Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz

Very few of us are blessed with a special gift: the power to heal, second-sight or telepathy but when this talent is possessed, surely it is a precious gift to be cherished and to be grateful for? In the case of Slim MacKenzie, his unusual ability just condemns him to a life of horror. For, living amongst us is another race of creatures. They are a minority within our society but are hidden from the eye of normal humans. Slim has the ability to see them for what they are: hideous, malformed, strong, evil creatures that he has labelled as ?goblins?. Worse than their hidden appearance is their attitude to humans and life. There only pleasure is derived from ...  Read the complete review

This was the first ever Dean Koontz novel I ever read and I can still remember the day I bought it!! Myself and my family had gone to Reedham for a sunday afternoon out walking by the Broads when I was a young teenager and this book was reduced in a little newsagent/ general store by the water. Of course, I persuaded my parents to loan me the money to buy it and thus another Koontz fan was born.... Slim McKenzie has a gift; he has Twilight Eyes which enable him to see "Goblins". These are monsters that look to all intent and purposes like other humans but are, to Slim's eyes, instead foul creatures that thrive on human misery and despair. Remnants ...  Read the complete review

Imagine a person you have just met is not exactly as they seem. Something seems a bit off about them, a feeling or a smell. To the outside world they project themselves as the friendly neighbour or forthright cop, but they may, in fact, be a demon. Slim Mackenzie was given a ‘gift’ as a child; the ability to see these demons in human form. It takes him a few years to realise that these demons are intent on evil and feed off the suffering of others; causing accidents to happen or capturing unwanted people and torturing them to death. After Slim’s father is killed he sees that it was his Uncle who was the murderer and is in fact one of these demons. Now ...  Read the complete review

I just finishing reading this book and I have to say it isn?t one of my favourite of Dean Koontz books, but it?s still a good book, a little slow It just isn?t as fast paced as his other books. It is a weird book. It tells the story of a man, Slim Mackenzie who has the ability to see what he calls ?goblins?, creatures hiding under human appearance. Slim having this special talent can see through this human façade. The goblins only function in life is to kill humans and so Slim, kills these goblins whenever he can. Slim Mackenzie is both hunter and hunted after killing his Uncle, who turned out to be one of these goblins, he is on the run from ...  Read the complete review