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USA, Californien, Moonlight Cove, ca 1988
Indeholder "1. Langs kysten i mørket", "2. Daggry i Hades", "3. Natten tilhører dem".
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Indeholder "1. Langs kysten i mørket", "2. Daggry i Hades", "3. Natten tilhører dem".
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Publication
[Kbh.] : Cicero, 1994.
Description
In picturesque Moonlight Cove, California, inexplicable deaths occur and spine-tingling terror descends to this "edge of paradise." Growing numbers of residents harbor a secret so dark it is sure to cost even more lives.Tessa Lockland comes to town to probe her sister's seemingly unprompted suicide. Independent and clever, she meets up with Sam Booker, an undercover FBI agent sent to Moonlight Cove to discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths. They meet Harry Talbot, a wheelchair-bound veteran, who has seen things from his window that he was not meant to see. Together they begin to understand the depth of evil in Moonlight Cove. Chrissie Foster, a resourceful eleven-year-old, running from her parents who have suddenly changed and in whom darkness dwells, joins them. Together they make a stand against darkness and terror.… (more)
User reviews
LibraryThing member JennieLeigh
I read this book several years ago after discovering Dean Koontz and working my way through many of his books. I loved this book. It gave me the shivers then and still does to this day. Even years later, I get a shiver when I think about the opening pages of this book and the jogger being chased
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down. It was truly terrifying to me. I would like to read it again to see if it would still give me chills. I love much of Dean Koontz's early works, though stopped reading him several years ago as I felt like much of his work was becoming not only repetitive, but somewhat boring. This book, however, is one of his best in my opinion. Show Less
LibraryThing member Omrythea
Gosh, I read it awhile ago, but had trouble remembering what it was about. This one is not too memorable...
LibraryThing member Blazingice0608
My favorate Koontz book to date, one of his few that are horror novels. While filled with horror, this book was more about dark corners of humanity, where one man began converting an entire town into "something better" and it turned out to be something far worse. This book very nicely paced as are
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most Koontz books, he did a nice job of creating a very creepy town, and putting us in the perspective of several different people, including some of the bad guys. It was just all around great, never let up. Show Less
LibraryThing member Mumugrrl
In a small northern California coastal town called Moonlight Cove, mysterious deaths start happening that the local police department seem to be covering up. An undercover FBI agent is sent in to discover who's behind the cover-ups and why it's happening. He discovers a network of evil that is
This was a really fast paced novel of technology gone awry. The technology is extremely dated by today's standards, twenty years later, but the fear of technology out of control still resonates to today's reader.
My only criticism of the book is that the instigator of the evil technology seemed a little too one-dimensional and at times I had to suspend my disbelief of his motivation. His megalomania, and his thrall to technology seemed at times to be at odds with his spiritual vision-quest. He seemed to be motivated at times by a purely spiritual quest, and on the other hand, to be motivated by a purely scientific quest. They didn't totally mesh in my mind. But not enough to make me not enjoy the book.
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beyond imagining.This was a really fast paced novel of technology gone awry. The technology is extremely dated by today's standards, twenty years later, but the fear of technology out of control still resonates to today's reader.
My only criticism of the book is that the instigator of the evil technology seemed a little too one-dimensional and at times I had to suspend my disbelief of his motivation. His megalomania, and his thrall to technology seemed at times to be at odds with his spiritual vision-quest. He seemed to be motivated at times by a purely spiritual quest, and on the other hand, to be motivated by a purely scientific quest. They didn't totally mesh in my mind. But not enough to make me not enjoy the book.
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LibraryThing member jayne_charles
Lent to me by a friend (thanks Maz!), this was one of the books that convinced me Koontz was an author worth reading. Suspenseful and dark.
LibraryThing member JFPSr
Slow start but gets better. No question this is a made for movie story. I'm sure this was in the authors mind as he wrote it.
LibraryThing member presto
A good read, likeable characters, if perhaps a little two dimensional.
LibraryThing member Carol420
The novel is set in a small town in Northern California, where an experiment has been transforming humans into "something else." An FBI agent and a ragtag group of survivors bands together to respond to the horror.
