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The Eyes of Darkness, a 1981 thriller by bestselling suspense author Dean Koontz, tells of a Chinese military lab that creates a virus as part of its biological weapons programme. The lab is located in Wuhan, which lends the virus its name, Wuhan-400. A chilling literary coincidence or a case of writer as unwitting prophet? In The Eyes of Darkness, a grieving mother, Christina Evans, sets out to discover whether her son Danny died on a camping trip or if – as suspicious messages suggest – he is still alive. She eventually tracks him down to a military facility where...

The Eyes of Darkness, a 1981 thriller by bestselling suspense author Dean Koontz, tells of a Chinese military lab that creates a virus as part of its biological weapons programme. The lab is located in Wuhan, which lends the virus its name, Wuhan-400. A chilling literary coincidence or a case of writer as unwitting prophet? In The Eyes of Darkness, a grieving mother, Christina Evans, sets out to discover whether her son Danny died on a camping trip or if – as suspicious messages suggest – he is still alive. She eventually tracks him down to a military facility where...

Dean Koontz is one of the best-selling authors of all time. He just released "Saint Odd," the final book in one of his most popular series -- a series filled with stories inspired in part by troubles in his own life, CBS News' Ben Tracy reports. "I'm just the guy who lives down the street, and I do books instead of sell cars," Koontz said. If that's true, then Koontz is the Henry Ford of authors. He's written around 100 different books from sci-fi and suspense to horror with a touch of satire. "When I write a novel, I don't...

ABOUT 80 pages into Intensity, a 1995 novel by Dean Koontz, the heroine reflects upon her unlikely predicament. She's trapped in the motor home of a homicidal maniac who has just slaughtered a family. Chyna Shepherd has to decide what to do. "For a long time," writes Koontz of his 26-year-old character, "she'd known that being a victim was often a choice people made." It was an alluring choice, too. "Victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring: Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead, would spawn a comforting self-pity." Chyna...

I find myself posting a great Conservative line from the latest book by Dean Koontz every year. This year's book, "The Darkest evening of the Year", does not disappoint.From Chapter 47, about a terrorist smuggling operation:Many murderous thugs just hiked across the unprotected border or used international airlines and - wearing T-shirts that proclaimed DEATH TO ALL JEWS in Arabic - breezed through U.S. Checkpoints where highly suspicious federal security personnel strip-searched Irish grandmothers and Boy Scouts on field trips.

In Dean Koontz's latest book "Forever Odd", he again skewers leftists in a most hilarious way. This one requires a little more setup than his previous one-liners. Dean first describes the change of the local high school's mascots from the Braves to the Gila Monsters, because Braves "was deemed an insult to local Indian tribes, though none of the Indians ever complained." Later he described a brutal murderer being convicted for only manslaughter because "he expressed remorse. And self-loathing. He wept. He offered no defense except emotional immaturity. More than once, sitting at the defendant's table, he prayed." Then he...

I found some LOL lines in Dean Koontz' latest (co-written) book Frankinstein - Book Two City of Night."...when is the last time you trusted a reporter?""Clueless, "she agreed. "They all want to save the world, but they just end up helping to weave the handbasket.""The Monster.""That had to be before political correctness. The Monster, what a self-esteem quasher. These days they'd call him the Different One.""Still too stigmatizing.""Yeah, he'd be called the Unusual Beauty..."

Dean Koontz book signing in Southern California Sunday, June 5, 2005 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm "Velocity" Bantam $27.00 Book Carnival 348 S. Tustin Avenue Orange, CA 92866 Phone: (714) 538-3210 Fax: (714) 538-3273 Toll Free (for orders only): 1-800-963-9266 Please not that although the store is normally closed on Sundays, it will be open for this signing and you can buy books at that time.

To the Editors: My husband is stationed overseas in Afganistan. I wrote a letter to New York Times best-selling author Dean Koontz and asked him if he would mail a newsletter or something to my husband to brighten his day.I received a handwritten response from Mr. Koontz, and I wanted to share it with you. Dean Koontz is truly a great American. Not only is he an accomplished author, but he is a remarkable human being fo caring so much about soldiers and their families. The letter I received read:"Dear Samantha: Today I sent to Bryan a box of my...