The Servants of Twilight (original 1984; edition 1990)

by Dean Koontz

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Fiction. Suspense. HTML:*A mother experiences a fear beyond her wildest nightmares in this terrifying thriller from #1 New York Times* bestselling author Dean Koontz.** An ordinary parking lot in southern California. Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son are accosted by a strange old woman. "I know who you are," she snaps at the boy. "I know what you are." A scream, a threat�??and then a grotesque act of violence. Suddenly Christine's pride and joy, her only son, is targeted by a group of religious fanatics. They've branded him the Antichrist. They want to kill him. And they are everywhere… (more)

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Member:	Shrike316
Title:	The Servants of Twilight
Authors:	Dean Koontz
Info:	Berkley (1990), Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages
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FROM AMAZON: An ordinary parking lot in southern California. Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son are accosted by a strange old woman.

"I know who you are," the woman snaps at the boy. "I know what you are."

A scream, a threat—and then a grotesque act of violence. Suddenly Christine's pride and joy, her only son, is targeted by a group of religious fanatics. They've branded him the Antichrist. They want to kill him. And they are everywhere…

Gmomaj | Mar 6, 2023 |

Really enjoyed this book all the way up until the last few chapters. I felt the last few chapters to ne completely unnecessary and took away from the book for me. (

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Completely_Melanie | Sep 10, 2021 |

A re-read for me. This chase thriller holds up to time, as readable today as when written, the fanaticism just as relevant. The bad guys walk the line of caricatures but somehow work, as does the vivid icy landscape they are all plunged into. The soul of the book is summed up in this perfect sentence: “There was evil … in mankind’s fatal attraction to easy, even if irrational, answers.” (

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SharonMariaBidwell | Dec 11, 2020 |

This book has been in my audible library for 4 years and I haven't read it. Now, i know why. It just isn't my kinda book. When a book starts to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher, I know it's wrong for me. bwaaaa....waaaaaa....waaaaa. (

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buffalogr | Oct 11, 2019 |

I enjoyed it. Typical Koontz. Meet boy who is in trouble.....meet people who want to hurt boy. Meet dog....fall in love with dog and realize they are more human than human. (

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JHemlock | Jul 25, 2019 |

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Koontz, Dean	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Meerman, Jacques	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz: Phantoms, the Servants of Twilight, the Bad Place by Dean Koontz

Koontz II: Face of Fear/Mask/Servants of Twilight/Boxed Set by Dean Koontz

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Servants of Twilight (1991 | IMDb)

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The hounds, the hounds
come baying at his heels.
The hounds, the hounds!
The breath of death he feels.

– The Book of Counted Sorrows

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This book is dedicated to very special people,
George and Jane Smith

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It began in sunshine, not on a dark and stormy night.

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Originally published as Twilight under the pseudonym "Leigh Nichols".

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Fiction. Suspense. HTML:A mother experiences a fear beyond her wildest nightmares in this terrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
An ordinary parking lot in southern California. Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son are accosted by a strange old woman. "I know who you are," she snaps at the boy. "I know what you are." A scream, a threat�??and then a grotesque act of violence. Suddenly Christine's pride and joy, her only son, is targeted by a group of religious fanatics. They've branded him the Antichrist. They want to kill him. And they are everywhere

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To his mother, Joey seems an ordinary six-year-old boy - special to her, but to no one else. To the Servants of Twilight, however, he is an evil presence who must be destroyed - an Anti-Christ who must die. The terrifying ordeal for Joey and his mother begins in the supermarket car park where an old woman accosts them and pursues them with her terrible threats. Christine's world is turned into a nightmare of terror. Only her love for her child, and the support of the one man who believes her, gives her the chance to survive the Servants of Twilight.

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