The Face

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HarperCollins, 2004 - Fiction - 672 pages
This thriller is about the tangled relationship between good and evil, Koontz plumbs the secret life of Hollywood. Like Helen in the Trojan War, Hollywood's reigning superstar inspires the adulation of millions with the flawless beauty of his face. But he also earns the corrosive hatred of a stalker, who breaches the security of his estate with a series of mysterious and terrifying "messages". A group of unlikely allies band together to stop the assassin: Ethan Truman, an ex-cop who confronts his tragic past and the premonition of his impending death; Hazard, an aptly named cop who helps Ethan; and Fric, a young boy imprisoned by celebrity who hears voices warning of an unimaginable evil. Meanwhile, the forces of evil are gathering.

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About the author (2004)

Dean Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. A former high school English teacher as well as a teacher-counselor with the Appalachian Poverty Program, he began writing as a child to escape an ugly home life caused by his alcoholic father. A prolific writer at a young age, he had sold a dozen novels by the age of 25. Early in his career, he wrote under numerous pen names including David Axton, Brian Coffey, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Richard Paige, and Owen West. He is best known for the books written under his own name, many of which are bestsellers, including Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, The Husband, Odd Hours, 77 Shadow Street, Innocence, The City, Saint Odd, and The Silent Corner.