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Violence
A lot
Significant horror violence; monsters and death throughout
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Sustained horror dread; the theological implications of the invasion are explicitly dark
What this book is about
In a remote California mountain town, a strange luminescent rain begins to fall. Within hours, civilization is gone and something has taken over. Nora and Matt Hawk fight to survive with a group of children in Koontz's supernatural thriller that merges alien invasion with dark theology.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Horror violence and monster attacks
Dark supernatural themes
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