Nightmare Journey (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Dean Koontz
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: 100,000 years in the future
- Setting: Various locations on Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Escapes, Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Earth, Quest, Aliens, space
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
Nightmare Journey is the account of Jask Zinn, who flees the enclave of “Pures” when it is discovered that he has developed telepathic powers. Jask’s journey, at first aimless and compelled only by Jask’s need to escape, takes purpose when he is joined at various stages by four companions: Tedesco, a bearlike subhuman; Chaney, a wolf-man; Chaney’s wife, Kiera; and Melopina, a human with minor genetic alterations who was conceived in an artificial womb. Together, the five travelers seek and eventually find the Black Presence, an alien power from another...
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