Night Chills

1976 novel by Dean Koontz

Night Chills

First edition

Author| Dean Koontz
Cover artist| Paul Bacon
Language| English
Genre| Suspense, horror
Publisher| Atheneum Books

Publication date

| 1976
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (Paperback)
Pages| 334 pp
ISBN| 0-689-10660-2

Night Chills is a suspense-horror novel by American writer Dean Koontz, originally published in 1976. It largely deals with the theme of mind control and is noted as one of Koontz's most graphic and violent works.[1]

## Plot summary

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Widower Paul Annendale has taken his two children, Rya and Mark, on their annual camping vacation to the small New England town of Black River. What no one there knows is that the town has become a testing ground for a new experiment involving techniques related to subliminal advertising. Developed by amoral scientist Ogden Salsbury and funded by multi-millionaire Leonard Dawson, this newly discovered technique was introduced into the town with the aid of a chemical in the water supply, and allows anyone with a special code phrase to gain total mind control of an exposed subject. Together with local store owner Sam Edison, Paul intends to put a stop to this illegal conspiracy.[2][3]

## Main characters

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* Paul Annendale
* Rya Annendale
* Mark Annendale
* Ogden Salsbury
* Leonard Dawson
* Ernst Klinger
* Sam Edison
* Jenny Edison
* Brenda Macklin
* Emma Thorp
* Bob Thorp
* Jeremy Thorp
* Buddy Pellineri
* Pauline Vicker
* Phil Karkov
* Lolah Tayback

## References

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1. ^ "The 16 Best Dean Koontz Books to Make You Shiver". Reedsy. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
2. ^ "Night Chills by Dean Koontz Detailed Book Review". AllReaders.com. Archived from the original on 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
3. ^ Matt Molgaard (2012-08-24). "Dean Koontz 'Night Chills' Review". Horror Novel Reviews. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

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Works by Dean Koontz

Novels|

* Star Quest (1968)
* The Flesh in the Furnace (1972)
* Chase (1972)
* Demon Seed (1973)
* Shattered (1973)
* Dragonfly (1975)
* Invasion (1975)
* Night Chills (1976)
* The Face of Fear (1977)
* The Vision (1977)
* The Key to Midnight (1979)
* The Voice of the Night (1980)
* The Funhouse (1980)
* Whispers (1980)
* The Mask (1981)
* The Eyes of Darkness (1981)
* The House of Thunder (1981)
* Phantoms (1983)
* Darkfall (1984)
* The Servants of Twilight (1984)
* Twilight Eyes (1985)
* The Door to December (1985)
* Strangers (1986)
* Watchers (1987)
* Shadow Fires (1987)
* Lightning (1988)
* Midnight (1989)
* The Bad Place (1990)
* Cold Fire (1991)
* Hideaway (1992)
* Mr. Murder (1993)
* Dragon Tears (1993)
* Winter Moon (1994)
* Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
* Icebound (1995)
* Strange Highways (1995)
* Intensity (1996)
* Ticktock (1996)
* Sole Survivor (1997)
* Fear Nothing (1998)
* Seize the Night (1998)
* False Memory (1999)
* From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
* One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
* By the Light of the Moon (2002)
* The Face (2003)
* Odd Thomas (2003)
* The Taking (2004)
* Life Expectancy (2004)
* Prodigal Son (2005)
* Velocity (2005)
* City of Night (2005)
* Forever Odd (2005)
* The Husband (2006)
* Brother Odd (2006)
* The Good Guy (2007)
* The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007)
* Odd Hours (2008)
* Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
* Relentless (2009)
* Dead and Alive (2009)
* Breathless (2009)
* Lost Souls (2010)
* What the Night Knows (2010)
* The Dead Town (2011)
* 77 Shadow Street (2011)
* Odd Apocalypse (2012)
* Deeply Odd (2013)
* Innocence (2013)
* The City (2014)
* Saint Odd (2015)

Film adaptations|

* Demon Seed (1977)
* The Passengers (1977)
* Watchers (1988)
* Whispers (1990)
* Watchers II (1990)
* The Face of Fear (1990)
* Servants of Twilight (1991)
* Watchers 3 (1994)
* Hideaway (1995)
* Intensity (1997)
* Mr. Murder (1998)
* Phantoms (1998)
* Watchers Reborn (1998)
* Sole Survivor (2000)
* Black River (2001)
* Frankenstein (2004)
* Odd Thomas (2013)

Children's books|

* Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages (1988)

Other|

* The Book of Counted Sorrows

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