This is a spooky story about a killer named Alton Turner Blackwood, a man so ugly he could scare animals. He has a chance meeting with a boy whose injury has left him physically unattractive. While the boy tries to strike up a friendship with this transient, Blackwood is planning to torture and kill the boy's sister and mother. Through a couple of twists and turns the boy realizes that Blackwood is not his friend at all. Koontz creates a character in Blackwood who is as evil as the boy is innocent.
This is a short novel and serves as a prequel to What the Night Knows. Good stuff!
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