- Darkfall (Koontz novel)
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Darkfall
Cover of DarkfallAuthor(s) Dean Koontz Country United States Language English Genre(s) Horror Publisher Berkley Publishing Publication date 1984 Media type Paperback Pages 384 ISBN 0-425-10434-6 OCLC Number 51609090 Darkfall is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 1984.
The novel is also known as Darkness Comes.
Synopsis
Jack Dawson is a New York Detective dealing with a variety of situations in his life. His wife Linda has recently died, and that leaves him the sole caretaker for his two children Penny and Davey. Aside from missing his wife very much; he is confronted by an especially brutal string of murders of Mafia criminals. These murders are both grisly and unearthly, seemingly done by animals, although forensics cannot determine any living creature that would simply tear a victim to pieces without actually eating anything. Finally, his partner Rebecca is a woman that does not share his approach to this crimewave. Dawson believes that there may be supernatural or magical factors in the killings, while Rebecca believes this to be absurd. Dawson's instincts are seldom wrong; and although he can't deny the initial absurdity of some kind of magic, alternative explanations are disappearing quickly. In truth these denizens are called forth from hell by a bocor(an evil sorcerer of voodoo). Because of their small size Carver Hampton came to the conclusion that this were just minor devils and the hole to hell is not yet big enough to grant access to greater demons. Though these denizens have different appearance they have similar characteristics such as a number of very sharp claws and teeth and the eyes the color of hot silver. At the end of the novel where Jack is about to arrest Lavelle, he was surprised to see that the pit where this demons pass through has gone so big that it has engulfed the shed where it is concealed. Numerous tentacles have sprouted from the pit and dragged Lavelle to hell. When Jack sees this he comes to the conclusion that this was just a mere finger of a greater evil that was about to come. When holy water doesn't stop the pit from growing, Jack uses his blood from the wound inflicted by a tentacle to stop the pit. He fears that if he fails, he will be forced to sacrifice himself into the pit. The novel ends with all the denizens turning to mud and Jack hearing Rebecca say "I love you Jack" in thin air.
External links
Works of Dean Koontz Novels Star Quest (1968) · The Flesh in the Furnace (1972) · Chase (1972) · Demon Seed (1973) · Shattered (1973) · Dragonfly (1975) · Invasion (1975) · Night Chills (1976) · The Face of Fear (1977) · The Vision (1977) · The Key to Midnight (1979) · The Voice of the Night (1980) · The Funhouse (1980) · Whispers (1980) · The Mask (1981) · The Eyes of Darkness (1981) · The House of Thunder (1981) · Phantoms (1983) · Darkfall (1984) · The Servants of Twilight (1984) · Twilight Eyes (1985) · The Door to December (1985) · Strangers (1986) · Watchers (1987) · Shadow Fires (1987) · Lightning (1988) · Midnight (1989) · The Bad Place (1990) · Cold Fire (1991) · Hideaway (1992) · Mr. Murder (1993) · Dragon Tears (1993) · Winter Moon (1994) · Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994) · Icebound (1995) · Strange Highways 1995) · Intensity (1996) · Ticktock (1996) · Sole Survivor (1997) · Fear Nothing (1998) · Seize the Night (1998) · False Memory (1999) · From the Corner of His Eye (2000) · One Door Away from Heaven (2001) · By the Light of the Moon (2002) · The Face (2003) · Odd Thomas (2003) · The Taking (2004) · Life Expectancy (2004) · Prodigal Son (2005) · Velocity (2005) · City of Night (2005) · Forever Odd (2005) · The Husband (2006) · Brother Odd (2006) · The Good Guy (2007) · The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007) · Odd Hours (2008) · Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008) · Relentless (2009) · Dead and Alive (2009) · Breathless (2009) · Lost Souls (2010) · What the Night Knows (2010) ·
Film Adaptations Demon Seed (1977) · The Intruder (1977) · Watchers (1988) · Whispers (1990) · Watchers II (1990) · The Face of Fear (1990) · The Servants of Twilight (1991) · Watchers 3 (1994) · Hideaway (1995) · Intensity (1997) · Mr. Murder (1998) · Phantoms (1998) · Watchers Reborn (1998) · Sole Survivor (2000) · Black River (2001) · Frankenstein (2004) · The Husband (TBA)
Categories:- Horror novels
- 1984 novels
- Novels by Dean Koontz
- Novels set in New York City
- Novels about organized crime in the United States
- Horror novel stubs
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