The Servants of Twilight

Written by Dean Koontz

Narrated by Hillary Huber

A chilling thriller brought back to life with enhanced audio, featuring new narration by Hillary Huber.

“Koontz is brilliant.” –Chicago Sun-Times

An ordinary parking lot in southern California. Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son are accosted by a strange old woman.

"I know who you are," the woman snaps at the boy. "I know what you are."

A scream, a threat—and then a grotesque act of violence. Suddenly Christine's pride and joy, her only son, is targeted by a group of religious fanatics. They've branded him the Antichrist. They want to kill him. And they are everywhere…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781713625247

Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.

Reviews for The Servants of Twilight

[vecharo · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This author needs to see a sex therapist. The adolescence of it all was just too much for me. I could not finish this book.

[Amy Plank · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Didn't love it, didn't hate it but it was a slower one for Dean and dragged in the wrong places. Glad it was included in my membership and not individually purchased. Just meh.

[Jean Farthing · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book. Didn’t want to stop listening to it. Awesome.

[completely_melanie · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Really enjoyed this book all the way up until the last few chapters. I felt the last few chapters to ne completely unnecessary and took away from the book for me.

[sharonmariabidwell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A re-read for me. This chase thriller holds up to time, as readable today as when written, the fanaticism just as relevant. The bad guys walk the line of caricatures but somehow work, as does the vivid icy landscape they are all plunged into. The soul of the book is summed up in this perfect sentence: “There was evil … in mankind’s fatal attraction to easy, even if irrational, answers.”

[buffalogr · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This book has been in my audible library for 4 years and I haven't read it. Now, i know why. It just isn't my kinda book. When a book starts to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher, I know it's wrong for me. bwaaaa....waaaaaa....waaaaa.

[jamski-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

If I like a book, I keep it and usually re-read it over the years. I was thoroughly unimpressed with this bestseller by Koontz, and I must admit that as I read it, what kept going through my mind was, "what's the big deal about this guy?" Of course, who am I to go against thousands of satisfied readers? I just didn't find his writing very appealing...or frightening. Your mileage may vary.

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

an action packed story that deals with a fanatical religious cult called the Servants of the Twilight. They are led by a woman named Mother Grace, who claims that she has visions from God. Joey Scavello is the perfect six year old kid, and he is being raised alone by his mother Christine. Mother Grace's newest vision is that Joey is the Antichrist. Mother Grace convinces the Servants of the Twilight that he must be killed. To protect themselves, Joey and Christine hire the resourceful and highly successful private investigator Charlie Harrison. Charlie is determined to find out more about the cult and keep Joey and Christine safe. The only problem is that no matter where they go, the Servants are waiting...

Here's the question that is so disturbing in "The Servants of Twilight". Can you serve evil without knowing it? Can you be good and strong and pure and yet find your goodness helping evil? Koontz seems to say yes in this novel. To me, that left a bad taste that lasted for days. Yet great literature should be thought provoking, and he succeeds in doing just that. Who says deep philosophical questions cannot be raised by so-called commercial fiction? Definately something to think about.

[aliceanna-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Kind of a poor man's version of The Omen. I think the book would've worked better if all doubt had been removed one way or the other as to Joey's proclivities for evil. The "I wonder ... " strategy just made the book seem ineffective. Not one of his better ones.