Darkness Comes Hb [Hardcover]

Dean Koontz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 16, 1984

Who is more foolish -- the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? Baba Lavelle is a stranger in New York. A stranger with a mission to break the Mafia stranglehold on the city's drug traffic, and take it over himself. He has no guns, no army of hoods, no friends in high places. But he has the Power -- magical, ancient, and terrifyingly brutal. The power that thrives in darkness!

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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Books (February 16, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0491031521
• ISBN-13: 978-0491031523
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,786,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania where I graduated from Shippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University). When I was a senior in college, I won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and have been writing ever since. My first job after graduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where I was expected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. During my first day on the job, I discovered that the previous occupier of my position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in the hospital for several weeks. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and I was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer. I wrote nights and weekends, which I continued to do after leaving the poverty program and going to work as an English teacher in a suburban school district outside Harrisburg. After a year and a half in that position, my wife, Gerda, made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "I'll support you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of my writing career. Gerda and I, along with our dog, Trixie, live in southern California.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When Darkness Comes turn on your reading light and enjoy thi, June 11, 2003

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkness Comes Hb (Hardcover)

Drug dealer crime lords are being brutally murdered, found with thousands of small stab wounds. Their bodies are found in locked rooms. How did the killer get in and out?

Answer. They're little evil critters. Some call them rats, they're wrong. Some call them goblins, they'd be closer to the truth. One man knows the answer though. His name's Baba Lavelle and he's a Bocor (an evil Voodoo sorcerer) and he sent the things that kill. They do what he wants and he wants blood.

Jack and Rebecca are two cops who are assigned to the case. Lavelle doesn't like this intrusion and they and jack's children are in grave danger.

This isn't a bad book. A bit far fetched and I doubt Jack would be trying to get his partner into bed when he was worried about his kids. Apart from that though it's a worthwhile read.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dean Koontz fan, January 1, 2005

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Priscilla Morales "I live in books" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkness Comes Hb (Hardcover)

This book was entertaining, a lot of action and suspense. I enjoyed reading it. It did go a bit slow on some parts, but it was well worth the time.