The Eyes of Darkness
Written by Dean Koontz
Narrated by Tanya Eby
4/5
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About this audiobook
A mother’s greatest wish—or darkest nightmare—comes true in this chilling classic audiobook thriller from the Master of Suspense, Dean Koontz.
“Koontz puts his readers through the emotional wringer.” –The Associated Press
In the year since her son Danny’s tragic death, Tina Evans has suffered incredible heartache. But now, with her Vegas show about to premiere, Tina might be ready to put her grief behind her and start over.
Until a shocking message appears on the chalkboard in Danny's room: NOT DEAD. Those two words send her on a terrifying journey from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the cold shadows of the High Sierras, where she uncovers a terrible secret.
Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was originally written under Koontz's pen name. Being one of his older novels, I, of course, really enjoyed the mystery and the supernatural aspect. It is certainly not as good as Watchers, and he did get carried away with the kid's abilities in the end, but overall it was very entertaining and worth reading.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Such a great book. Left me stuck listening waiting for every corner on my toes. The characters are great. Only thing i wish was the ending was a little more drawn out and more details what would have happened to tina and danny
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dean Koontz novels are always fascinating, a snapshot into a creative mind and a great presentation of one of his earlier novels.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wuhan flu very contagious & deadly ,written 1981 get good
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this book was very good! I so like Dean Koontz books
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ending was my favorite, as it had predicted about the Wuhan virus, which is happening now in 2020. So mind blowing!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wuhan 400! At first it was the NCOV19 but not really... it was c coincidence that I was listening to this when the whole world was fighting this virus...
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved reading this book it was so interesting ?
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Superb! You’re still my fav sir, have been, even before ebooks and audiobooks became a thing ^^
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Dean Koontz is one of my favourite contemporary authors, so it was a major let down for me to discover that The Eyes of Darkness was a disappointing read.The story begins with the death of young Danny Evans in an accident that also took the lives of many other school aged boys while on an excursion in the mountains. A year later, his Mum Tina begins to receive messages that say 'not dead'. Meanwhile, Tina meets a new love interest Elliot and together they try and untangle the mystery to get to the truth.The novel took a while to get going, with way too much emphasis on Tina's career, which later turned out to be irrelevant to the plot. I found Elliot's background and history way too much of a stretch, and their slow acceptance of the subtle supernatural theme quite frustrating.The book lacked the multiple plot lines and twists and turns of many of Koontz' more recent novels, and I discovered the reason for this at the end. In the Afterword, the Koontz writes that The Eyes of Darkness was one of six novels he wrote under the pen name of Leigh Nichols in the 80s. Now that Koontz is no longer using this pen name, he began to review and improve these earlier novels and publish them under his own name.When I purchased this book I found it in a bargain bin, and didn't realise it was a 'improved' version of an earlier novel, so I feel a little duped. Nevertheless, it was a quick read, and I was able to swiftly move onto something else.Unfortunately I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone; unless they are a dedicated Koontz fan who is keen to read every book in his repertoire.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This book was so basic. The characters were so halfassedly developed. Such a waste of time.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story development, excellent way of narrating the story, full of feeling and easy to understand. What a twist to the story. Going to read another Dean Koontz book after this.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Too drawn out. Not exciting enough. Boring. I do not recommend. Disappointed. Basic
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Narrating was clear, understandable and addictive. Loved every part of it.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was a little too far fetched for me.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Very weak characters and the plot just goes way too far fetched. I did not enjoy the second half of the book. No depth
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Christina Evans has lost her son, Danny, to a weird accident that killed him and 13 others in the Rocky Mountains. An attorney she meets, Elliot Strykker, nibble at some weird events happening in Christina's house, in Danny's room, and eventually find out Danny wasn't killed at all. Koontz often uses children as victims, yet they usually (always?) are saved by family and love, not nessarily in that order.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A reprint of some of Koontz's early work and not as satisfying a read as I had hoped. Clearly, he has made great strides as writer.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Tina Evens has lost her son (Danny) to a scouting accident. A year latter she is having nightmares and other strange happenings the indicate the Danny is not dead. The plot leads to the Reno area and to a secret government installation. Danny is there and is being held captive by a secret agency that is using him in experiments on a biological weapon.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This book started out intriguingly enough: a playwright on the verge of success is dealing with the loss of her son when she starts receiving strange messages that seem to be from beyond the grave. Unfortunately, the story starts breaking down after halfway through and ends up featuring a series of made-for-TV foibles near the climax that would cause most readers/listeners/viewers to groan.
I really wanted to like this Dean Koontz book, but can't help thinking the plot would have been given more justice in Stephen King's hands.