The Face »

Amazingly prolific and relentlessly suspenseful, Dean Koontz can be counted on for chilling, sometimes gory stories that occasionally overlap genres. His novels can jump from straightforward crime to sci-fi to horror, but the one thing he's consistent about is delivering nail-biting yarns that have kept fans reading for more than three decades.

In his latest thriller about the tangled relationship between good and evil, Koontz plumbs the secret life of Hollywood.

Like Helen in the Trojan War, Hollywood's reigning superstar inspires the adulation of millions with the flawless beauty of his face. But he also earns the corrosive hatred of a stalker, who breaches the security of his estate with a series of mysterious and terrifying "messages." A group of unlikely allies band together to stop the assassin: Ethan Truman, an ex-cop who confronts his tragic past and the premonition of his impending death; Hazard, an aptly named cop who helps Ethan; and Fric, a young boy imprisoned by celebrity who hears voices warning of an unimaginable evil. Meanwhile, the forces of evil are gathering

USA Today

Often pigeonholed as "a horror writer," Koontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition. The Face demonstrates once again that the real horror of life is found not in monsters, but within the human psyche. — David Montgomery