Porteous, Norman W. (1965). Daniel: a commentary. Philadelphia: Westminster Press. ISBN 0-664-22317-6. Somehow I’ve managed to live over five and a half dog years without ever reading a Dean Koontz novel. However, when I was presented with the opportunity to do a buddy read with . . . Annus, A. (2010). "On the Origin of Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions". Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. 19 (4): 277–320. doi: 10.1177/0951820710373978. S2CID 55446884.

During a road trip to deliver a parrot for her friend, Peter, Mina’s car breaks down on the edge of a forest. Trapped in the middle of nowhere, she stumbles into a bunker where three other people live. But there are rules to stay in the shelter. Because the Watchers are watching. Who are the Watchers and what are they seeking? Not long after the planning board’s decision, the Broadduses got some good news. A family with grown children and two big dogs had agreed to rent 657 Boulevard. The renter told the Star-Ledger he wasn’t worried about The Watcher, though he had a clause in the lease that let him out in case of another letter. Sitting at the Westfield train station, Derek handed me his phone so I could read the fourth letter. “You are despised by the house,” it read. “And The Watcher won.” The remainder of the book is filled with the antics of a crazed killer-for-hire, corrupt political goings-on, "The Outsider's" quest for death and destruction and the gooey-sweet love story between Travis, a victimized woman who is so naive as to be completely unbelievable and whose name I've already forgotten and Einstein the dog. This is the kind of love triangle I enjoy, haha. In the English localization of the first Drakengard game, the overarching antagonists are semi-divine beings called "the Watchers." Though the game sometimes refers to them as " daemons," in the original Japanese text they are simply called angels. The English localization for the prequel, Drakengard 3, calls them angels as well.The writing really works here and a few times can move a reader to tears. The flow actually works as well though I admit I started skipping Vince's sections because they were too grim even for me. Also Vince seems to be a precursor to the killer in Koontz's "Intensity" novel. One of these days I will get around to posting a review for that book too. According to PrEv 1.10.1-2 of Philo of Byblos, Sanchuniathon mentioned "some living beings who had no perception, out of whom intelligent beings came into existence, and they were called Zophasemin ( Heb. șōpē-šāmayim, that is, 'Watchers of Heaven'). And they were formed like the shape of an egg." [10] Kabbalah [ edit ]

The book of Enoch also lists leaders of the 200 fallen angels who married and commenced in unnatural union with human women, and who taught forbidden knowledge. Some are also listed in Book of Raziel (Sefer Raziel HaMalakh), the Zohar, and Jubilees. The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible makes a distinction between the Grigori and the fallen angels by stating that in fifth heaven, Enoch sees "the giants whose brothers were the fallen angels." [30]Meanwhile, there’s some strange goings-on at Banodyne Laboratories, including a couple of accidental deaths and a lab explosion. Along with a string of grisly murders in the surrounding foothills, and a frantic NSA manhunt. What the hell’s going on, and who or what is “The Outsider?” Strong's H5894". Blueletterbible.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15 . Retrieved 2012-07-03. I haven't read Dean Koontz in years. I don't think I've missed much after reading this one though. BUT some of my other buddy readers think differently. They are wrong. stars - If this is the best Koontz can do, I think I’ve seen enough. Adios Deano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RaG7...

Editor’s note: For a discussion of this story in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, see Rachel Adelman’s TABS essay, “Reintroducing the Myth of the Fallen Angels.” And all the sons of men shall be righteous, and all the nations shall serve and bless me, and all shall worship me. 10:22 And the earth will be cleansed from all corruption, and from all sin, and from all wrath, and from all torment; and I will not again send a flood upon it for all generations forever. 11:1 And in those days I will open the storehouses of blessing which [are] in heaven that I may send them down upon the earth, upon the work and upon the toil of the sons of men. 11:2 Peace and truth will be united for all the days of eternity and for all the generations of eternity. While the Broadduses continued to be consumed by stress and fear, for the rest of Westfield, the story became little more than a creepy urban legend — a house to walk by on Halloween if you were brave enough. No one who had lived in the house before the Woodses could recall anything unusual, and it was hard for people to imagine that their idyllic neighborhood could be host to something so sinister. A woman who lives nearby told me that, after the news broke, she and ten or so of her neighbors had gathered in the street to puzzle out who might have sent the letters. Eventually, she said, they came to a consensus: Maybe the Broadduses had sent the letters to themselves?The image of Enoch walking with angels in heaven caused Second Temple Jews to speculate about what heavenly mysteries he could have witnessed. These speculations were the impetus for the various works included in 1 Enoch that attempt to answer the question of what Enoch saw when he “walked with the angels.” In Darren Aronofsky's 2014 Biblical epic Noah, there are a large number of Watchers and they are depicted as having been cast out of Heaven after deciding to help mankind. This was supposed to be such a great book on the PBS great book list. Koontz best work by his own admission. It was good but i think my expectations were too high! i feel a little underwhelmed in the end!