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Lightning

  • 1986 first published
  • 400 pages
  • ★ 3.5 (14 ratings)
  • 40 editions

Dean Koontz's Lightning (1986) is a time-travel fiction and angel fiction novel. Key subjects include guardian angels, time travel, political activism and media studies.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, and 87 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 40 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 400 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Lightning

When a bolt of lighting brings a blond-headed stranger into Laura Shane's life, she wonders if he's the guardian angel he seems - or the devil in disguise.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Guardian angels
  • Time travel
  • Society & social sciences
  • Political activism
  • Media studies
  • Horror
  • Science fiction
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Horror tales

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Lightning?

Lightning was written by Dean Koontz and first published in 1986.

What genre is Lightning?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel, Angel Fiction and Horror.

How long is Lightning?

The median edition has 400 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Lightning?

Readers who like it often enjoy Kindred, Hollow City and The Halloween Tree.

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