such tales…. The modern master of suspense.”
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“For years Koontz has aimed at more than thrills; he is a novelist of metaphysics and moral reflection. Koontz remains one of the most fascinating of contemporary popular novelists.”
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“Koontz knows where we keep our bejesus and what it takes to scare it out of us…. [He] spins his yarns effortlessly.”
— New York
“As scary as anything Poe ever crafted. Koontz has that rare ability to mix despair and hope in almost equal measure.”
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“Dean Koontz has always been a master of plot, dialogue, and description. As gifted a writer as Koontz is he’s a better storyteller. The blood of the shaman and chronicler courses through his veins, as he conjures up stories of decent people placed in terrible circumstances. His theme centers on the Grand Romance with its temptations, love, and the struggle against evil. If Koontz tells us anything it is that we are accountable for the choices we make, and one way or another, the bill’s coming due. Fast-paced and dark … Koontz knows we live in a world where evil delights in justifying itself, where materialism has become an end in itself, where the gray, half- light of moral ambiguity supersedes moral verities, and where mankind has turned its collective face away from God. What will become of such a society? Koontz requires us to examine the condition of our kind and there is much to answer for…. Classic literature [that] deserves a place on the bookshelf beside Orwell’s
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“Show[ing] influences from H. G. Wells’
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“Koontz may like to scare readers, but he also likes to charm them. He succeeds at both efforts.”
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“Dean Koontz incorporates mysteries into his plots, but his protagonists are more mysterious than the crimes they solve. He knows how to hook the reader … how to play with our expectations.”
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“His prose is rich and evocative. His characters are among the warmest — and most despicable — in modern fiction.”
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“Koontz is writing right where popular culture swells into something larger, just as it did for Homer, Shakespeare, and Dickens. He’s got the gift.”
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“After three dozen novels and more than 200 million copies sold, Dean Koontz can still reach out and pull the reader into terror.”
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“Koontz’s plots and characters are always compelling, absorbing, and beautifully drawn with a deep respect for the redemptive power of love.”
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“Dean Koontz … has the power to scare the daylights out of us.”
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“Koontz’s superlative ability to balance sensationalism with psychological, emotional, and physical realism keeps readers riveted to the page.”
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“A master of the [suspense] genre.”
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“Koontz is a master at creating believable characters and realistic dialogue…. He has few peers when it comes to snappy one-liners and irreverent humor.”
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“Koontz knows how to turn the screws, and dealing with internal terrors, really takes the reader for a ride.”
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“Koontz long ago mastered the art of grabbing a reader’s attention and hanging onto it into the wee hours.”
— Baton Rouge
“Koontz has a touching faith in the human spirit. [His] sure fire plotting and a roster of characters built out of painful tragedies make the pages move.”
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“The poet laureate of paranoid pop fiction … You’d be hard-pressed to find a writer so tailor-made for the strange, paranoid, black-and-white century we’ve just entered.”
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“Koontz drops readers into the middle of the action, then doubles back to provide the background for his characters, deftly making us care about them…. [He] keeps the action moving at a frenetic pace.”
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Novels by DEAN KOONTZ
