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Phantoms

  • 1983 first published
  • 442 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (22 ratings)
  • 46 editions

Phantoms is a 1983 horror novel by Dean Koontz. Much of the action takes place in California. Key subjects include women physicians, good and evil and mass murder.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 22 ratings, and 215 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 46 editions across 6 languages.

At about 442 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About Phantoms

After finding one hundred and fifty people grotesquely dead in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California, officials cannot imagine anything as gruesome as the real reason for their death.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Women physicians
  • Good and evil
  • Mass murder
  • California
  • Horror
  • Thrillers
  • Paige, jenny

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Phantoms?

Phantoms was written by Dean Koontz and first published in 1983.

What genre is Phantoms?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Phantoms?

The median edition has 442 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Phantoms?

Readers who like it often enjoy Chain Letter, The Vampire Lestat and The Dead Zone.

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