Phantoms

Phantoms is gruesome and unrelenting…It’s well realized, intelligent, and humane.”—Stephen King

They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.

At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease.

But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...

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448 pages

Average rating: 7.05

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torihbu
Dec 14, 2023
10/10 stars
- AMAZING READ
- genuinely terrifying
- koontz builds suspense by using detail & follows it up with a killer sentence, almost as if it’s a jumpscare within a novel
- best book i’ve read in years
spookyreading
Jul 06, 2023
8/10 stars
This book was remarkably fun. There were only a couple sections that legitimately scared me, and the rest was good old-fashioned 80's sci-fi. I specifically found the realistic reaction to the monster at hand refreshing. The characters are simple enough to not be overwhelming, but the few traits they're given work. Great introduction to Dean Koontz's work.
oh_let3
May 16, 2023
8/10 stars
koontz gets put down a lot but his older stuff like this one is pretty fun and haunting

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