Dean R. Koontz (born 1945 in Pennsylvania) Dean R. Koontz is besides Stephen King probably the author with the greates quantity of works. But the movies made from his books were mostly no success at all in the movie theatres. Additionally there are voices that critisize his strong religious belief as something unusual for an author of this genre and concider him too conservative. But in his latest novels this opinion was replaced by a critical dealing with the omnipotence of the american government and the secret services. His sujet deals with the terrible consequences of genetical experiments and their effects on human kind.
Bibliographie I: Surrounded The eyes of Darkness Watchers Chase Dragon Tears Dark Rivers of the Heart The Voice of the Night Icebound Whispers Fear nothing Funhouse The House of Thunder Strange Highways Story Collection Intensity Night Chills Cold Fire The Mask The Wall of Masks Midnight Tick Tock After the last Race		Bibliographie II: Oddkins The Voice of the Night The Face of Fear The bad Place Shadowfires Blood Risk The Key to Midnight Lightning Strangers Demon Seed Shattered Survivor The Servants of Twilight Size the Night The Door to December Phantoms The Hideaway The Vision Dark Fall Mr. Murder Twilight Eyes
Taken exemplarily: The Funhouse (Bastei-Lübbe, TB 13890) Ellen Harper flees from her marriage with the violent Conrad Straker. He wants revenge and starts searching for her. Since he is the owner of a ghost train he travels with his monstrous son from town to town to find her. He is busy enough to keep the secret that his son murders many innocent visitors of the fairgrounds. Then one day four people lock themselves in the ghosttrain, as a joke, the disaster starts. Straker loses control over his son who is willing to slaughter them all.