I heard this book on audio cassette. The narrator does such an EXCELLENT job of telling this story. His inflections, voices, and story telling ability are outstanding, and he paints the horror and humor beautifully. It is wordy, and the folks who say the book could have been shorter are probably correct. But as far as the tape goes, I am glad I didn't miss a word. Does anyone know when the third installment will be released?

Having read only Coldfire and loved it, I was prepared for another great Dean Koontz novel, but perservering through the first few chapters proved a challenge. Koontz is an author who can certainly use an adjective or two, and the fact that he can describe one night in ten chapters also proves he has the gift of the gab. But once past the very detailed and lengthy descriptions the storyline began to intrigue me and I was sucked into Koontz's bizarre world of time machines, insane monkeys and oddly, down to earth characters. I was certainly glad by the end of the adventure that I had met the challenge Koontz delivered.

What a great book. Koontz is one of my favorite authors, and he always entertains me. I've discovered another writer that I must tell everyone about. His name is A.T Nicholas, and he wrote a novel called, 'The Fist of God'. It will blow you away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's classic good against evil story with cool and original twists. The plot unfolds through the eyes of a homicide detective, who becomes a reluctant participant in the bloody battle for souls. Nicholas has a fresh writing style that brings the dialogue in the book to life. It's a fast pace read and every chapter is a cliffhanger, so get ready for one hell of a ride. I couldn't put it down!

While Fear Nothing introduced some neat characters and an extremely "creative" storyline, Seize the Night adds nothing to this series. The characters do not develop further -- they are like two dimensional caricatures of what they were in Fear Nothing. The plot is like a one line joke (or storyline) stretched out to novel length. The whole book is one good guy vs. bad guy episode after another, strung together with no neutral plotlines or character development in between. Some may call that "breakneck pace" -- I call it tedious. Good pacing in a thriller requires some "down time" between the tautly suspenseful scenes. A very disappointing sequel.

Have been a Koontz reader for years, found this one to be slower, hard to follow at times, not the usual can't put it down quality. A very slow starter. If you are an avid Koontz fan, read it but otherwise easily skipped.

The story was interesting, a more or less novel concept, but dear God, the ridiculous and over-used similes and metaphors diminished the plot and made me gag as did the surfer lingo. When did it become unacceptable to say a persons face "turned white" or drained? Why does it have to be "turned as white as a person half way through putting on mime makeup for an evening performance" (that may not be the exact quote but it was much like it). Over use of A LOT of terms including "animal eye-shine" took away from the intrigue. The surfer lingo was annoying and diminished the story as well. This is the first Dean Koontz novel I've "read" (I listened to the audio version) and I'm not sure I'll read another one of his.