I'm ashamed to say that up until I was 17, I'd read about 20 books in my life, and most of them were forced upon me at school. Then I met a girl called Mairi, who gave me glandular fever. while I was in bed re-cuperatng, she dropped round a copy of a book I'd only seen as a film with Cory Haim. Yup, it was Watchers. Isn't it nice to have a moment in your life that you can pin point to changing you slightly? Anyway, film wasn't too good, so I was a bit cautious about the book. But then I met Einstein. I've always harboured thoughts that acts and dogs would be good conversationalists, if only they'd ...  Read the complete review

I have read quite a few of Dean Koontz's books; I can't really classify him as a horror writer. His books are not particularly sci-fi either, so I would class him as an x-file writer, as most of the stories revolve around mutated creatures, strange children, secret experiments etc. The latest book I have read is Watchers. The story is about an secret government experimental centre, called Banodyne, the government are developing a clever dog that can infiltrate the Russians, and a half ape half man like creature that is made to kill. The two creatures escape, the dog befriends a man Travis Cornell, he finds out that the dog is extremely ...  Read the complete review

I started the book with little anticipation, as I had not enjoyed the only other Koontz I had ever tried. However, within pages I was gripped and found it hard to put the novel down. The appearance of the book was not promising: a drawing of an old house surrounded by a green haze on the front and a photo of Dean Koontz on the back, who looks mysteriously identical to Burt Reynolds. However, the contents proved to exceed all expectations. THE STORY Travis Cornell is a lonely man who has suffered much loss in life. One day he comes across a golden retriever in the woods, who warns him of danger and together they escape from a being, ...  Read the complete review

The Watchers by Dean R Koontz This is less of a horror book than some of Koontz’s, but one of his most enjoyable reads. Two creatures have escaped from a secret government laboratory where they have been genetically mutated. One of them, a golden retriever, has been given great intelligence. He hooks up with a man called Travis, who quickly realises this is no ordinary dog, although it is sometime before he realises just how intelligent the animal actually is. The dog is on the run, not only from the laboratory, but from the creature that escaped with it, The Outsider, genetically adapted to be a perfect killing machine. A creature ...  Read the complete review

The Watchers by Dean Koontz is one of the best books I have ever read! I have read a lot of Dean Koontz books but I have to say that this is may fav. They escape from a secret government: two mutant creatures, both changed utterly form the animals they once were. And no one who encounters them will ever be the same again: A lonely widower; a ruthless assassin; a beautiful woman; a governement agent. Drawn together in a deadly hunt, all four are inexorably propelled towards a confrontation with an evil beyond human imagining. The book is based around Travis, a loner looking to find some meaning in his life after losing his wife. Nora, a very ...  Read the complete review