The plot line is natually different as the setup and characters are different and also the book is quite long and detailed and a film will probably have to chop things down. Koontz is famous for his popular book series including the Jane Hawk Series, the Odd Thomas Series, and Frankenstein Series. 'The Master of Suspense' has written over 100 novels and many other works of fiction. The NSA are also more villanous than in the book where they are just doing their job. Explore our list of books by bestselling author Dean Koontz at Barnes & Noble. The experiments are changed to be part of a team rather than independant subjects. The female lead is a beautiful scientist rather than a shy retreating young woman. In Devoted, Koontz creates a dog, and then a network of dogs who maybe, he hints descend from that highly intelligent dog. This changes the actual characters to a haunted police officer rather than a haunted ex special force soldier. The Watchers The Dean Koontz book that got me hooked on him was The Watchers, and the dog in that book, a brilliant golden retriever, thoroughly enchanted me. This is nothing like the book and does not try to be. The characters are more similar to the book although the middle of the plot is very different. The female protagonist is called in as a psychologist rather than being someone whom the dog runs to protect and the owner follows and then befriends.Īlso the plot line is heavily simplified and in the process they again actually manage to make this a poor film. It adjust the protagonist back to an ex forces adult rather than a child which matches the book etc (although he is an ex marine rather than ex Delta). This is not really a sequel, more of a remake. The characters are changed and drastically different along with the plot line which is simplified and has additional villains introduced which effectively change pretty much everything. The original film hacked the book to pieces, changed the main protagonist etc and drastically changed the plot and, in the process, created a film which was simply not very good. The Watchers is a great book - I read it many years ago and I still remember it well.

The book watchers by dean koontz