Three Complete Novels (Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask) [Hardcover]

Dean R. Koontz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 1994

The author's early classic of adolescent evil, The Voice of the Night, unites with The Mask (appearing in hardcover for the first time) and Strangers for a hair-raising collection of thrillers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 21, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399139273
• ISBN-13: 978-0399139277
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,138,159 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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strangers and The Voice Of The Night, June 10, 2006

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This review is from: Three Complete Novels (Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask) (Hardcover)

I've read 26 Dean Koontz books, and while I haven't read The Mask, both Strangers and The Voice Of The Night are excellent. Strangers is about a handful of people from different parts of the country who are experiencing bizzare, frightening occurrences and obsessions that are ruining their lives after staying at the same hotel a year ago. They all meet up and uncover the truth about what happened to them.

In The Voice Of The Night, a shy, unpopular boy who is struggling with his parents' seperation befriends a sadistic boy who tries to get him to go along with him in games of death.

Some other great Koontz books that I recommend you check out are "Intensity", "Twilight Eyes", "Whispers", "Watchers", "The Servants Of Twilight", "The Door To December", "Cold Fire", and "Lightning".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KOONTZ IS A GREAT STORYTELLER, October 15, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Three Complete Novels (Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask) (Hardcover)

A MASTER STORYTELLER, SOMETIMES HUMOROUS SOMETIMES SHOCKING BUT ALWAYS RIVETING.HIS CHARACTERS SPARKLE WITH LIFE.HIS PROSE IS RICH AND EVOCATIVE. HIS STYLE IS A MODEL OF CLARITY HIS PROSE SO SMOOTH THAT IT GOES DOWN LIKE APPLE JUICE.... WITH THE DELAYED PUNCH OF HARD CIDER.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the greatest Kootnz has written, October 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Three Complete Novels (Strangers / The Voice of the Night / The Mask) (Hardcover)

The book was very intriguing for the first 20 and last 50 pages, but the middled seemed to lose the reader in meaningless information. The antagonist of the story, Roy, was a great character. Pay close attention to him because you can never tell if you love him or hate him. Koontz did a great job with the characters in that aspect. The story line seemed to lack in something but it was an all around average book.