Darkfall (novel)
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| Author | Dean Koontz |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror |
| Publisher | Berkley Publishing |
| Released | 1984 |
| Media Type | Paperback |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 0425104346 |
| Preceded by | Phantoms |
| Followed by | Twilight Eyes |
Darkfall is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 1984.
[edit] Plot
Jack Dawson is a New York Detective dealing with a variety of situations in his life. His wife Linda has recently passed away, and that leaves him the sole caretaker for his two children Penny and Davey. Aside from missing his wife very much; he is confronted by an especially brutal string of murders of Mafia criminals. These murders are both grisly and unearthly, seemingly done by animals, although forensics cannot determine any living creature that would simply tear a victim to pieces without actually eating anything. Finally, his partner Rebecca is a woman that does not share his approach to this crimewave. Dawson believes that there may be supernatural or magical factors in the killings, while Rebecca believes this to be absurd. Dawson's instincts are seldom wrong; and although he can't deny the initial absurdity of some kind of magic, alternative explanations are disappearing quickly.
As Dawson investigates further, he is pulled into a dangerous situation that involves everything he cares for; his partner, his children as well as his own sanity. Does voodoo exist? Who is Baba Lavelle, the seemingly fictional character of dark magic whose name keeps appearing in his investigations? And can Carver Hampton, a practitioner of white magic, help him stop these killings?
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