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Leave it up to the literary equivalent of Wonderbread that Koontz is to mess up even something as fun an an alien invasion story. Actually I don't know if comparing him to Wonderbread might not be misleading due the word wonder in the brand name, something that is always in deficit in Koontz' work. But to pick up Koontz' book with all the great books that are out there would be like passing by a freshly baked baguette for a loaf of Wonderbread and for the sake of this analogy let's assume the price of no importance. So, this was an audio book I picked up forever ago and slowly walked and biked my way through over the course of many months. I figured I should get something ok, but not great so that it could provide a background entertainment, but it wouldn't matter if a blasting car horn or something bleeped out some of the lines. This book didn't even meet those low criteria levels. Koontz, never shy about pushing, shoving and cramming his limited world views upon his readers, has turned what should have been a fun alien story into basically a lecture about his religious views and capital punishment/judicial system opinions. And with his trademarks of cast of cardboard cutouts, complete lack of character development and pervasive and unnecessary oversimplifications and repetitions, this book really has nothing to offer in a way of quality or interest. He did read enough of T.S. Eliot to quote all throughout the book achieving the literary equivalent of throwing diamonds among the dirt. Can't imagine why, other than he probably doesn't see it that way. He might actually think Eliot's writing would be complimentary to his. There's obviously some delusion at work here, particularly considering how well Koontz sells. But then again, so does Wonderbread...now quite appropriately distributed by Bimbo corporation. So yeah, stupid book, don't bother, not worth the time.