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Seize the Night - Dean Koontz Book Review

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Review Summaries
"Christopher Snow is on a manhunt. A child has been kidnapped and taken to a nearby abandoned military research facility. Snow's own mother used to be the top researcher there. Intriqed, he works with friends to save the child and in the process learns more about his deceased mother. His search for the child is inhibited by a rare condition that prevents him from traveling in the sunlight causing all secret plotting to be done in the dark of night. Other strange events unravel and pose a danger to Snow and his friends as crazed mutant animals hunt the hunters of the kidnapper yet they push them closer to the core of it all. A time machine."
Tracey Ray, Resident Dean Koontz Scholar

"Friends trying to save people from kidnappers. trying to figure out what is happening to all of the people"
Gary Moles, Resident Dean Koontz Scholar

"The book begins with Christopher Snow and his friends investigating the disappearance of some children. What they discover is an unexplainable spiderweb of mystery and intrigue. They find the criminals that kidnapped the children along with a dimension/time travel machine that causes nothing but misery. This story can be quite confusing if not followed closely."
Laura J. Miller, Resident Dean Koontz Scholar


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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - fighting a personal illness/handicap
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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