Dozens of people from all walks of life, strangers, separated by thousands of miles with a strange event in the Nevada desert linking all of them. Something or someone drawing them back to the place where their lives began to fall apart. Can a sleepwalking writer, a doctor suffering from massive blackouts, a fallen priest and an ex-marine who is scared of the dark find out what happened that links them all together before it's too late?
Tyler09

I read this book shortly after it came out (1986) and loved it. My husband and I are both avid readers and fans of Dean Koontz; recently I asked my husband if he had read "Strangers" and he said no, he'd never heard of it before, so I went to some book stores and couldn't find it. Finally I went to Amazon and ordered it from there; I am thoroughly enjoying reading it for the second time and I know my husband will enjoy it as son as I am finished with it.

I enjoyed the story "strangers" by Dean Koontz very much. The reason for only two stars is because of the way it was formated. A novel of this length is usually recorded on thirteen to fifteen cd's or tapes. this novel was on two cd's. This makes each chapter or section very long. If you want to change from a portable cd player to your car cd player, you may have to relisten to an hour or more. The story I would give 4 or 5 stars.

Definitely one of my favorite Dean Koontz books. I thought the characters were well-drawn and the mystery was sustainable throughout the book. This novel was obviously a labor of love because it was so rich and textured. It did not collapse into predictability where other books covering the same topic tend to. I was pulled into its pages and the story did not let up until it was finished -- fantastic!

The beginning of this book was very slow - and I was only able to finish it by putting it down for a couple of weeks. It got to be ok by Christmas time - but didn't heat up till the last 1/3 or 1/4 of the book. A lot of time was spent trying to weave a bunch of lives and people together but it just dragged it all. The ending was very disappointing - and the meaning behind the title was made clear on the second last page - not a very good reason or title.

I loved Odd Thomas and Life Expectancy but this one was not a Dean Koontz book that I would recommend or read again