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A horror novel about a single mom stalked by cultists who think her darling moppet is the Antichrist.
Part I, sensitively titled "The Hag," introduces the premise and cast of characters.
Christine is a single mom due to the only fling of her life. Her young son Joey is six years old but very wise for his age. He never ever complains or does other normal but annoying kid things. He is extremely handsome to the point where it's normal for strangers to compliment him, polite, quiet, and plays silently by himself for hours. His big flaw is that he cutely can't pronounce February. Reading all this stuff about darling moppet Joey, I began to wonder if Koontz had a hyperactive toddler at the time of writing.
Other than the annoyingly perfect Joey, the setup is cool. An old woman dressed entirely in green accosts them, insists that Joey's birthday is Christmas Eve (it's actually February 2, or so Christine says - I thought this would be a plot point but it's never mentioned again), and says he must die! This scene is genuinely eerie.
Since this is a Dean Koontz novel, they have a golden retriever named Brandy. In Koontz world, all dogs are golden retrievers. Sometimes they are angels or God in the form of golden retrievers.
They go home, where Christine examines herself nude in the mirror because a dude wrote this book. She is generally satisfied, except that her waist is too small, but on the plus side it makes her breasts look bigger.
It's all spoilers from here on out. ( Read more... )
The Servants of Twilight
Part I, sensitively titled "The Hag," introduces the premise and cast of characters.
Christine is a single mom due to the only fling of her life. Her young son Joey is six years old but very wise for his age. He never ever complains or does other normal but annoying kid things. He is extremely handsome to the point where it's normal for strangers to compliment him, polite, quiet, and plays silently by himself for hours. His big flaw is that he cutely can't pronounce February. Reading all this stuff about darling moppet Joey, I began to wonder if Koontz had a hyperactive toddler at the time of writing.
Other than the annoyingly perfect Joey, the setup is cool. An old woman dressed entirely in green accosts them, insists that Joey's birthday is Christmas Eve (it's actually February 2, or so Christine says - I thought this would be a plot point but it's never mentioned again), and says he must die! This scene is genuinely eerie.
Since this is a Dean Koontz novel, they have a golden retriever named Brandy. In Koontz world, all dogs are golden retrievers. Sometimes they are angels or God in the form of golden retrievers.
They go home, where Christine examines herself nude in the mirror because a dude wrote this book. She is generally satisfied, except that her waist is too small, but on the plus side it makes her breasts look bigger.
It's all spoilers from here on out. ( Read more... )
The Servants of Twilight
