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Top-tier McCammon, in my opinion.
Of the 8 novels I've read from him so far, this is in my top 3 favorites. I loved everything about it. Complex, compelling characters. Riveting, thrilling, page-turning story that was vivid, cinematic, and expertly crafted, which built to a crescendo of an ending that was powerful and emotional.
This is a story set in the 1980s about a mother whose newborn baby is kidnapped by an acid crazed, hippie terrorist serial killer, and the cross-country pursuit the mother goes on to rescue her child. It is an adventure full of action, suspense, car chases, shootouts, brawls, high emotional stakes, and interesting psychological character explorations.
Reading this book didn't even feel like reading to me. Instead, every time I sat down and opened it up, I was completely transported and immersed into the story and minds of the characters, and when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it.
It was one of those kinds of reads, as McCammon's work tends to be.
The man is a master storyteller and writer whose books feel, to me, like a privilege to read. This was no exception.