Watchers (novel)

Fire signs ( original: " Watchers " ) is a novel by Dean Koontz from 1987 The German translation was published in 1988, the novel is about monstrosities that are hatched in highly secret, public control confiscated military laboratories.. .

Action

The story is about an equipped by genetic engineering with human intelligence Golden Retriever and a misshapen creature that was bred exclusively to kill. Both manage to escape from a secret high-security wing. During the mild-mannered dog finds refuge with a former elite soldiers, the monster disappears in the lush forests of California. His only desire is to kill the hated, loved by all the other Golden Retriever, he can smell hundreds of kilometers distance away. Its new owner is thus without knowing it themselves in mortal danger.

In the center of the novel is above all the figure of the dog - appropriately enough "Einstein" called - who reveals his new surroundings gradually his human intelligence. He frees a young woman from the hands of a rapist and bring them along with his new master. The three of them flee from a seemingly overwhelming odds. Equipped with human perception of high intelligence and the misshapen creature leads a solitary life in the woods. The implanted through genetic manipulation destructive drive forces to murder and destroy. A simple melody or a Mickey Mouse image lead to an almost childlike reaction. Similarities to that imagined by Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein character are unmistakable.

Filming

The novel " Watchers " was filmed in 1988 and arrived in Germany in 1989 under the title " Watchers - mercilessly hunted " in the theaters. Sequels or new versions of the films Watchers II ( 1990), Watchers 3 (1994 ), and Watchers Reborn (1998).

• Literary work
• Literature ( 20th century)
• Literature ( English )
• Novel, epic
• Work of Dean Koontz
• Literature (United States)