr. Murder, pp. 48-49 (the above paragraph is from the book but I changed the way it is in the book to be safe from the Copywrite issues)

The Killer is drawn to the Stillwater mansion like a magnet by an unknown power. On his route, he murders many people, including an elderly couple for a pair of clothes and a gas station employee for food and money. 

When he breaks into the Stillwater home, he discovers a photograph of Marty and thinks it's him. He notices Marty's books and decides they are his. He views images of Emily and Charlotte, as well as Marty's wife Paige, and decides he wants to be the father and husband. He tries to write a book but is unable to do it, so he breaks the computer in fury. 

Marty was concerned about his fugues (a lapse in recollection) and decided to consult a doctor. The doctor blamed it on stress. When Marty returns home, he discovers that his belongings have been missing and his computer has been shattered. 

The Other then enters and accuses him of forgery. Marty shoots him twice in the chest in response, but The Other seems unmoved. The battle catapults them over the banisters, injuring The Other but allowing him to flee. 

Marty's family arrives home, and Marty directs them to their next-door neighbor's home. The cops come soon after. The investigator, Cyrus Lowbock, interrogates Marty and doubts his account, implying it is a publicity ploy. Marty and his wife refuse to comply, so the cops go.

The Other's body has recovered quickly from his injuries, but the exertion has left him hungry. He returns after devouring copious amounts of food to reclaim Paige and the girls from Marty, whom he believes has taken them. He "rescues" the daughters from the neighbor's house, but Marty spots him and pursues him. The car smashes, and the girls flee, but the Killer disappears once again.

Drew Oslett and Karl Clocker, two operatives from a shadowy government agency, are dispatched to find the Killer (referred to as "Alfie") they find the bodies of the two seniors as well as Alfie's tracking gadget. 

A note from their agency directs them to a People magazine article about Marty Stillwater, where they learn of his link to the Killer. 

They encounter someone who might be able to assist them find Alfie. To keep their cover, they determine that the Stillwaters must be murdered/suicide, and Alfie must be brought in.

Meanwhile, the Stillwaters retreat to a cabin in Mammoth Lakes to prepare for an attack by The Other. Paige hides beneath a boulder to ambush The Other, but he unexpectedly drives through the cottage. 

After that, the Stillwaters retreat to an abandoned church. Marty has been shot, and Paige and the girls are imprisoned. 

Drew and Karl seek down The Other as he prepares to murder them. Drew murders The Other, only to be murdered by Karl, who has turned against the agency. He saves the Stillwaters and gives them new identities, a new house, and proof to bring down the agency. 

He says that cloning and genetic engineering were utilized to produce a breed of elite killers, with Marty's tissue samples inadvertently being used in the creation of Alfie. Marty submits the proof to the authorities under an unknown name after a few months, and the Stillwaters begin their new lives.

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Dragon Tears Summary

Dragon Tears

Published: 1993

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: Animal, Contemporary, Fiction, Ghost, Literature, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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Dragon Tears

Summary

Harry Lyon is a law enforcement officer who values tradition and order. Connie Gulliver, his companion, is the polar opposite of Harry. 

Harry dislikes her messy workstation, her lack of social grace, and her occasionally careless attitude toward the law. 

Connie frequently advises him to submit to the anarchy of the 1990s. "Look, Harry," she says, "it's the Age of Chaos." "Get with the program." 

When Harry and Connie are forced to take out a high-octane shooter at a restaurant, the chase and firefight quickly devolve into a strange nightmare that seems to validate Connie's perspective on the current world. 

Soon later, Harry comes upon a dirty, rag-clad street dweller who murmurs ominously, "Ticktock, ticktock." In sixteen hours, you'll be dead." 

Harry is caught in an undertow of dread and violence as he tries to reclaim the ordered life he craves. Someone is pursuing him, Connie Gulliver, and the people he loves for reasons he doesn't comprehend.

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Cold Fire Summary

Cold Fire

Published: 1991

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: American, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Literature, Psychic, Psychological, Romance, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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Cold Fire

Summary

Jim Ironheart, a recently retired teacher, puts his life in danger to help others. In Portland, he rescues a small kid from an inattentive drunk driver in a van. He saves a toddler from an underground explosion in Boston. He disarms a guy in Houston who was attempting to shoot his own wife – and he isn't just lucky to be in the right location at the right time. He receives "inspiration" and knows he needs to go somewhere quickly. 

