Phantoms

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They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.

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At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease.

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But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined…

The lights are on in Snowfield, California, a cozy ski village nestled in the Sierra Madres, but nobody seems to be home. When Dr. Jenny Paige returns to the small town, she finds tables set for dinner, meals being prepared, and music playing in living rooms, but there's no trace of the people who put the water on to boil or set an extra place for company at the dinner table. As she explores the town, Paige finds friends and neighbors felled by a mysterious force--the bodies show no visible signs of violence or disease, and no known plague kills victims before the ice in their dinner drinks has time to melt. But the deep quiet that surrounds her offers few clues about the fate of the town's inhabitants. Dean Koontz's Phantoms strikes fear in readers from the very beginning. The mystery deepens, paving the way for a chilling journey toward the truth. If you plan to catch the film version, starring Ben Affleck and Peter O'Toole, remember that you'll be experiencing this terrifying story in a dark theater. So bring an arm to grab!

“A master storyteller…his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns.” —San Diego Union-Tribune

“First-rate…scary and plausible.” —Publishers Weekly

“Gruesome and unrelenting.” —Stephen King

“Koontz has outdone himself. A terrifying story.” —Philadelphia Daily News