By the Light of the Moon (novel)

By the Light of the Moon
Cover of By the Light of the Moon
Author	Dean Koontz
Cover artist	Tom Hallman
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Suspense, Thriller
Publisher	Bantam Publishing
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardback, Paperback), Audiobook (CD, Audio Cassette)
Pages	496 pp
ISBN	0-553-58276-3
OCLC	53453707

By the Light of the Moon is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 2002.

Synopsis

An amoral doctor forever changes the lives of Dylan O'Conner, his autistic brother Shepherd, and a comedian named Jillian Jackson, and instigates a new force for good from his evil acts.

Plot

Dylan O'Conner is traveling with his 20-year-old brother Shep. During a stay at an Arizona motel, he is knocked out and tied up by a doctor, who administers 18 cc's^[1] of a golden substance from a syringe with a large-bore hypodermic needle. He informs Dylan that it may have unexpected effects.

Jillian Jackson, a traveling comedian, is tied up and chloroformed by the doctor before being injected with the same substance.

The two meet after escaping their bonds, just as a large number of SUV's arrive. A brief meeting fight ensues before they escape.

While traveling, they are overcome with the urge to do the right thing. Dylan becomes psychometric and Shep reveals an ability to travel from one place to another, referred to as 'folding'. Eventually, they come to share each other's abilities.

Topics

The novel deals with the topics of the ethical uses of nanotechnology, the urge to act rightly and biological hardwiring.

References

↑ p. 21

External links

By the Light of the Moon Book Review

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) Ashley Bell (2015) The Silent Corner (Forthcoming, 2017)

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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