To the amazement of people around him, he hurries off to call a cab or board a plane, abandoning whatever he's doing at the time. He has no idea where or why these visions occur, but he feels he must be a God-sent guardian angel with a celestial ability.

Holly Thorne, a reporter, was in Portland to write a dull story on a school teacher who had produced a book of poetry full of poems Holly believes to be pure transcendental rubbish - but such is Holly's lot in life. 

She is a terrific writer, but she is failing as a reporter because she has too much ethics and compassion. As she walks away, she sees Jim rescue the child from the drunk driver and notices something fishy about Jim's statements of how he began rushing for the child before seeing or hearing the vehicle approaching. 

She finds that a mystery good Samaritan called Jim with blue eyes has performed 12 last-minute rescues in different newspapers during the previous three months.

Holly is drawn to Jim and his intense but chilly blue eyes — eyes that burn with a passionate, cold fire, hence the title of the tale.

Holly agrees to accompany this humble yet enigmatic savior on his next "mission." Unbeknownst to Jim, she rushes to the airport and joins a United Airlines DC-10 flight heading for Chicago. 

She goes to face him and discovers Jim's weird yet incredible abilities. Jim informs her that he has been sent by God to save a woman and a kid on the plane - he has no idea why God has selected these two in particular, but he does know that they must swap seats or they will perish in the awful plane accident of which he has seen a vision. 

Holly is impressed by Jim's notion that he possesses some mystical power bestowed upon him by God.

Holly takes a more skeptical approach, arguing how silly such notions are. She wonders why "God" would choose to save these two people while killing 151 other passengers, as Jim predicted. There must be much more deserving individuals on board, and why would God allow the plane to crash at all? Holly encourages Jim to do more than simply inform the couple to relocate, but to notify the pilot and maybe rescue everyone on board. 

Jim first resists, and he is adamant about not questioning his visions. He just informs Holly that God sends him and that he solely follows the instructions - anything else would be going against God's plan. 

Who else, he wonders, could be sending him visions to save lives just in time? Holly talks him down and assures him that there is no reason for Jim (or God) to let someone die in vain. 

The plane, however, is beyond repair and crashes, reducing the number of deaths from 151 to 47.

Holly is able to earn Jim's trust after the tragedy. They are drawn to each other, but Holly is intrigued by Jim's unusual visions. She intends to find out how, why, and who, just as any reporter would. 

However, the more she probes, the stranger things get. Almost all of Jim's childhood memories are gone, save for the fact that his parents died when he was nine at his grandparents' ranch. He just has hazy memories of his youth and becomes irritated when Holly asks him. 

She realizes that his odd skills are related to his childhood and the absence of memory from that time. For numerous nights, she hears him mumble in his sleep, "There is an Enemy. It is on its way. It's going to kill us all. It is unrelenting." 

She and Jim begin to have identical terrifying nightmares surrounding the old mill from his grandparents' ranch, and during one of these "nightmares," they are both fully conscious and fighting some eerie force coming at them from the walls and ceiling – needless to say, they are convinced the force behind it all is neither God nor benign.

Holly certainly thinks they must return to the ranch to locate the cause of everything, despite her terror of what they may discover. Jim is first hesitant, but as they get closer to the ranch, he becomes increasingly persuaded that the entity is something truly big and strong — something not of this world.

Once inside the scary tower chamber of the windmill, the alien emerges from the neighboring pond, first through noises similar to church bells and then through a captivating show of swirling colors and bursting lights. 

The creature then begins to materialize as a voice by magically using a pen and paper to make words appear. It introduces itself as THE FRIEND from ANOTHER WORLD. When asked why, it responds, "TO OBSERVE, STUDY, AND ASSIST MANKIND." 

Holly questions why it assaulted them the night before, to which THE FRIEND responds that it was the work of its opposite half, THE ENEMY. 

When queried about the bells and lights, it responds, "FOR DRAMA?" When Holly starts asking questions as to why certain individuals are selected but not many others, THE FRIEND reveals that someone will solve all deadly diseases, another will become a fine leader, someone else will become an incredible spiritual leader, and on and on. 

While Jim is overjoyed, Holly cannot trust the answers since they do not make logical sense and appear banal, fanciful, and infantile to her. 

While Jim is out of the room, Holly asks THE FRIEND probing questions about him. All of the responses are too predictable to accept, and it ultimately responds to her pestering with threats, and then, most surprisingly, with the words "I," "MY," and "ME." 

