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Midnight
Midnight
Author: Dean R. Koontz
A wealthy tech entrepreneur, intending to create superhumans by infecting them with nanotech to assist their physical and mental abilities, picks a California town as his secret pilot project, but things go terribly wrong. The citizens of Moonlight Cove, California, are changing, growing numbers of residents harbor a secret so dark it is su...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399133909
ISBN-10: 0399133909
Publication Date: 1/19/1989
Pages: 383
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 48 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Publ Group
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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caterman avatar reviewed Midnight on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Liked this book and how interesting it was, I couldn't put it down! Keeps you on the edge of your seat!!
Uyulala avatar reviewed Midnight on + 16 more book reviews
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In this chilling tale, Koontz seamlessly combines our most primitive boogeyman-type fears with the more modern fear of what unlimited technology wielded without ethics can bring. I can't give it enough stars.
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A good but not great Koontz novel. A little bit over the top with monsters that evolve in too many ways. The general premise goes a little too far behind the reader's willingness to disbelieve. But no problem turning the pages.

3 stars out of 5.
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nana23 avatar reviewed Midnight on + 243 more book reviews
Good horror book by a great horror writer with some good plot twists.
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This is the only book by Koontz that I have every read. I chose it from the description on the back and while I do not agree with the LA Times that it was âbone chillingâ it was a good read. The basic premise of the book is that small town of Moonlight cove is having an issue with its citizens dying. In a town with no unusual deaths in 20+ years the FBI gets involved after they find out about 12 accidental deaths and suicides, but find that the actual number is closer to 20.

Four people join together, each with a piece of the puzzle that is Moonlight cove. A eleven year old girl, a wheelchair bound vet, a grieving sister, and an undercover FBI agent. They have until, you guessed it, Midnight, to get out of town.
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Futurologists led by a weasely mastermind have invaded Moonlight Cove, a sleepy lagoon town in Northern California sort of like Bodega Bay where Hitchcock's THE BIRDS took place. The entire population of the little town has become a race of guinea pigs that New Wave Technologies can play with like a puppeteer a bunch of puppets. What's worse, they don't even know what's happening to them.

Men at the top are covering up a rash of mysterious deaths that have been occurring all over the village, but the FBI is on the case and has sent in their top agent, a man with secrets of his own, to uncover who or what is behind the murders. They suspect a serial killer, but the truth is far worse. This man, Sam Booker, blends in easily with the lackluster villagers, and yet when night falls he finds that he is the prey, and they become predators. It's all part of a scheme to advance human consciousness and to upgrade humanity to a new level, but inevitably there are drawbacks to any utopian scheme. In this case, a certain percent of the lab "rats" become monsters!

Others drawn into helping Sam include the lovely Tess Lackland, whose poor sister died in Moonlight Cove, and little Chrissy, whose parents have changed beyond recognition as a result of New Wave's consciousness altering drugs. An appealing VietNam vet has a handicap but that doesn't stop him for entering the ultimate battle between good and evil. Of course it all begins at . . . midnight! Dean Koontz has written many skillful bestsellers and this is one of his signature titles.
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The citizens of Moonlight Cove, California, are changing. Some are losing touch with their deepest emotions. Others are surrendering to their wildest urges. And the few who remain unchanged are absolutely terrified--if not brutally murdered in the dead of night...
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Classic Koontz!
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!! THE BEST FROM ONE OF THE BEST !!
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Edge of the seat reading. Will keep you up at night.
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Excellent book that will keep you guessing.


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