BOOKS

From The Ultimate Dean Koontz site, the latest news about the 3rd installment of the Chris Snow trilogy. The good news is that there is a tentative release date. The bad news is that it isn't until 2002! Rumored title? Ride the Storm

On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruthless man learns he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew. He doesn't know who Bartholomew is, but he embarks on a search that will become the purpose of his life. If ever he finds the right Bartholomew, he will deal mercilessly with him.

And in San Francisco a girl is born, the result of a violent rape. Her survival is miraculous, and her destiny is mysteriously linked to the fates of Barty and the man who stalks him.

At the age ot three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons reluctantly remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. As the growing boy copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother, an exceptional woman, counsels him that all things happen for a reason, that there is meaning even in his suffering, and that he will affect the lives of people yet unknown to him in ways startling and profound.

At thirteen, Bartholomew regains his sight. How he regains it, why he regains it, and what happens as his amazing life unfolds results in a breathtaking journey of courage, heart-stopping suspense, and high adventure. His mother once told him that every person's life has an effect on every other's, in often unknowable ways, and Barty's eventful life indeed entwines with others in ways that will astonish and move everyone who reads his story.

People magazine has said that Dean Koontz has the "power to scare the daylights out of us." In this, perhaps the most thrilling, suspenseful, and emotionally powerful work of his critically acclaimed career, Koontz does that and far more. He has created a compulsive page-turner that will have you at the edge of your seat, a narrative tour-de-force that will change the way you yourself look at the world.

The new novel by Dean Koontz is typical fare for Koontz, it features a young woman named Martie Rhodes who gets sucked into a psychological nightmare. She is trying to help her friend overcome her fear of agoraphobia and ends up with a rare case of fear of oneself. Her fear confuses her husband, Dusty. This book is one roller-coaster of a ride. It does take a while to get the main plot to reveal itself and once it does, WOW! Koontz always has an ending that makes you think, well at least it makes me think, that his plots really could happen and that is what makes it scary. My advice to you is to see The Matrix, before you read this book and also never, never accept anything from strangers!

Combining a tongue-in-cheek charm of a modern classic with the magic of a holiday tradition, this Christmas story delights to no end. The illustrations are stunning (Phil Parks), This story first appeared (in excerpts) in Koontz's best-selling novel, Mr. Murder. When Santa's mischievous twin, Bob Claus, steals not only Santa's sleigh but stuffs his toy bag with such yucky things as mud pies, cat poop, and broccoli, two little girls set out to save Christmas.

Frank Pallard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a young man with Down syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns...the bad place.

First time in paperback! The mega-bestselling author of Icebound spins a nerve-shattering suspense tale of two ordinary people battling a secret, powerful and deadly government conspiracy. "A humdinger of a chase novel that explodes with all the giddy excitement of a half-dozen James Cameron pictures."--Entertainment Weekly.

Susan Thorton awakens in a hospital, after a near-fatal car crash, to see four men lurking outside her door--men who exactly resemble those who killed her boyfriend years before. Can these be the same men? As she tries to uncover the identities of those stalking her, Susan enters a terrifying nightmare--one from which she may never escape. Previously published by Pocket under the pseudonym Leigh Nichols (1982).

Lightning strikes--and the blond-haired stranger appears to save Laura from tragedy again and again. Is he the guardian angel he appears to be or the devil in disguise? Or is he the master of a haunting destiny beyond this world--beyond time and space? "Lightning sizzles!"--New York Daily News. HC: Putnam. (Occult/Horror) This one is probably my all time favorite Koontz novel. Incidentally, it is the first one I have read by him. You can't go wrong with this one.

When a strange disease escapes from a scientific lab as a result of a deadly conspiracy, the citizens of Black River are overcome by its unusual symptom, a night chill that causes them to perform unspeakable acts. Thoroughly chilling at the thought of the level of control people could have over a person.

Jenny and Lisa enter the supposedly deserted town of Snowfield, California, and discover the bodies of the townspeople, dead from a mysterious disease. They thought it was the work of a maniac or terrorists or toxic contamination--but then they found the truth, which was worse than anything they had imagined...Great storytelling from Koontz. This does have basis in reality which makes it all the more chilling.

They are from different towns across the country, with different backgrounds. They have nothing in common but their dreams--full of a terror that turns night into hell and day into living nightmares. The strangers are drawn to the Tranquility Motel, deep in the heart of the desert, where they will discover a shocking truth.

Only Slim MacKenzie can pierce the disguises and recognize the diabolical schemes of the undead who are feeding on human suffering, thanks to the gift--or burden--of special vision afforded by his twilight eyes. Gives great insight into the carnival life.

Two creatures--one good, the other evil--the end result of experiments in genetic engineering and enhanced intelligence, escape from a government laboratory and bring either doom or a touching new kind of love to those they encounter.

Hilary Thomas, a beautiful, successful Hollywood writer, fears for her sanity and survival when she is repeatedly plagued by a twisted stalker who pursues her even after she is convinced that she has already killed him. Throughly creepy with a twist ending!