Koontz: Three Complete Novels, Lightning, The Face Of Fear and The Vision [Hardcover]

Dean Koontz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 22, 1993

A collection of three novels by the author of Cold Fire features shocking tales of incredible terror.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2001 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult (June 22, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399138439
• ISBN-13: 978-0399138430
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,585 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.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I have ever read., June 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Koontz: Three Complete Novels, Lightning, The Face Of Fear and The Vision (Hardcover)

Anyone who likes a good love story and the idea of time travel will like this book. Dean Knootz provides a unique concept of time travel. I have read several of Dean Knootz's books and this is one of my favorites. This book is suspensful and makes the mind wonder about the possiblities of time travel.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of suspense and terror., November 26, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Koontz: Three Complete Novels, Lightning, The Face Of Fear and The Vision (Hardcover)

My mistake was reading this collection on dark and stormy nights. These three books grasp the reader by the throat and force them to read. Lightning is a Sci-Fi time roller coaster ride that brings the reader into another world. One they thought they knew. The Face of Fear is a superbly written analysis of what's possible when a person's back is against a wall (literally). The Vision so painstakingly describes the inner mind of a clairvoyant that I was left feeling greatful I don't have the gift.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lightning, September 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Koontz: Three Complete Novels, Lightning, The Face Of Fear and The Vision (Hardcover)

I have read this book four times and I have no doubt I will read it again. It is absolutely the best book I have ever read. It has a story within a story and the time travel aspect is so believable that you actually wonder if time travel is possible. The characters are so real and you have suspense, terror, heartache and love all thrown in to make a great "can't put down" book.