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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...

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...

In a victory for advocates of private property rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that governments may owe compensation to property owners who are denied permits to develop their land. Critics said the 5-4 decision, with the conservative justices comprising the majority, will make it more difficult and costly for governments to promote development or enact environmental changes designed to help the public generally. The court sided with Coy Koontz, a Florida man who said limits imposed by the St. Johns River Water Management District on how he used his land were a "taking" subject to compensation under...

From a description of coyotes surrounding our hero, Odd Thomas, and Annamaria in Dean Koontz' latest book, Odd Hours: ...Coyotes can sometime have a goofy charm. They are more closely related to wolves than dogs, lean and sinewy,efficient predators, but with feet too big for their bodies and ears too big for their heads, they can appear a little puppylike, at least as cute as Iran's homicidal dictator when he puts on a leisure suit and has his photo taken eating ice-cream cones with grade-school children whose parents have volunteered them to be suicide bombers.With narrow faces, bared fangs, and...

LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A 17-year-old girl is arrested for allegedly posting death threats against 18 classmates around her school as well as on the Internet. Katherine Koontz of Methuen is a junior at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence and got a lesson in the law during her arraignment at Lawrence District Court on Tuesday. The suspect's hit lists were first found on March 28 and 29 inside school bathrooms. The letters said nine boys would be killed and one dismembered. In addition, nine girls were also threatened with impending doom.

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...

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...