There are discussions on Mass Vanishings, Religion, First Encounters, Mythology, Biological Warfare, Poltergeists, The Ancient Enemy, Genetics, The Bermuda Triangle, Voodoo, and Devil Worship. You will meet Prehistoric Animals, Demons, shape shifters, Mythological Beasts, bloated corpses, mutilations, etc. This story as aspects of John Carpenter's The Thing, The Blob, Ghost Busters and Sphere in it. Like in most Koontz books, I am amazed on how much and many different things he throws into one book. In our history there have been several Mass Vanishings and this is Koontz spin on that. Shape Changers, Demons, Mythological Beasts. I feel this was perhaps made with the intention of making it into a film and the writing suffered as a result.

I would have upped the pace and built tension as time went on, as personally I didn't feel any tension or fear of 'The Ancient Enemy'.I would have had more scenes outside of Snowfield to break up the monotony of being with the same characters in the same building with not much happening. I would have condensed the first half of the book, cutting it down to about 1/3 of its original length. If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Phantoms? I have to say his English accent was terrible! He was a good narrator with great pacing, a fair attempt at different voices for different characters, and his voice was not jarring or distracting. What does Buck Schirner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book? That whole section should have been dealt with much more quickly so the plot could start moving forward. Jenny and Lisa spend a long time searching the town at the beginning and when the police arrive they repeat the entire search, discovering the same things, in the same detail. Someone who enjoys a story that's padded out to the death? I liked the premise and the main story but I feel it was far too padded out and could have done with a severe edit. If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

Phantoms by Dean Koontz