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4.5*

A thrilling and suspenseful story, with a very light touch of scifi and horror, that will keep you glue to the pages until the very end!

One of my favourites from Koontz. I like most of the ones I read (22?) but a handful are gems! The novel starts with the very eventful birth of Laura, a stranger saving her from a drunk doctor that would have potentially killed her. Over the following years, danger keeps meeting our girl, but the ‘stranger� always seems to arrive in the nick of time. Who is he? Why doesn’t he age? And why is there lightning just before his arrival? The suspense keeps building up, and the author does deliver some truly scary scenes. He also excels at making me care for his characters (the good ones, obviously).

I’m aware that this is not a perfect book but actually I don’t care. Koontz’s writing is addictive and totally compelling here. This is my third read and I can see myself coming back in a few years :0)