Winter Moon

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Deepest night, Montana....
An eerie light proclaims the arrival of a mysterious watcher in the woods. And one solitary man begins a desperate battle against something unknown - and unknowable.

Broad daylight, Los Angeles....
An ordinary morning erupts in cataclysmic violence. A young family is shattered in a heartbeat.

Fate will lead this family to an isolated Montana ranch, but their sanctuary will become their worst nightmare. For there they will face a chillingly ruthless enemy, from which no one - living or dead - is safe.

©1994 Dean R. Koontz (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"[A] gripping parable about the real cost of "getting away from it all." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Christopher Lane's pace perfectly captures the acute, restless fear that eventually encompasses all the characters." ( AudioFile)

Published as Invasion in 1975 by Aaron Wolfe

EVERY FORTRESS HAD THE POTIENTIAL TO BECOME A PRISON.
This was originally published in 1975, under the name "Invasion" and Koontz used the pseudonym Aaron Wolfe. This is only scary in the same vein that an Ira Levine book is scary. In one point in the book DK describes the writings of Blackmon and James as, HEAVY ON ATMOSPHERE AND LIGHT ON SUBSTANCE. I chuckled as I thought that was a great description of what I was hearing. In his own words here are some more descriptions of DK's early writing: BY THE TIME SHE ENDED A PARAGRAPH SHE COULD NOT RECALL A WORD OF IT. BEYOND BLANDNESS, NOTHING, NOTTA. EVEN THOUGH IT SEEM LIKE AN ETERNITY ONLY 5 SECONDS HAD ELAPSED.

Koontz eventually become a great writer, but his early books are just not very good. Any book Koontz wrote after 2000 will be great, but avoid the 1980's and below.

Not a fan.

So I am not going to recommend this book. If it was just the narrator I would say you can get past that but the pacing of this book was pretty bad and what souls have been the second half of the book was contained in the last fifth.

Not fond of the narrator

What did you love best about Winter Moon?

One of my favorite books by Mr. Koontz.

What aspect of Christopher Lane’s performance would you have changed?

Get rid of the stupid accents! So very annoying!!!!!

Any additional comments?

This is one of my favorite books from Dean Koontz. He's my favorite author and I am so glad I can listen to his books. Although, I'd rather curl up with a real book instead, but this works when I'm at work. :)

Pretty good story, very engaging!

I finished this book in less than 2 days. I thought the story was pretty good, but do wish the reader could make each of the voices a bit different. He did a good job but I was wishing for a little better.

Not My Favorite

I have all of this author's books. This is one of my least favorites. It felt rushed. The story line was so fake. Unbelievable. I like all of his books. Just this one was not very good.

Decent horror

Probably the most straight horror out of any Koontz book I've read or listened to. There are plenty of places that will make your skin crawl. I was really, really into the first half or two thirds of the book. Great tension and suspense. Unfortunately the end is a bit rushed. Should be worth a read if you like Koontz or horror.

The narrator is good overall but at the beginning of the book he uses the exact same male Indian accent for an Armenian man, an Asian man, and a Hispanic woman all back-to-back. I guess he's bad with accents? It doesn't come up again later.

Scarey

Note to self: don't read a Dean Koontz book at night when alone in the house. It's good and scarey. Who knew Montana had such evil beasties? Where is the next one?

Second Time

I had forgotten I read this book about a year ago. I still enjoyed it and the narrator!

Not what I expected

Totally not what I expected from this book.. but that is a good thing. I was enthralled by the story ; it kept me listening.

Dean Koontz is always brilliant

Another amazing Dean Koontz book. If you haven’t read Watchers, it should be your next read!