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The Taking
On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Niel Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now they rise to find a luminous silvery downpour drenching their small California mountain town. A strange scent hangs faintly in the air, and the young couple cannot shake the sense of something wrong.
As hours pass and the rain continues to fall, Molly and Niel listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. Before evening, their little town loses television and radio reception. Then telephone and the Internet are gone. With the ceaseless rain now comes an obscuring fog that transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. By nightfall the Sloans have gathered with some of their neighbors to deal with community damage...but also because they feel the need to band together against some unknown threat, some enemy they cannot identify or even imagine.
In the night, strange noises arise, and at a distance, in the rain and the mist, mysterious lights are seen drifting among the trees. The rain diminishes with the dawn, but a moody gray-purple twilight prevails. Soon Molly, Niel, and their small band of friends will be forced to draw on reserves of strength, courage, and humanity they never knew they had. For within the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a terrifying instant what is happening to their world—something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency. Epic in scope, searingly intimate and immediate in perspective, The Taking is an adventure story like no other, a relentless roller-coaster read that brings apocalypse to Main Street and showcases the talents of one of our most original and mesmerizing novelists at the pinnacle of his powers.
From the Hardcover edition.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 30, 2008 Type: User Review |
Beautiful Prose--Overlooked by the Blind
Reading some of the reviews on here, I'm shocked by how blind some people are to Koontz's actual --dare I say it?-- literary merit. His prose is exquisite. It's a pity that certain posters on here are so tone-deaf to actual elegant writing and...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
This is nearly the worst book I've ever read.
Dean Koontz releases his most blatantly God-fearing Republican novel yet. He spends half a chapter mocking those who believe in global warming. As the story progresses he fills the pages with uncreative horrors that provoke little more than a yawn...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Holy crap!
Great book. I can't say enough about it! If you like Dean Koontz, you will love The Taking. It is VERY "out there". You have to have a good imagination, but WOW! One of my favorite books! It freaked me out like few books ever have... maybe more...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
wow - worst koontz book ever
After the first hour I wanted to just put it down and walk away. I should have. It doesn't get any better and the more I go on, the more I am just grateful that I listen to these books while I drive and therefore, am not really waisting my time....
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 10, 2008 Type: User Review |
A New Look at the End Game
One of Dean Koontz's best. A completely new spin on Armageddon.
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