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Going Home in the Dark
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When hometown horrors come back to haunt, friendship is salvation in a novel about childhood fears and buried secrets by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.
As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams—and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to return home. Don't they remember people lapsing into comas back then? And those people always awoke…didn't they?
After two decades, not a lot has changed in Maple Grove, especially Ernie's obnoxious, scary mother. But Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer begin to remember a hulking, murderous figure and weirdness piled on mystery that they were made to forget. As Ernie sinks deeper into darkness, something strange awaits any friend who tries to save him.
For Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer, time is running out to remember the terrors of the past in a perfect town where nothing is what it seems. For Maple Grove, it's a chance to have the “four amigos,” as they once called themselves, back in its grasp.
When hometown horrors come back to haunt, friendship is salvation in a novel about childhood fears and buried secrets by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.
As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams—and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to return home. Don't they remember people lapsing into comas back then? And those people always awoke…didn't they?
After two decades, not a lot has changed in Maple Grove, especially Ernie's obnoxious, scary mother. But Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer begin to remember a hulking, murderous figure and weirdness piled on mystery that they were made to forget. As Ernie sinks deeper into darkness, something strange awaits any friend who tries to save him.
For Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer, time is running out to remember the terrors of the past in a perfect town where nothing is what it seems. For Maple Grove, it's a chance to have the “four amigos,” as they once called themselves, back in its grasp.
556 pages, Paperback
Published May 13, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Well it was definitely weird ! took time getting into it as the style of writing different, and favouring on mulder and scully ?? Can't decide if i liked it or not hence the 3*
June 29, 2026
The story came together in the end and explained all the mysteries building up throughout the book, but you have a lot of excessive descriptors and weird narrator perspective to crawl through first. I liked this alternative method of writing initially but got tired of it pretty quickly. I feel like the first 80% of the book should be squished to less than half so the final 20% can be given more room for the story to grow. This could have been a proper classic Koontz with a lot more action of good vs evil but as soon as things started getting interesting it was all wrapped up very quickly, then the book ended!
June 21, 2026
Terrific read, funniest horror ever. Well, not really horror, more slightly disturbing, because of all the writer's secrets exposed to the world. Well, not secrets, more like telling us what we already knew, apart from the fungus.
June 27, 2026
Definitely weird but very funny with a reading rainbow kind of ending. A little Stranger Things. A little Goonies. A little Mr Ed
August 14, 2026
This book was hilariously, ridiculously fun. It was definitely different, but I like different. I enjoyed every minute spent reading it.
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