The Eyes of Darkness

The Eyes of Darkness
First edition
Author	Dean Koontz (as Leigh Nichols)
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Suspense, Horror novel
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	1981
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	312
ISBN	0-671-82784-7
OCLC	34817463

The Eyes of Darkness is a best-selling novel written by Dean Koontz, released in 1981. The book focuses on a mother who sets out on a quest to find out if her son truly did die one year ago, or if he is still alive — somewhere.

Overview

A mother sends her son on a camping trip with a leader who has led this trip into the mountains 16 times before without mishap; that is until this time. Every single camper and leader and driver die with no explanation. As the grieving mother who is the protagonist begins to accept the fact that her son, Danny, is dead she starts getting vicious bully-like attacks from nowhere saying he is not dead, such as writing on chalk boards, words from printers and other various 'signs'. Along with her new friend, Elliot Stryker, Christian Evans sets out to find out what could have possibly happened on the day that her son 'died'.

Characters

Christina Evans- The mother of Danny, divorced for a short amount of time to Danny's father.

Micheal Evans- The divorcé. Father of Danny.

Elliot Stryker- A lawyer who used to work for Army Intelligence, and Christina's love interest and partner.

Danny- Tina's son.

Vincent- a assassin hired by Project Pandora

Alexander- Boss of Project Pandora

Television adaptation

According to Koontz in the afterword of a 2008 paperback reissue, television producer Lee Rich purchased the rights for this book along with The Face of Fear, Darkfall, and a fourth unnamed novel for a television series based on Koontz's work.^[1] The Eyes of Darkness was assigned to the female writing team of Ann Powell and Rose Schacht,^[2] co-writers of Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, but they could never deliver an acceptable script. Ultimately, The Face of Fear was the only book of the four made into a television movie.

References

↑ Koontz, Dean (December 2, 2008). Afterword for The Eyes of Darkness. Berkley; Reissue edition. p. 369-374. ISBN 978-0425224861. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Lee Rich Propping Four TV Features". varietyultimate.com: Variety. November 16, 1989. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

External links

The Eyes of Darkness detailed review

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) The Dead Town (2011) 77 Shadow Street (2011) Odd Apocalypse (2012) Deeply Odd (2013) Innocence (2013) The City (2014) Saint Odd (2015) Ashley Bell (TBA)

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) Odd Thomas (2013)

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