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An intense thriller about a crazy hippie who steals a newborn child and is chased halfway across the country by one desperate mother. On the one hand, I probably wouldn't rate this as high as the best Robert McCammon novels, but on the other hand, I never felt like I was wasting or losing time whenever I would sit down and read it. The characters are captivating enough and I wanted to see how both of their perspectives played out.

I guess the only thing I didn't like about it was that McCammon really knows how to write a setting so it feels like you're there (which is good), but I didn't feel that way with this one (which is bad). I think his best use of making you feel right there in the story would be in his Southern thriller, "Gone South". You could just feel how hot and sticky the swamplands were and all the flies surrounding you. There are bits and pieces of his writing in the winter setting this book finds itself in, but not quite on the same level as his other books like Swan Song, Boy's Life or even the Wolf's Hour.

There's not much else to say in this review, other than the book is intense, and in typical McCammon fashion, there's a cast of memorable characters you can't get enough of.

Recommended.

And because this is Robert McCammon, I am once again shoehorning this opportunity in to recommend the Wolf's Hour, my first and favorite Robert McCammon book.