Shadowfires

Deliciously creepy This is an older Koontz book but, as one would expect, creepy enough for all fans. Genetic modification, corrupt government agents and some very endearing characters make for an enjoyable read! Good ole creepiness.......more

Shadowfires is a novel by Dean Koontz that was published in 1987 under his pseudonym Leigh Nichols. It was the last novel to be published as by Nichols, and in fact was the last book by Koontz to be published under a pen name. (Well, the last that's he's acknowledged so far, at least.) It's a very n......more

"Shadowfires" has more in common with those B-movie features from the '50s filmed in someone's backyard out in the California desert, and in particular, this story reminds me of Robert Clarke's "The Hideous Sun Demon." If you like those kinds of creature features, the prolific Dean Koontz has a book......more

In the late 1980s, just after the publication of this book, Dean Koontz decided to consolidate his pseudonyms and just publish everything as himself. He was not at peak popularity, but getting close. Koontz made a deal with Dark Harvest, a small publishing company nobody has cared about in years, loc......more

This was one of the earlier Koontz novels that I somehow missed in my youth. It tells the tale of a genetic genius named Eric who, after an ugly argument with his soon to be ex-wife Rachel, dies in an accident. But this is a Koontz novel so you know he doesn't stay dead . . . Before long Rachel and h......more