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A beautiful young girl appears out of nowhere. A teenager with no past, no family--no memories. Carol and Paul were drawn to her. She was the child they'd never had. Most mothers would die for such a darling little angel. And that's what frightened Carol most of all...

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  • “Evil is no faceless stranger,living in a distant neighborhood.Evil has a wholesome, hometown face,with merry eyes and an open smile.Evil walks among us, wearing a maskwhich looks like all our faces.”
    The Book Of Counted Sorrows

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ACROSS the somber gray clouds, lightning followed a jagged course like cracks in a china plate.

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Prologue
Part One: Something Wicked This Way Comes...
Part Two: Evil Walks Among Us...

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  1. Dean Koontz (Author)
  2. Owen West (Author) - Pseudonym of Dean Koontz

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Book Club
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1981
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Page Count: 305

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