Koontz challenges his readers´ imagination in his most terrifying nevelreminiscent of The Wasr of the Worlds.A blending of
sceince fiction andhorror with lots of gruesome scenes,it is throughout suspensefuloffering no reprieve. Compared to by Stephen King, CellThe Takingisless cruel, but more evocative and chilling. The mood is one ofdreadfuluncertainty. The novel´s nightmarish intensity is even stronger thanthat of Phantoms.The novel deals with a young couple trying to survivein a world nolonger in humanity´s control. Molly and
neil Sloan live inthe SanBernardino Mountains, and at first they only notice astrangelyluminous rain. Neil had a nightmare in which a whole mountaincamedown. Coyotes gather on their porch seeking shelter from an evilpresence.