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Author: Dean R. Koontz
From a top-secret government laboratory come two genetically altered life forms. One is a magnificent dog of astonishing intelligence. The other, a hybrid monster of a brutally violent nature. And both are on the loose...
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ISBN-13: 9780425107461
ISBN-10: 0425107469
Publication Date: 4/1/1988
Pages: 483
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 294 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 4
I absolutely love this book, from the minute that I realized the dog was smarter than average...

Once again, Dean Koontz amazes me with his wit and his promising outlook on life.

Don't watch movie! The book is sooo much better.
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Helpful Score: 3
This is one of Koontz's greatest novels. I can't even count how many times I've reread this book over again. It makes you wish so hard you had a dog like Einstein that you'd read the book again just to make the dog come alive for the duration of the story! My favorite part is when the dog starts to reveal his intelligence to Travis, the main (human) character, and Travis struggles to believe what he's seeing rather than attributing it to wishful thinking. It's a wonderful story!
Granites2001 avatar reviewed Watchers on + 88 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
One of my all time favorite Koontz books!
lewis5351 avatar reviewed Watchers on
Helpful Score: 2
I absolutely love this book and have read it many times. This is not the typical Dean Koontz book, but is a loving and unusual story about a dog with extraordinary abilities and the bad guys trying to catch him to use him for evil. It was made into a movie, bjut I think the book is much better than the movie.
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Helpful Score: 2
I was given this book by a friend who highly recommended it. I had never read anything by Koontz before and really didn't see myself liking anything he'd write, but I was a dead wrong.

The Einstein dog character's relationship with Travis is humorous and endearing at the same time. Koontz does a great job of making the Einstein character come out of the page, as if he were real.

I highly recommend this book. I think you'll enjoy it regardless of what genre of books you typically enjoy.
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My all time favorite Dean Koontz novel. Oneof the few books in my library that I have read numerous times.
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One of Koontz's best. This book kept my interest and I read it very quickly. Dog lovers will especially love the beautiful golden retriever with special abilities who is featured in the novel. It is a story of love, of companionship, of fear and of the unthinkable coming from an uncercover governmental experiment in a secret lab...
mishreilly avatar reviewed Watchers on + 23 more book reviews
This was the very first Dean Koontz book I ever read. I was hooked from the start, great story line, he writes with such lighthearted yet, facsinating style.His love for dogs makes his story even more interesting because he actually captures the mind of the animals.Any true Koontz fan will not be dissappointed with this book.
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Intense all the way!
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2 lab experiments on the loose ,one a dog the other a monster.
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I have since read it about 20 times. Since then, I have collected, I think, every book he has written that I could find. The dog in this book is so lovable. And the 'other' engendered so much pity! Truly an excellent read.
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I don't think this is one of Koontz's best; it is probably an early book. Still, it does have some very surprising characters! The good "guy" is actually a dog; the "bad" guy is a malevolent creature. As is usual with Koontz, there is the mixing up of DNA to get these results. Add to that a nice mix of human characters that interact with the "man-made" creatures. The most interesting is what that dog can do! The least interesting is Koontz's preaching...but there isn't enough of it to not read the book. I mean, everyone should read about a dog that thinks like a human. Besides, I really think I would be able to beat him at Scrabble!
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Great Book! Even better movie!!


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