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| Author | Dean Koontz |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Moonlight Bay Trilogy |
| Genre(s) | Suspense, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Cemetery Dance Publications, Bantam Publishing |
| Publication date | 1997 (hardcover), 1998 (paperback) |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
| Pages | 448 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-881475-27-1 and ISBN 0-553-57975-4 |
| Followed by | Seize the Night |
Fear Nothing is a novel released in 1997 by the best-selling author Dean Koontz. Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9 1945 is an American Author. Best known for his Novels that could broadly be described as Suspense thrillers Koontz The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Moonlight Bay Trilogy is a trilogy of three novels by Dean Koontz. Suspense is the Feeling of uncertainty and Anxiety about the outcome of certain actions most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense Bantam Books is a major US publishing house owned by Random House and is part of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9 1945 is an American Author. Best known for his Novels that could broadly be described as Suspense thrillers Koontz The book is the first installment in what is reported to be a three part series of books, known as the Moonlight Bay Trilogy, featuring Christopher Snow, who suffers from the rare (but real) disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum). The Moonlight Bay Trilogy is a trilogy of three novels by Dean Koontz. Xeroderma pigmentosum, or XP is an Autosomal recessive Genetic disorder of DNA repair in which the ability to repair damage caused by Ultraviolet The second of the three is Seize the Night. No release date has yet been set for the release of the third book titled Ride the Storm. Ride the Storm is the much delayed final book in the Moonlight Bay Trilogy written by NYT best-selling author Dean Koontz. Fear Nothing is in several ways a successor to 1987 Koontz novel Watchers. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Watchers is a novel written by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 1987.
Fear Nothing was originally released by Cemetery Dance Publications in 1997 as two different limited edition hardcovers (ISBN 1-881475-27-1):
- A slipcased limited edition of 698 signed and numbered copies. Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense
- A traycased lettered edition of 52 signed and lettered copies.
Plot summary
Fear Nothing, told in the first person, follows several days of Christopher Snow's life, as he discovers and attempts to unravel a mysterious and seemingly endless conspiracy. The novel begins with the death of Christopher's father, and his accidental discovery of a plot to cremate the remains of a vagrant in place of Christopher's father, who is taken to an unknown destination. As Christopher tries to discover the motive behind these actions, he uncovers a deeper and darker mystery in which countless townspeople seem to be willing or unwilling conspirators. As Christopher races to uncover the truth about the deaths of his parents and the complex events occurring in the town, he finds both himself and his friends in danger, and faces the choice of abandoning his search and returning to normal life, or risking everything in his quest for the truth. . .
Later Christopher finds a gun on his bed with an urgent message on his answering machine to call Angela Ferryman, a nurse and life-long family friend, while his dog, Orson, is busy digging holes in the garden. His next stop is to see Angela who reveals some of the town’s deep secrets, but before he can find out more, Angela is killed and Chris barely escapes when unknown assailants set the house on fire. Christopher sets off on his bicycle, with Orson following to the home of his best friend Bobby Halloway, a gnarly and wholly righteous surfer dude, who lives in a cottage on the edge of town, near to the sea. Upon hearing Chris’s story Bobby urges Christopher to leave it alone. With Sasha Goodall (a night DJ at the local radio station) sending out some tunes for her man, the friends share some food and a few beers (including the dog). Soon a phone-call from with a message for Chris to meet another friend, sends him off on a race into the mist of the night where they are followed by the Rhesus monkeys being led by a shadowy figure of a half-man, half-beast.
As Christopher meets with Roosevelt Frost, his ex-football player friend, turned animal psychologist, and owner of the cat Mungojerrie, Christopher is again warned off his investigation yet feels compelled to unravel this mystery. People who first appeared to be upstanding citizens are becoming engulfed by primal desires and exhibiting odd if not strange behavior. Most of the night is spent with Chris and Orson going from one Moonlight Bay citizen to another, talking to each to piece together the puzzle.
Names in Fear Nothing
Numerous names in Fear Nothing are likely references popular American literary and movie figures.
- Orson - In the words of Chris Snow:
"As a puppy, my dog was given a series of names, but he didn't care to respond to any of them on a regular basis. After noticing how intently the mutt focused on old Orson Welles movies when we ran them on video-and especially on the appearance of Welles himself in any scene-we jokingly renamed him after the actor-director. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television He has ever since answered to this moniker. A moniker (or " monicker " is a Slang expression for a Nickname, Pseudonym, or Cognomen. "
- Lewis Stevenson - Although Lewis is spelled Lewis as opposed to Louis, his name is likely a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson, the literary figure. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in
- Roosevelt Frost - Although his first name is Roosevelt, as opposed to Robert, Roosevelt shares his last name with the famous poet (Robert Frost) and the same first name initial. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Also Roosevelt Frost shares his first name with the last name of famous 32nd U. S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Father Tom Eliot - This priest's name is a reference to the poet Thomas Stearns Eliot (T. S. Eliot), who is often quoted or mentioned in the works of Koontz. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic.
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