Product Description

A chilling tale from the international bestseller.

They're out there. Lurking. Waiting. Feeding on human suffering, fiendishly plotting their ultimate triumph.

Slim MacKenzie knows what they are, what they do - and how they hide in human form. He is blessed - or cursed - by twilight eyes. He can see the diabolical others through their innocent human disguise. He's already killed one of them And he'll kill again...

But even the grave won't hold them...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #263309 in Books
• Published on: 1990-06-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Synopsis
A chilling tale from the international bestseller.They're out there. Lurking. Waiting. Feeding on human suffering, fiendishly plotting their ultimate triumph.Slim MacKenzie knows what they are, what they do - and how they hide in human form. He is blessed - or cursed - by twilight" eyes". He can see the diabolical others through their innocent human disguise. He's already killed one of them And he'll kill again...But even the grave won't hold them...

About the Author
Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.

Customer Reviews

Great idea - shame about the subplot
'Twilight Eyes' is a mixed bag of a novel. On one hand it gives you a great central premise of a man called Slim Mackenzie who can see demons that pose in human form. In the other hand, it gives you far too much detail and a ridiculous subplot about how demons called Goblins where engineered as weapons by a race before humans.

By adding the poor origins subplot, Koontz has managed to turn good thrilling horror into the poorest kind of schlock sci-fi. Horror does not need a deep explanation for it to work - true evil does not need to be explained.

However, even with some major faults there is still some quality to this book. The action sequences, when they occur, are gripping and I liked the characters and the way that they were written. Perhaps Koontz needed to get a better editor during the 80s as this book was too long winded in parts only saved by the fast action in others.

If you never read another book by Koontz.........
This story is superb. After reading several of his earlier books I was sure I knew what to expect, was I ever wrong! Fantastic plot, gripping, intense and unmissable. Read this and scare the hell out of yourself. Is your horrible neighbour a goblin? Read this and find out............

THE VERY BEST BOOK HE HAS WRITTEN
I won't bang on about the plot, as that would spoil it, but if you like Koontz as I do, this is as good as it gets. It is imaginative, exciting, and very good at getting you to care for the people in the story, so much so that it is the one book that I long for him to write a sequel to, so I can find out what they are doing now. Five stars +++++