![]() Janice Capshaw is pursued and killed by a pack of mysterious, nightmarish beasts while on a nighttime jog along the beach of her northern California home of Moonlight Cove. Koontz mentions both of these later in the novel. Midnight includes a mixture of plots from the 1950s film Invasion of the Body Snatchersand H.G. 1 hardcover on the New York Timesbestseller list. Part Three: The Night Belongs To Them, follows suit, begins with its own Chapter One, and has forty-one chapters. Part Two: Daybreak in Hades, contains thirty-seven chapters, but is similar to Part One in that it begins with its own 'Chapter One'. Part One: Along the Night Coast, contains chapters one through fifty-seven. It includes aspects of suspense, science fiction, love story, and horror.Īs with many Koontz books, Midnight is divided into parts. ![]() Midnight is a novel by American writer Dean Koontz. ![]()
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