Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1162655 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-11
• Released on: 2002-01-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

From Publishers Weekly
After a near-fatal car accident, a Californian must deal with the deranged killer with whom he now shares visions. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections in cloth.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
YA-- Koontz's latest thriller sits at the intersection of the weird and the ordinary. Once again, he explores a ``what if'' scenario in a most satisfying fashion. In this case, a near-death survivor accidentally carries a piggy-backing evil spirit through an open door from the afterlife. Hatch Harrison, the typical good-guy hero, is revived by a brilliant team of doctors more than an hour after drowning. Strange visions and half-waking dreams soon convince him that his recovery is not at all normal. His fears are soon magnified when people who have annoyed him are murdered, and he knows that he is somehow responsible. Paralleling the story of Hatch's recovery is the unfolding revelation of a young man so evil that ordinary people cannot imagine his existence. As he skulks about selecting victims to murder and mutilate, a bizarre bond develops between the two men. Gory incidents tumble one after another as the two men become locked in first a psychic and then a physical battle between good and evil. The violent climax is symbolically set in an abandoned amusement park where at last the true duel identity of the murderer is revealed. Once again, evil is resoundingly defeated, but as any Koontz fan knows, the victory is only temporary.
-Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
Dean Koontz presents a cast of characters strangely entwined in a fascinating plot which ultimately brings the forces of good and evil face-to-face in an abandoned fun house. Michael Hanson and Carol Cowan, more storytellers than readers, are perfectly suited to Koontz's style. Both presenters use excellent phrasing, pace and pitch. Hanson's resonant tone oozes with evil as he narrates the story of Vassago, the Prince of Darkness. Cowan is at her best as 10-year-old Regina whose conversations with God are full of brisk, lively dialogue. The audio quality is excellent, and the presentation attractively packaged. T.J.M. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine