- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; New Ed edition (1 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755330811
- ISBN-13: 978-0755330812
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 893,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'His best story...this is the sort of thoroughly frightening and entertaining tale that has its readers listening for noises in the night' (Publishers Weekly )
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20/20 Edition - Headline 20th Anniversary Edition
The classic novel from the ‘master of our darkest dreams…and a literary juggler’ The Times
Two mutant creatures – both hideously changed from the animals they once were –escape from a secret government. No one who encounters them will ever be the same again.
A lonely widower. A ruthless assassin. A beautiful woman. A government agent. Drawn together in a deadly hunt, all four are inexorably propelled towards a confrontation with an evil beyond all human imagining.
The classic novel from the ‘master of our darkest dreams…and a literary juggler’ The Times
Two mutant creatures – both hideously changed from the animals they once were –escape from a secret government. No one who encounters them will ever be the same again.
A lonely widower. A ruthless assassin. A beautiful woman. A government agent. Drawn together in a deadly hunt, all four are inexorably propelled towards a confrontation with an evil beyond all human imagining.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first Koontz book I read after buying it from a motorway services on the way down south. Though I have read many Koontz titles since, this one still sticks in my mind as the most enjoyable. This may be because every author tends to have a different style, no matter how subtle, to the every other and something new will always ring better than something familiar. I feel however that it is more due to the depth in charactorisation that has you yearning for a "happily-ever-after" ending. Even the disturbed assassin in the book has you feeling sorry for his obviously delusioned charactor while still believing throughout that he may in fact be immortal. Being my first Koontz book I was not at the time aware of his affiliation with the K9 kind and ever since I have wanted an intelligent dog like Einstein! I loved the way there was a reference to Einstein in the later christopher snow novels when they were talking about the history of the whole gene altering project. Unlike the majority of horror novels this book manages to keep u pleased at the end with an extremeley satisfying, though not hugely hidden, plot twist that will leave u with a smile on your face until you realise that you have finished the book. However, this can be easily resolved if u just go and buy another of his generally excellent books!
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You have not read a book until you have read Watchers by Dean Koontz. Why? I will try to be brief.. no book can ever match the powerful beginning of this novel. It was gripping, thrilling, from page 3. There is a lot of description, but Dean has a way of making every description useful and enjoyoyable - unlike some authors who bore you to death with totally irrelevant paragraphs. His characters may be extreme in some ways, nevertheless, they were painted into realistic people that can indeed exist in real life. For the first few chapters.. you will be intrigued at how different incidents can be connected.. then slowly and with a lot of mystery, the story begins to connect and become clearer.
Travis, Nora, Einstein, and Vince are the main characters in the book. Dean allows you to see the world from their eyes, which can be fascinating because they are fascinating characters!
Einstein, the dog, will capture your heart. Even the evil presence in the story will have you sympathize with it. The plot is structured so well that there is no spot where the action slows down. Given the long time within which the story takes place, this novel is very fast paced and will leave you at the edge of your seat.
And I have to confess that Koontz does not leave you unsatisfied or frustrated at any point. The characters will ask the questions that you have in your mind, and the action will keep you fully aware of the current situation. The suspense will leave you shuddering, and the romance will warm your heart. This is a story that is full of emotion.. where there is a lesson at the end for mankind. It will stay in my heart to the end of my life.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I first read watchers when I was 14, as I got into my twenties I was still thinking about this book it really got my imagination going. I read the book 13 years later to find the book still had me hooked from the first page, I have never really been a reader as I need to get into the book from the start and Dean Doontz does that.I feel that the book seemed a little better when I read it 13 years ago,(your imagination goes wild as a child) but it's a really good read and the best that Dean has written
I must admit since I read it I am a Dean Koontz fan and can't get enough of his books.
I found that you even start to feel sorry for the outsider by the end of the book, It's like a game of cat and mouse and I love it. You will be well and truely hooked.
I must admit since I read it I am a Dean Koontz fan and can't get enough of his books.
I found that you even start to feel sorry for the outsider by the end of the book, It's like a game of cat and mouse and I love it. You will be well and truely hooked.
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One of his best
This is Dean Koontz at his best - it got me hooked and I have read all his books since. Thoroughly absorbing and believable - I couldn't put it down - better than Stephen King.
Published 1 month ago by starling
WATCHERS - FANTASTIC BOOK !
A few months ago whilst discussing authors with a friend, he mentioned Dean Koontz. Although I had heard of him and was a massive fan of stephen king and this genre I had never... Read more
Published 1 month ago by LShort
AWESOME!
I loved this book! It starts off great from the first chapter. It's very scary and makes you tense about what will happen next. I couldn't put it down! I loved every minute of it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by rara
When you've finished all Stephen King's novels, what next?
Let me quickly tell you where I was coming from when I started reading this book: I had finally, after catching the bug a few years before, finished all of Stephen King's books;... Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. Hennessy
BUY IT!
Buy this book, it won't let you down. I read it 20 years ago and own it in paperback AND hardback. Silly I know, but it really is that good.
Published 6 months ago by SIMON R. WILLIS
Loved it! [Involves POSSIBLE SPOILER]
I absolutely love this book. I am not a massive Dean Koontz reader but I stumbled upon this by chance years ago. Unfortunately, I lost my first copy without reading it through. Read more
Published 8 months ago by KElves
superb!
Quiet probably one of the best books, within its genre, that has ever been written. High praise indeed, but deservedly so. Read more
Published 8 months ago by BigFrank
I really didn't care about any of the characters
This isn't the type of book I usually would read but, as I like horror movies, I thought i'd give it a go. Read more
Published 8 months ago by topcatsworld
Watchers
I chose this book on the basis of reader reviews and only got half way through before being bored and putting it down... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Russ
Suspense thrillers are more terrifying than 'horror' stories!
One or two people seem to have reviewed this Koontz novel as if it were intended to be a horror story, comparing it to the likes of Stephen King et al. Eh? Read more
Published 10 months ago by R. Faulkner
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