Product Description

One by one, the children of Moonlight Bay are disappearing. No one knows if they are dead or alive. Christopher Snow, suffering from the rare disorder xeroderma pigmentosum, has glimpsed the dark and torrid secrets of the small-town community where he has spent his entire life. And only he has the key to the truth – a truth that could only exist in the genetic chaos of Moonlight Bay.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69825 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
`Koontz redefines suspense` The Times

Customer Reviews

Carpe Noctem
The hero of this book is Christopher Snow who has XP (xeroderma pigmentosum). XP requires Snow to live in the world of darkness. Therefore he can only move around outside during the night. In this novel we follow snow into the story line as a friends child is kidnapped. And he and his brilliant dog go in search of the boy.

During the search, the dog goes missing. And other children are kidnapped. Snow gathers his friends to go and search an old military base where he is sure they are all being held captive. They are lead to believe that the kids were kidnapped because their blood may be what is needed to create a vaccine for plague going through the city. A virus that morphs the person infected into what seems to be a demonic creature.

His friends consist of a Hawaiian surfer dude, a D.J. girlfriend, and a bouncer from a biker bar with an intelligent cat. This ban has to outwit the local police, genetically enhanced creatures and virus-ridden humans all while looking for the kidnappers of the kids. And it all has to be done at night.

The story itself is far fetched and this book belongs in the Sci-Fi genre. But other then that, it is a fun read. The author does know how to grab and keep your attention. And you have to appreciate the perfect ending for the story line.

A tense,chilling and well written book
I have to admit that I have now read this book 4 times during the last few years, and its excitement, pace and characterisation do not diminish with familiarity. In my opinion, this is Mr Koontz at his very best. I have already reported on the first of the trilogy, and I cannot understand why the many fans of this author-better than Stephen King,perhaps?- are having to wait for the third episode. I thought that "suspense" applied only to the text,not the frustration of waiting for the next and last in the series.

A breathless pageturner
This was only my second Dean Koontz book, "Fear Nothing" being the first. With "Fear Nothing", I was impressed, but in "Seize the Night" Koontz comes alive with an unnerving eyeshine.

I was constantly amazed at the quality of Koontz's writing. I know that isn't any kind of reason to buy a book; one usually buys a book for it to be a cracking good read, which this is, but I couldn't help but appreciate the quality as I was reading. In parts, it was like reading one of your favourite poems - just perfectly polished. Yet for all his polish and finesse, he doesn't miss a beat and manages to produce a belting pageturner at the same time. I don't know how he does it.

In this book, Koontz's character build-up is so real, so seemingly effortless, that you just take his characters for granted as your own friends. You are right there with them. When they joke, you laugh, when they hurt, you hurt. When they die...

This book left me in a muddled state of mind: mentally breathless, relieved, exhausted, sad at having reached the end, angry to find the next is yet to be written, and with one burning question: what made it disappear??? I suspect that might be answered in the final book, so he'd better hurry up and write it.