At that point, it is determined that Jim is the source of both THE FRIEND and THE ENEMY, that it is he, not God or some foreign entity, who is generating the nightmares. 

After Jim's parents died, he got infatuated with a novel about an extraterrestrial in a pond close to a windmill – so enthralled that the youngster never grew up until one day, an adult-in-body Jim moved away and began a purportedly regular life. 

Holly assists Jim in dealing with his past, and the two embark on a new life together.

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Strangers Summary

Strangers

Published: 1986

Author: Dean Koontz

Genre: American, Conspiracy, Depression, Fiction, First Contact, Horror, Literary, Mental Health, Psychological, Science Fiction, Superhero, Suspense, Teen, Thriller, Young Adult

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Summary

A group of people is pulled together by their various and equally bizarre illnesses. Dominick has somnambulism, Ginger has unexplained lapses into a fugue state, Father Brendan loses his faith and then has a supernatural 'gift,' and Ernie has nyctophobia.

Dominick receives Polaroids that lead him to the Tranquility Motel, which is located thirty miles west of Elko in the Nevada 'high desert.' 

They realize, along with Ned and Sandy, who owns the restaurant next door to the motel, that their genuine memories from the previous summer may have been buried. 

Ginger, Jorja, and the other guests at the Tranquility Motel are later contacted and offered to join the organization. 

Ginger reveals that Azrael Blocks, a form of brainwashing generated by medications and hypnosis, inhibit their memories. She underwent hypnosis as a treatment to determine the origin of her illness.

The 'community' of Tranquility is unaware that those behind the repression are observing them. 

Jack Twist has joined them (who was led to the Tranquility Motel by a series of postcards placed there by an insider). 

Finally, the gang devises a plan to discover the government secret concealed in the hills at the Thunder Hill Depository.

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The Door to December Summary

The Door to December

Published: 1985

Author: Dean Koontz (Written as Richard Paige)

Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, Genetic Engineering, Horror, Kidnapping, Literature, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Teen, Thriller, Young Adult

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Summary

Laura McCaffrey is summoned to aid in the investigation when a pair of prominent psychiatrists are brutally killed for reasons unknown. 

When she meets with Dan Haldane, a police lieutenant, she learns that one of the victims was her divorced husband, Dylan, who stole their only daughter six years earlier. 

Police alert Lieutenant Haldane of a nude young girl strolling the streets of Los Angeles in a trance while inside the crime scene. 

Melanie McCaffrey, Laura's daughter, turned out to be the girl. She was discovered in a catatonic, autistic state and is being treated in the hospital. 

Dylan was clearly employing his only kid in a series of experiments that mixed science and the occult. Unfortunately, it has had unforeseen and fatal repercussions.

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The House of Thunder Summary

The House of Thunder

Published: 1982

Author: Dean Koontz (Written as Leigh Nichols)

Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Literary, Literature, Psychological, Suspense, Thriller

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Summary

The story centers around Susan Thorton, who wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of her history or how she got there. 

Susan's doctor, Dr. McGee, assists her in regaining parts of her memories, including that of an anti-Semitic hate crime she saw years ago that resulted in the murder of her fiancé, but she can't seem to recollect anything about the firm she works for or her recent history. 

Susan's memory is not jogged by phone calls from her coworkers. Meanwhile, Susan begins to have nightmares and vivid hallucinations related to her fiancé’s death. 

The guys who committed the crime come to the hospital, claiming not to recognize her, and none of them appear to have aged at all, despite the fact that more than a decade has passed. 

Susan is tormented by the guys, and she must determine whether she can trust Dr. McGee as she attempts to figure out if the men are ghosts, doppelgangers, or if these awful events are all in her head.

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The Eyes of Darkness Summary

The Eyes of Darkness

Published: 10, May 1981

Author: Dean Koontz (Written as Leigh Nichols)

Genre: Fiction, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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Summary

Tina Evans, a stage producer, begins getting paranormal signals implying that her son Danny is still alive a year after he is allegedly killed in an accident on a camping trip. 

She prepares to exhume Danny's body to set her mind at peace after never seeing his body. Tina is assisted by Elliot Stryker, a newly acquainted lawyer who previously worked for Army Intelligence and with whom she is having an affair. 

