![]() ![]() For years, however, Koontz has aimed at more than just thrills today he is a novelist of metaphysics and moral reflection. It's only when they drive to a nearby town that they learn of a global alien invasion the tension ratchets as a weird fog descends and the aliens not only manifest physically but animate the dead. The new novel also features abundant suspense, as a couple in an isolated California home endure a phosphorescent rain and learn that, around the world, something is attacking humans and laying waste to communications. Invasion was mostly speed and suspense-a brilliant if superficial exercise in terror. Koontz's new novel also concerns alien invasion, and a comparison of the two books offers insight into the evolution of this megaselling author's work. In 1975, the now defunct Laser Books issued Invasion by Aaron Wolfe, aka Koontz (who later expanded that novel into Winter Moon, 1994), a breakneck tale of alien invasion centered on an isolated farm. ![]()
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