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Watchers Overview – A Novel by Dean Koontz

Watchers, a 1987 “superior thriller” and suspense novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. Along with Strangers, Lightning, and Midnight. Watchers is credited with establishing Koontz’s status as a best-selling author.
Watchers was nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

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Travis Cornell, a former Delta Force operator, feels that his life has become pointless, and is exploring a canyon near his home when he encounters two genetically engineered creatures that have escaped from a top-secret government laboratory. One, a Golden Retriever with enhanced intelligence, befriends Travis; the other, a creature known as the Outsider, appears to be trying to kill the dog. After eluding the Outsider, Travis takes the dog home. On discovering the dog’s exceptional intelligence, he names him Einstein.

Later, he and Einstein find and rescue Nora Devon in a park, who was being pestered by a dangerous man, Arthur Streck. Together they form a trio.

Travis, Nora, and Einstein are soon on the run not only from the Outsider, but from federal agents, determined to track down the laboratory escapees, and Vince Nasco, a ruthless professional assassin, hired by Soviets to kill several human targets who carried knowledge of how to stop the Outsider, in order to further the destruction of the Outsider. He wants the dog to trade for a great sum of cash, alone, without any knowledge from the Soviets or others.

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Watchers Author – Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestseller, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirits of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (January 28, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 624 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425188809
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425188804
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1000L

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.38 x 7.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #23,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

#103 in Animal Fiction (Books)
#287 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction (Books)
#1,673 in Horror Literature & Fiction

Customer Reviews:
4.7 out of 5 stars
8,644 ratings

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Watchers Characters

Travis Cornell

A 36-year-old retired soldier who spent much of his enlisted career as a Delta Force operator. After leaving the military he became a successful real estate broker, but retired from that as well. He thinks he is finally “set”. As a result of his many disappointments throughout his life, and the many people close to him who died, he has become depressed and cynical. When he meets Nora Devon and Einstein, all of this changes, and he begins to enjoy life once again.

Nora Devon

A 30-year-old recluse who has lived with her Aunt Violet since she was two. Ridiculed and tormented by her aunt throughout her life, Nora has lost any sense of self-worth and is barely able to go outside her house. She longs to reach out and become a part of the world, and learns to do so through her relationships with Travis and Einstein.

Einstein

A genetically altered golden retriever, created in a top-secret government laboratory, has acquired a level of intelligence rivaling that of some human beings. Forms a close relationship with Travis and Nora.

The Outsider

Another genetically engineered life-form created in the same laboratory as Einstein. The Outsider, whose appearance is monstrous and terrifying, was treated with scorn and contempt, resulting in a deep hatred of human beings, and especially of Einstein. His base form is a baboon, but with his most dangerous features enhanced, e.g., claws and jaws.

Vince Nasco

A freelance assassin who believes that he absorbs the souls of those he kills, and that if he absorbs enough souls, he will eventually become invincible. Nasco is hired by an unknown client to assassinate every scientist that has worked in the laboratory where Einstein and The Outsider were created. Nasco discovers Einstein and forms a plan to capture Einstein and ransom it for financial gain.

Arthur Streck

Nora’s stalker (not main character)

Lemuel Johnson

An NSA agent assigned to lead the hunt for Einstein and The Outsider, following their preceding breakout from the laboratory. He has an atychiphobia due to his stern and harsh upbringing by his father, a self-made upper-middle class black man who believes failure is never acceptable.

Watchers Review (Source: Amazon)

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5.0 out of 5 stars
Magnificent Story – Watchers by Dean Koontz
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2017
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Watchers by Dean Koontz is one of my all time favorite books. I have read this story so many times over the last 30 years or so, that I have lost count of the number of times I have read it. Each time I read it, I enjoy it all over again! I bought three copies of the paperback to make sure I always had it to read. Over time I gave away two of my beloved copies to friends. When I saw the opportunity to acquire the E-book copy, I bought it immediately. What can I say about this amazing story? Extraordinary story! Unbelievable frightening plot! Your heart will be pounding as you read from one frightening event to the next! Can the hero and heroine and the star of the book, a beautiful, intelligent dog, survive an unbelievable terrifying alien enemy and a nasty, cruel human enemy! All I can say is you must read this book! It is one of the very best ever written by Dean Koontz – if not his best in my opinion. One additional note. This book has had THREE movies made with this story as the basis of the movies. The first one filmed, has the star as a teenager (when in the book the male here is an adult in his 30s) with of course a teenage female friend and the dog. I strongly suggest you read the book! The movie does not do the book justice AT ALL and certainly doesn’t include the story as it is written! What is worse, the next two remakes of this amazing story got so far from the book’s story that the makers should be ashamed of naming those two films after this great book. SO, if you see any movie called “Watchers” with a credit to the author Dean Koontz, be aware the films do NOT reflect the true story in the book!

HB LEVESQUE
5.0 out of 5 stars
Watchers is still my favorite Koontz book
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2017
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Loved this book when it was written and loved it all over again when I purchased it on my Kindle. Delightfully scary, touching, profound, funny, mesmerizing book whose characters will pull on your heart strings and stay with you forever! Einstein AKA fur face is the best fictional dog I’ve ever met – he defines “Unforgettable”. Everything Koontz says in his afterward is true because I’ve had the same conversations with my fellow readers about Watchers, many of whom are now also planning to go back and revisit. This is Koontz at his best and a classic! And if wishes were horses…there would someday be a sequel!

Mr Musashi
5.0 out of 5 stars
First Dean Koontz book I’ve ever read. I love it.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2018
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After reading an incredibly poor thriller novel from an upcoming author (won’t name it) I needed to get the bad taste out of my mouth. I never read a Dean Koontz novel but knew he was meant to be pretty good at what he does. I bought this book totally on a whim, didn’t even read the description or know a thing about it. Just picked at random.

I think not knowing what the book was about made me love it even more. Everything about this book is beautifully masterful and I can see why this is his most celebrated work. It’s an enthralling and meticulously paced story with well-developed characters brimming with life, moving and engrossing prose, and a heart-thumping climax that had me SWEATING in the bed. Some parts of this book even made me tearful, I had completely reached a state of hypnosis whereby the words on the pages melted away and I was no longer reading a novel, but in the world of WATCHERS.

The plot is so well handled from the perspective of multiple characters. At first, you have no clue where it’s going for the first quarter (even more exciting when you know nothing about the plot!) and it all melds together so well and congruently. All in all, this is an excellent story of love, adventure, and Labradors.

Logan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2019
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Dean Koontz has not just written another excellent novel. In my opinion he has outdone himself with Watchers.

Will he ever be able to outstrip or even match what I think is his best ever work? We will have to wait and see.

If you have never read any of his books I seriously urge you to read Watchers. Be prepared for long sessions of reading as I do not think you will find it easy to stop reading.

I never give 5 stars but just had to with this book.
Enjoy……..