Strangers - Hardcover

Koontz, Dean R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399131434 ISBN 13: 9780399131431

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1986

Synopsis

A series of seemingly unrelated people experience sensations of numbing terror and fear and, groping their ways toward one another, discover their sinister, shared secrets in a climax that changes their lives forever

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Review

-A unique spellbinder that captures the reader on the first page. Exciting, enjoyable, and an intensely satisfying read.---Mary Higgins Clark
-[Koontz] is a great storyteller, and Strangers features a plot so original you'll be reading, with chills, well into the morning.---New York Daily News
-Koontz is a master at constructing vivid, eerily realistic worlds that hold readers spellbound. A memorable thriller.---Booklist
More Praise for Dean Koontz
-Dean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. [He creates] characters of unusual richness and depth.---The Seattle Times
-Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose....'Serious' writers...might do well to examine his technique.---The New York Times Book Review
-Lyrical writing and compelling characters...Koontz stands alone.---Associated Press
-In every industry there exist 'artists' that are not only unforgettable, but know their craft better than the rest. Dean Koontz...is among these artisans.---Suspense Magazine
-[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match.---Los Angeles Times
-Perhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America...novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good...[and that] entertain vastly as they uplift.---Publishers Weekly

"A unique spellbinder that captures the reader on the first page. Exciting, enjoyable, and an intensely satisfying read."--Mary Higgins Clark

"[Koontz] is a great storyteller, and Strangers features a plot so original you'll be reading, with chills, well into the morning."--New York Daily News

"Koontz is a master at constructing vivid, eerily realistic worlds that hold readers spellbound. A memorable thriller."--Booklist

More Praise for Dean Koontz

"Dean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. [He creates] characters of unusual richness and depth."--The Seattle Times

"Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose....'Serious' writers...might do well to examine his technique."--The New York Times Book Review

"Lyrical writing and compelling characters...Koontz stands alone."--Associated Press

"In every industry there exist 'artists' that are not only unforgettable, but know their craft better than the rest. Dean Koontz...is among these artisans."--Suspense Magazine

"[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match."--Los Angeles Times

"Perhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America...novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good...[and that] entertain vastly as they uplift."--Publishers Weekly

Book Description

A brilliant thriller of heart-stopping suspense from the internationally bestselling author of the Odd Thomas series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399131434
• ISBN 13: 9780399131431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1