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Phantoms

Dean Koontz

  • 442 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1983
  • 46 editions
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1 About this book

Phantoms is a horror novel by American writer Dean Koontz, first published in 1983. The story is a version of the now-debunked urban legend involving a village mysteriously vanishing at Angikuni Lake.

The novel includes many literary tips of the hat to the work of H. P. Lovecraft; the novel suggests the 'Ancient Enemy' is Lovecraft's god Nyarlathotep, also known as the 'Crawling Chaos', and the air force specialist in potential contact with non-human intelligence is named 'Captain Arkham' (cf. Lovecraft's invention Arkham). Most of these Lovecraftian references were excised from the 1998 film version of Koontz's novel.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Horror
  • Mass murder
  • Thrillers
  • Women physicians
  • Good and evil
  • California

2 About Dean Koontz

Born 1945

Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, with fourteen hardcovers and sixteen paperbacks reaching the number-one position.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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