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~ Dean Koontz (Author) "On his thirty-sixth birthday, May 18, Travis Cornell rose at five o'clock in the morning..." (more)
Key Phrases: harbor patrol, lettered tiles, retriever barked, The Outsider, Van Dyne, Jim Keene (more...)
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“A glorious hit…makes the implausible seem all too possible.”
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“A suspenseful page-turner…Koontz gives us characters we can care about…and enough tension to satisfy any thrill-seeker.”
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“One of those rare reading experiences—a book I didn’t want to end.”
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“A superior thriller”(Oakland Press) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author—now in trade paperback for the first time.

On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever, who will let him go no further into the dark woods.

That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a friend—a dog of alarming intelligence—and a threat that could only have come from the darkest corners of man’s imagination…

Product Details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Trade (May 6, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425221806
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425221808
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,326 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Read the book, skip the movies, January 31, 2009
By J. J Woehr (Lindenhurst, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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There were 4 movies based on this book and not one was a good adaption. Some day I hope a movie is made that does the book justice. The movies that were made are B-Movies. The book is about a dog named Einstein that given special abilities in a lab. He escaped and a monster called the Outsider that was also created in the lab and is just as smart as him also escaped. The Outsider thinks he's ugly and rips the eyes out of his victims. He can sense where Einstein is and Einstein can tell when he's close by.

Einstein befriends a depressed and lonely man named Travis who's used to his loved ones dieing and who's afraid of losing Einstein as well. Travis quickly learns how smart he is. Together they meet an anti-social and self-conscious woman named Nora who's being stalked by a pervert bully who's obsessed with making himself a part of her life. He was never in any of the movies, nor was the crazy assassin who thinks he obtains the life energy of the people he kills. He thinks he killed so many people that he's close to being immortal.

While in the movies the agent Lem who's trying to find both the Outsider and Einstein is always bad. So the movies didn't get anything right since in the book, he's not that bad. Hell, he's such a good guy that he even feels sorry for the Outsider for ever being created. If it sounds like I gave a lot away, I really didn't. This book is packed with suspense and twist and turns. It can be extremely violent and even disturbing, but since Travis, Nora and Einstein are so likable it's hard to put the book down. You want to know their fate and how they can possibly escape all the dangers that are following them. It's a good read while the movies are barely watchable.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book has the Greatest Dog Ever in it, November 14, 2008
I have had two young girls, ages six and eight, living with me for the last couple weeks, while their parents are touring off in France and I can't begin to tell you all the fun we have had. We've flown to San Francisco (only a short hop from LAX) and spent the day at the Wharf. We've rented great movies I've never seen before, like Monsters Inc, Monsters House and Madagascar. I don't know how I grew up without seeing and appreciating these kinds of films. We've gone on long walks, shivered at the beach and shivered with movies like Godzilla and Cloverfield. Oh how the girls love monsters in New York (they are originally from there).

And at night we curl up in bed, me in the middle and I read to them. We've done Tom Sawyer and Alice in Wonderland and I believe I've given them an appreciation for good stories, helped them see words on paper can be every bit as much fun as images on a screen. And to that end a couple days ago I decided to take it up a notch when we wandering through our local, beach close independent book store and I saw this version of WATCHERS.

This was a story I dearly loved. Would these girls love it too. I bought it, though I have the hardcover version at home, because I wanted them to see that I was buying especially to read to them. That way, I thought, if they got a little bored, they'd hang in there, because it was something we got together.

I needn't have worried. They got right into it, so into it that I read on for three and a half hours before we drifted off to sleep. Morning came and they didn't want to wait until dark to hear more of the story, so I read some after breakfast, then we bundled up, went to the beach and I read some more with the gentle sound of waves lapping the shore (there is a breakwater at my beach, so no crashing rollers). We went to Mickey D's for lunch and I read on. After lunch we went to see the second Madagascar movie, then it was home again, home again jigaty jig and back to WATCHERS. I still have a way to go before the girls and I get to the end, but I've been there before several times and each time I seem to like it better than the last.

Travis Cornel is wandering in the woods in So Cal when he comes across a golden retriever that seems to be trying to tell him something. Travis senses something else out there. Bear? The dog urges him on. They run, get in Travis' pickup and get on outta there.

Travis senses the dog is hungry, mentions there's a sandwich in the glove compartment and is surprised when the dog opens the glove box and gets the sandwich. Thus begins the mother of all chases. Something is after the dog. The dog is way smarter than a golden retriever has any right to be.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, get this five star novel if you haven't read it already, it's Koontz at his best.

Reviewed by Stephanie Sane
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First Dean Koontz Ever Read, February 1, 2009
This was the first Dean Koontz book that I read (abot nine years ago)and since I have been a hardcore fan of Dean Koontz. He is one of the best writers in my opinion and this is just one of his greatest books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Koontz novel.
I've always been a Koontz fan, but this is as good as it gets. He manages to create three characters ( one of which is a dog ), that readers genuinely care about. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Carol Phillips

5.0 out of 5 stars an all time favorite.
I loved this book. One of the few I went back to re-read after about 15 years. If you have ever loved a dog, you can"t help but wish he could communicate the way this brilliant... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Gould

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done!
Kept me interisted and on the edge of my seat. I don't rean much fiction, but this and the other only book by Dean Koontz I read has made me a fan!
Published 2 months ago

4.0 out of 5 stars First Koontz
I've ever read. Fast paced and fun, could hardly put it down. Really formed an attachment to the characters. Planning on reading more of him.
Published 4 months ago by rudy

5.0 out of 5 stars Koontz's masterpiece
As is customary with Koontz's earlier novels, Watchers has an intricate plot that involves secret Government experiments, dynamic and captivating characters, and - of course - a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vagrant Smurf

5.0 out of 5 stars A joyous read
Dean Koontz can be brilliant, medicocre, and occasionally pretty bad. (I couldn't even finish "Your Heart Belongs to Me"). Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lisa Z. Morgan

4.0 out of 5 stars First Time Koontz Reader on Watchers
The title of this short review says it all really. I just finished reading Watchers last night and, though it is the first Dean R. Read more
Published 6 months ago by K. OSAKO

5.0 out of 5 stars Dean's Best!
Next to Odd Thomas, this is my favorite Dean Koontz book!
You will NOT regret it.
I'll probably make this one of my "regular reads" that I return to once a year.
Published 7 months ago by Brian A. Baird

5.0 out of 5 stars good book
I read this book when I was 13 or 14. It felt like I was watching a movie. Great read.
Published 8 months ago by Patrick Masterson

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfully entertaining
this is truly one of my favorite books. it kept me captivated the whole way through.
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