Dean Koontz early books were always good. I still read his works but the later ones
Dean Koontz early books were always good. I still read his works but the later ones
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have become "civilized", for lack of a better description, and just don't have the same appeal as his earlier ones. This one being an earlier one, even though it was reprinted, held all the creepiness associated with Dean Koontz. Show Less
LibraryThing member Lauren2013
Midnight
4 Stars
Strong start with a good premise about people who begin behaving violently for no apparent reason.
The ultimate explanation is a bit far fetched and there are some very disturbing scenes that may be off putting for some.
4 Stars
Strong start with a good premise about people who begin behaving violently for no apparent reason.
The ultimate explanation is a bit far fetched and there are some very disturbing scenes that may be off putting for some.
LibraryThing member LibraryCin
In Moonlight Cove, California, something odd is going on. People are changing. 11-year old Chrissie has seen her parents change, and now has to run from them. Tessa is in town to find out what really killed her sister; the police said she committed suicide, but Tessa knows that can't be what
I think this is one of Koontz's better ones that I've read. It pulled me in from the start and seemed to go, go, go throughout. I was on the edge of my seat through most of the book and just wanted to keep reading.
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happened. Sam is with the FBI, in Moonlight Cove, undercover, to see if he can find out what is happening in the small town with too many disappearances for the size of the town. I think this is one of Koontz's better ones that I've read. It pulled me in from the start and seemed to go, go, go throughout. I was on the edge of my seat through most of the book and just wanted to keep reading.
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LibraryThing member scottcholstad
Not bad, but just didn't engage me like some other horror genre writers do. I can only cautiously recommend this to generalized horror genre fans. As for me, I like writers like Edward Lee a whole lot more...
LibraryThing member PaulaGalvan
I'm a huge fan of Mr. Koontz, and Midnight did not disappoint. This book was an interesting mix of horror and science fiction and included all the needed characters to pull it off: Sam Booker-the tortured hero, Tessa Lockland-the beautiful and brave girl, Chrissie Foster-the spunky teenager,
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Shaddack-the megalomaniac bad-guy, and Moose-the brighter-than-average canine. I love Mr. Koontz's imagination and his mastery of the English language. Nobody can describe a human's amalgamation with a computer quite like Dean Koontz. The book’s message that life is messy but worth living shines like a beacon through the foggy nights of Moonlight Cove. Show Less
LibraryThing member lee.gabel
This is an oldie but a goodie. Richly detailed and full of characters that you grow to love and root for...plus a villain I despised. I love a book that can bring out such feelings of love and hate, while still being a fun page-turner. It's also interesting reading it with today's technology in
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mind and see how much things have changed. Show Less
LibraryThing member JHemlock
Dean Koontz. Good guy, Bad guy. Kid in danger and cute dog. Koontz makes it work as always.
LibraryThing member SharonMariaBidwell
A re-read for me. Not having read this book for more years than I care to remember, I confess I’d forgotten the story. This is a tight science-fiction thriller with the meaning of life subtext. Think The Island of Doctor Moreau crossed with any well made FBI crime show. And as with classic books
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like Frankenstein, there’s the underlying question of just because humankind can do a thing, it has an ethical necessity to consider whether it should. Alas, I don’t think the villain’s backstory with the Native American holds up well in more modern times; it’s cliched even down to the sense of this person being the source of corruption. And I’m not even sure it’s all that important, but there’s much to like here. I like what Koontz has to say about thought vs feelings and vice versa in this, and how humans cannot live without emotion. As is often the case, the author also includes a perfect doggy hero. Show Less
LibraryThing member JHemlock
A pretty good yarn. As much as Koontz reuses character profiles he always manages to make the characters believable. This book is no exception. Midnight is a clear and concise work by him in his comfort zone.
Subjects
Awards
Bram Stoker Award (Nominee — Novel — 1989)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1989
Physical description
366 p.; 19.7 cm
ISBN
8777140516 / 9788777140518
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser en stor fugl foran en måneskive
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra amerikansk "Midnight" af Alis Friis Caspersen
Omslaget viser en stor fugl foran en måneskive
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra amerikansk "Midnight" af Alis Friis Caspersen
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Pages
366
DDC/MDS
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