A terrifying and eerie thriller where the nightmare is real.
Night chills are seizing the men and women of Black River, driving them to terrible acts.
Glenn drove the Land Rover into a stone wall at just over 100mph. Alice stuck a meat fork through her hand and pinned it to the chopping board. Brenda took off all her clothes. She did whatever she was told.
They were compelled by a fear too great to be remembered, enslaved by a power no man should ever wield.
Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose... "Serious" writers might do well to examine his technique. The story does not move so much as rocket up the gloomy highway with the reader in violent pursuit - New York Times
Fast and furious...like a hospital trolley on a toboggan run - Mail on Sunday
Scary. Koontz can really spook, and his dialogue and pacing rival the best - New York Post