Christopher Snow is different from all the other residents of Moonlight Bay. For Christopher has made a strange peace with a very rare genetic disorder shared by only one thousand other Americans, a disorder that leaves him extremely vulnerable to the light. His life is filled with the fascinating rituals of one who must embrace the dark. It is only at night that he is truly free. An then he witnesses a murder in the night--a murder only he can solve.
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If you think you've got it tough, meet Christopher Snow, the hero of Dean Koontz's novel Fear Nothing. Not only did his parents die under mysterious circumstances, but he's also being stalked by shadowy characters who want Snow to stop trying to find out how they died--or else they'll bump off his remaining loved ones (his supersmart, beer-lapping dog Orson; his best surfing buddy Bobby; and his late-night deejay girlfriend Sasha). And as if being on the lam in his own hometown, Moonlight Bay, California, isn't bad enough, Snow has to outrun his pursuers without leaving town. He has XP--xeroderma pigmentosum--a rare genetic affliction that forces him to avoid light. Cumulative exposure to sun, fluorescent lights, and the like will give him cancer eventually, and he doesn't dare leave the place where he's skillfully "done the mambo with melanoma" for all of his 28 years. Koontz makes the night-town of Moonlight Bay come alive in this sometimes pulse-pounding, sometimes funny, but mostly rather lyrical thriller. Fans of Koontz's legendary 1986 novel Watchers will love this book's similar theme: our hero and a loveable super-dog deal with a genetic engineering laboratory run amok. Horror fans will savor the evil mutant rhesus "millennium monkeys" who hunt Snow, the few scenes of eloquent gore, and the plight of certain mutating townsfolk who are, as they put it, "becoming" something very creepy.
Koontz gives Snow and Bobby a lingo that does for surfer talk what Austin Powers did for the Swinging '60s, and his metaphors are almost as madcap as Tom Robbins's: "As the chains of the swinging light fixture torqued, the links twisted against one another with enough friction to cause an eerie ringing, as if lizard-eyed altar boys in blood-soaked cassocks and surplices were ringing the unmelodious bells of a satanic mass." Sometimes Koontz's style goes over the top and wipes out, surfer-style, but for the most part, Fear Nothing will have readers bellowing "Cowabunga!" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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YA-Christopher Snow understands the night. He, like the owl, is nocturnal, living on the mysterious darker edge of society. Snow is afflicted with xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare and often-fatal genetic disease that makes ultraviolet rays-even those from lamps and televisions-deadly. His condition makes him a pariah in the isolated small town of Moonlight Bay where the ignorant and insensitive fear what they do not know. As the action begins, Snow's father dies, leaving him with only a handful of offbeat but fiercely loyal friends to turn to for understanding. At the morgue, Snow accidentally witnesses his father's body being replaced with the mutilated corpse of a vagrant. Before he can find out what is behind this scandal, he receives a frantic summons from a friend who is brutally murdered before she can finish explaining a strange story about monkeys and a secret project at the government compound at the edge of town. What begins as a disturbing puzzle quickly becomes a sinister conspiracy as Snow uncovers evidence of uncanny intelligence in many of the local animals and inhumanely vicious tendencies in some of the human residents of the Bay. They are "becoming" he learns, but becoming what? Chilling chase scenes steadily increase the breakneck pace as Snow, assisted by his remarkable dog, is pursued through the night by unseen forces. Despite some clunky and unnecessary surfer slang, fans will go wild for this well-plotted thriller.
Robin Deffendall, Prince William Public Library System, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Robin Deffendall, Prince William Public Library System, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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By Murali Chari
Format:Mass Market Paperback
One of the top-notch books to come out of the Dean Koontz factory, this books succeeds in creating a surreal world with an unlikely hero - a guy who has a rare disease that prevents him from being exposed to sun light and restricts him to roaming at night.
Well, night is when the most interesting things happen in a Koontz story and more so in this one, keeping in mind the affliction of our hero.
Koontz spins a great yarn. The sense of horror is sometimes so palpable that it makes you go check your closets and pull at the locked doors to make sure they are secure. This guy knows how to scare the beezees out of you. That much is a given.
I recommend reading this tale during nights. Adds the extra chill to the whole experience.
By Metal Rules
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I only got about 100 pages into this story. I found it to be depressing and the characters were not that interesting. Pick a different book instead of this one.
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Fear Nothing
Koontz (Sole Survivor, LJ 2/15/97) presents a masterly tale of one night in the California coastal town of Moonlight Bay as experienced by Chris Snow. Read more
Published on May 27 2004 by B. Viberg
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Best Dean Koontz Book Ever
This was the first book I had read of Dean Koontz's and I was very impressed. It was very realistic and believable for a horror novel. Read more
Published on Mar 29 2004 by RJ Bates
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Definately in Koontz's top 5
Chris Snow is different from all the other residents of Moonlight Bay. Chris has made peace with a rare skin disorder which forces him to stay out of the light, and he must live... Read more
Published on Mar 14 2004 by Freddy Jones
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Christopher Snow, called Snowman by his friends, is a twenty-eight-year-old writer who is doomed to a life of darkness because of a rare genetic disorder called xeroderma... Read more
Published on Mar 2 2004 by Maria Magenta
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My First Thriller
Fear Nothing is the first book I¡¯ve read by Koontz, and it¡¯s also the first thriller I¡¯ve ever read in my life. Read more
Published on Feb 17 2004 by Daniel Seung Han Lee
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My favorite and least favorite Koontz in one book...
I haven't read a while lot of Dean Koontz, to be perfectly honest. The only other books of his I've read have been "From the Corner of His Eye" and "By the Light of the Moon. Read more
Published on Feb 5 2004 by Blake Petit
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Dean Koontz is a great author
Dean Koontz is one of the best authors I know. If you like books like Steven King or Dean Koontz writes then you will like Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2004 by Lynnsey
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1 star = abysmal; some books deserve to be forgotten
2 star = poor; a total waste of time
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4 star = very good;... Read more
1 star = abysmal; some books deserve to be forgotten
2 star = poor; a total waste of time
3 star = good; worth the effort
4 star = very good;... Read more
Published on Jan 20 2004 by Erik1988
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Sleeping With The Lights On
Fear Nothing was an explosive fast paced thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the story. Read more
Published on Jan 9 2004 by craig
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Beware the monkeys!
Fear Nothing is a horror book of the the 'science gone awry' variety. Christopher Snow, has a rare skin condition (XP), which makes him extremely sensitive to light. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2004 by Serene
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