The Eyes of Darkness is a thriller novel by American writer Dean Koontz, released in 1981. The book focuses on a mother who sets out on a quest to find out if her son truly did die one year ago, or if he is still alive.
Currently, there is a big hipe about this book, said to have predicted the YEAR 2020 and place WUHAN for the outbreak of a 100% deadly virus pandemy (somewhat similar to Coronavirus COVID-19, epidemy that began in 2019 and spread in 2020 in China, and would have worldwide diffusion in 2021).
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Overview[]
A mother sends her son on a camping trip with a leader who has led this trip into the mountains 16 times before without mishap; that is until this time. Every single camper and leader and driver die with no explanation. As the grieving mother who is the protagonist begins to accept the fact that her son, Danny, is dead she starts getting vicious bully-like attacks from nowhere saying he is not dead, such as writing on chalk boards, words from printers and other various 'signs'. Along with her new friend, Elliot Stryker, Christina Evans sets out to find out what could have possibly happened on the day that her son 'died'.
This novel is claimed to have similarities with the 2019 Novel coronavirus.[1][2][3][4]
Characters[]
- Christina Evans- The mother of Danny, divorced for a short amount of time to Danny's father.
- Michael Evans- The divorcé. Father of Danny.
- Elliot Stryker- A lawyer who used to work for Army Intelligence, and Christina's love interest and partner.
- Danny- Tina's son.
- Vincent- an assassin hired by Project Pandora
- Alexander- Boss of Project Pandora
Television adaptation[]
According to Koontz in the afterword of a 2008 paperback reissue, television producer Lee Rich purchased the rights for this book along with The Face of Fear, Darkfall, and a fourth unnamed novel for a television series based on Koontz's work.[5] The Eyes of Darkness was assigned to the female writing team of Ann Powell and Rose Schacht,[6] co-writers of Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, but they could never deliver an acceptable script. Ultimately, The Face of Fear was the only book of the four made into a television movie.
References[]
- ↑ "Wuhan virus in 1981 Dean Koontz novel a coronavirus coincidence" (in en). South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. 2020-02-13. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3050481/virus-called-wuhan-400-makes-people-terribly-ill-dean-koontz.
- ↑ "Novel predicted Wuhan virus 40 years before Coronavirus outbreak. Internet is stumped" (in en). India Today. 2020-02-17. https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/-novel-predicted-wuhan-virus-40-years-before-coronavirus-outbreak-internet-is-stumped-1647261-2020-02-17.
- ↑ "Did a Chinese Novel Predict Coronavirus 40 Years Ago? 'Wuhan-400' Leaves Twitter Baffled" (in en). CNN News18, Delhi. 2020-02-17. https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/did-a-chinese-novel-predict-coronavirus-40-years-ago-wuhan-400-leaves-twitter-baffled-2504407.html.
- ↑ "Wuhan 400: Novel predicted coronavirus 40 years ago, Internet stumped" (in en). GN Media, United Arab Emirates. 2020-02-18. https://gulfnews.com/world/wuhan-400-novel-predicted-coronavirus-40-years-ago-internet-stumped-1.1581971564436.
- ↑ Dean Koontz, Afterword for The Eyes of Darkness , Berkley; Reissue editionDecember 2, 2008, 369–374 ISBN 978-0425224861
- ↑ Errore script: nessun modulo "Citation/CS1".
Source[]
- Voce The_Eyes_of_Darkness di Wikipedia in inglese (base per questa voce)