They are quickly pursued by assassins hired by Project Pandora and barely make it out alive. Tina, sure that Danny is still alive, sets out to find out what happened to her kid and save him. 

Elliot joins her, and the two are pursued by other operatives who have been ordered to assassinate them. 

Danny leads Tina telepathically to an underground lab in the Sierra Nevada where her kid has been exposed to horrible experiments by a top-secret government organization.

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The Voice of the Night Summary

The Voice Of The Night

Published: 1980

Author: Dean Koontz (Written as Brian Coffey)

Genre: Coming Of Age, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Psychological, Suspense, Thriller

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Summary

Colin Jacobs, an introverted bookworm, goes to Santa Leona, California, with his mother in the summer of 1980 and quickly meets and befriends another youngster his age. 

Colin aspires to be everything Roy Borden is not: courageous, gregarious, strong, athletically skilled, and a superb ladies' guy. 

In sharp contrast to Colin, who "learned long ago that opposition produces pain" and avoids difficulties and confrontations, he is an innate warrior, ready to face up to anybody or anything. 

Despite their differences, Roy appears to be happy to be friends with Colin, even adding that the lads and girls who think they are his friends are only acquaintances. 

Colin and Roy quickly become good friends, and Roy makes them blood brothers after a brief ceremony. 

Roy exhibits strange behavior, such as asking Colin whether he has ever murdered anything and referring to everything as fun as a popper, but Colin seems unconcerned.

Colin meets a lovely woman named Heather Lipschitz at a store one day, and he is both surprised and delighted to discover that the two are developing a romantic interest in one other. 

He doesn't tell Roy, but he believes that his friendship with Roy has improved his image and made ladies more interested in him. 

Roy continues to confide in Colin more, displaying a very pessimistic worldview as well as a fixation with sex, violence, and death. 

Colin dismisses it as a joke, despite the fact that Roy claims to have murdered two other lads who declined his offer to be blood brothers. He drives Colin to an abandoned home near a railroad line, where he has rigged up an old pickup vehicle to be pushed downhill, causing an incoming passenger train to crash. 

He approaches Colin for assistance, but Colin, realizing it was never a joke, tries to stop him. Roy pushes Colin aside and tries to drive the truck down to the tracks by himself, but it requires two people to keep it on track, and Roy shouts in wrath as the train passes by unhurt.

Roy attempts to murder Colin at the junkyard, but after nearly escaping, Colin discovers that no one believes him when he reveals who Roy is. Colin goes to Heather, and the two of them work together to discover the truth about Roy's hidden existence. They discover Roy is adopted and that when he was eight years old, he accidentally murdered his adoptive sister Belinda by getting behind the wheel of his adopted father's automobile while Belinda was playing behind it.

Mrs. Borden, who stepped outside just in time to witness it happen, was taken aback and repeatedly said, "Her tiny head...it just burst." 

Mrs. Borden, who has always been preoccupied with keeping her house pristine, severely beat Roy with a metal dustpan when he got home and tracked dirt into the house soon after. 

Both instances left Roy extremely traumatized, and he accepted the concept that he was a killer, and convinced himself over time that he did it all on purpose. 

Roy, lonely and anxious for a true friend, attempted to contact two guys before Colin, and Colin and Heather corroborate that the boys died when, where, and how Roy said.

Colin phones Roy and tells him that he has lady for both of them and Roy grudgingly agrees to meet him at an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of town so they may take turns raping her. 

Despite her apprehension of the scenario, Heather agrees to be the bait, and Colin makes it appear as though she was battered and then tied to a chair. 

Colin manages to hide the handgun he took from his mother's bedroom before Roy arrives. Colin pretends to see things Roy's way and wishes they could be blood brothers again. Roy first doesn't trust him but is surprised to see Heather there, exactly as Colin predicted. 

Colin acts to be willing to "share" her with Roy, impressing and delighting him. Roy exclaims that they are brothers once more, but Colin pulls out a gun and says he is arresting Roy. 

Roy knows he has been duped and attacks, leaving Colin completely outmatched in the battle. He manages to reclaim the gun and shoots Roy in the leg as they fight. 

Roy looks up as Colin prepares to shoot again, this time towards Roy's head, and his expression betrays something shocking: Roy is deeply sad and wishes to be put out of his agony. 

Colin resists the impulse to kill him and goes outside to contact the cops. As he does so, he understands that the "voice of the night" is within him as well, and he must fight the temptation to listen to it as Roy did.

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