Novels

The Eyes of Darkness – Revised (DK)

Mass Market Paperback

Release Date: July 1996
Copyright: Copyright © 1981 by Leigh Nichols
Copyright © 1996 by Nkui, Inc.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Page Count: 369
ISBN-10: 0-425-15397-5
Cover Price: $7.50
States: “Berkley edition / July 1996” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Book Club Edition

Release Date: c. July 1996
Copyright: Copyright © 1981 by Leigh Nichols
Copyright © 1996 by Nkui, Inc.
Format: Reprint of the 1996 Berkley paperback edition
Page Count: 369
Book Club ID: #01375

Mass Market Paperback afterword edition

Release Date: December 2, 2008
Copyright: Copyright © 1981 by Leigh Nichols
Copyright © 1996 by Nkui, Inc.
“Afterword” copyright © 2008 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Berkley Books
Page Count: 374
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-22486-1
Cover Price: $7.99
States: "Berkley afterword edition / December 2008" & "35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24"
Cover: "With a new afterword by the author"

Trade Paperback

Release Date: April 5, 2011
Copyright: Copyright © 1981 by Leigh Nichols
Copyright © 1996 by Nkui, Inc.
“Afterword” copyright © 2008 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Berkley Books
Page Count: 341
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-42040-3
Cover Price: $16.00
States: “Berkley trade paperback edition / April 2011” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”
Cover: “INCLUDES AN AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR”

Print-On-Demand Hardcover

Release Date: March 1, 2022
Copyright: Copyright 1981 and 1996 by Nkui, Inc.
Format: Illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket.
Publisher: Indpendently Published
Page Count: 289
ISBN-13: 9798414971450
Original List Price: $18.00
States: No statement of printing. Date printed on last page.

Print-On-Demand Trade Paperback

Release Date: March 1, 2022
Copyright: Copyright 1981 and 1996 by Nkui, Inc.
Publisher: Independently published
Page Count: 291
ISBN-13: 9798414977247
Original List Price: $9.99
States: Date printed listed on last page above POD barcode

Notes

Snopes: Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?
If a prediction is only noticed after an incident occurs, is it really a prediction?
by Dan Evon / Published 18 February 2020

“Did Dean Koontz Predict a Global Pandemic?”, The Big Thrill, March 31, 2020

Check out this blog post for more details on the Persian translation shown below.

Also, check out this blog post regarding my thoughts on the POD edition.

Other editions:

UK Headline 5th printing mass market paperback
UK Headline Mass Market Paperback, 25th Printing
UK Headline Trade Paperback 25th printing, coronavirus cover
Persian translation published in Iran, 2020

Last updated on August 4th, 2022