The taking : a novel

SUMMARY: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER On the morning that marks the end of the world they have known, Molly and Neil Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. A luminous silvery downpour is drenching their small California mountain town. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now, in the moody purple dawn, the young couple cannot shake the sense of something terribly wrong. As the hours pass, Molly and Neil listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. By nightfall, their little town loses all contact with the outside world. A thick fog transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. And soon the Sloans and their neighbors will be forced to draw on reserves of courage and humanity they never knew they had. For within the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a shattering instant what is happening to their world-something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency. Fiction,Thrillers,Suspense,Psychological,Mystery,Fiction - Espionage,Thriller

on The Morning That Will Mark The End Of The World They Have Known, Molly And Niel Sloan Awaken To The Drumbeat Of Rain On Their Roof. It Has Haunted Their Sleep, Invaded Their Dreams, And Now They Rise To Find A Luminous Silvery Downpour Drenching Their Small California Mountain Town. A Strange Scent Hangs Faintly In The Air, And The Young Couple Cannot Shake The Sense Of Something Wrong.

as Hours Pass And The Rain Continues To Fall, Molly And Niel Listen To Disturbing News Of Extreme Weather Phenomena Across The Globe. Before Evening, Their Little Town Loses Television And Radio Reception. Then Telephone And The Internet Are Gone. With The Ceaseless Rain Now Comes An Obscuring Fog That Transforms The Once-friendly Village Into A Ghostly Labyrinth. By Nightfall The Sloans Have Gathered With Some Of Their Neighbors To Deal With Community Damage...but Also Because They Feel The Need To Band Together Against Some Unknown Threat, Some Enemy They Cannot Identify Or Even...

publishers Weekly

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. 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. Invasion Was Mostly Speed And Suspense-a Brilliant If Superficial Exercise In Terror. 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. 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. For Years, However, Koontz Has Aimed At More Than Just Thrills; Today He Is A Novelist Of Metaphysics And Moral Reflection. His Aliens Are Inherently Evil As Well As Scary; Standing Against Them Are The Human Capacity For Hope And The Forces Of Goodness And Innocence (here, As Elsewhere, Embodied In Dogs), And Near Novel's End Koontz Puts An Overtly Religious Spin On His Tale. Koontz's Language Has Changed Over The Years, Too, And Not Always For The Better. While His Care With Words Engenders Admiration, His Love Of Metaphor And Alliteration Can Slow Down The Reading (the Luminous Nature Of The Torrents That Tinseled The Forest And Silvered The Ground). Also Missing Here Is The Wonderful Humor That Elevated His Last Novel, Odd Thomas, And Some Other Recent Work. Koontz Remains One Of The Most Fascinating Of Contemporary Popular Novelists, And This Stands As An Important Effort, But Not His Best, Though Its Sincerity And Passion Can't Be Denied. Agent, Robert Gottlieb At Trident Media. (may 25) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

The new thriller from Dean Koontz is a novel of stunning suspense and visceral terror as doomsday dawns.On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Niel Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain. It has haunted their dreams through the night, and now they find an eerily luminous and silver downpour that drenches their small Californian mountain town.As hours pass they hear news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. An obscuring fog turns once familiar streets into a ghostly labyrinth. By evening, the town has lost all communication with the outside world. First TV and radio go dead, then the Internet and phone lines. The young couple gathers together with some neighbours, sensing a threat they cannot identify or even imagine.The night brings strange noises, and mysterious lights drift among the trees. The rain diminishes with the dawn but a moody grey-purple twilight prevails. Within the misty gloom the small band will encounter something that reveals in a terrifying instant what is happening to the world – something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency.Epic in scope, searingly intimate and immediate in its perspective, The Taking is a story of a strangely changed and changing world as apocalypse comes to Main Street. "On the morning that marks the end of the world they have known, Molly and Neil Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. A luminous silvery downpour is drenching their small California mountain town. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now, in the moody purple dawn, the young couple cannot shake the sense of something terribly wrong. As the hours pass, Molly and Neil listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. As the hours pass, Molly and Neil listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. By nightfall, their little town loses all contact with the outside world. A thick fog transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. And soon the Sloans and their neighbors will be forced to draw on reserves of courage and humanity they never knew they had. For within the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a shattering instant what is happening to their world--something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency"-- Provided by publisher Molly and Niel Sloan awake to see golden rain falling. In their remote California mountain town, they learn from their television of enormous waterspouts and blizzards around the globe; then, the television ceases, as do all other forms of communication with the outside world. The Sloans are left, together with their neighbors, in the midst of a purple fog, disturbed by a threat they cannot identify or understand. Together they discover that the world is being prepared for beings other than themselves--beings with vast technological powers at their disposal, who will stop at nothing to hunt them down and kill them all "On the morning that marks the end of the world they have known, Molly and Neil Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. A luminous silvery downpour is drenching their small California mountain town. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now, in the moody purple dawn, the young couple cannot shake the sense of something terribly wrong. As the hours pass, Molly and Neil listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe ..."--Page 4 of cover the roof had sometimes served as a reliable remedy for insomnia. This night, however, the liquid rhythms failed to lull her into slumber, and not just because they were out of season.