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Author: Dean R. Koontz
Release date: 20 November, 2001
Media: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0553582747
This book is different - like other reviewers, it took me over a week to read, and usually I find enough spare moments to finish in 48-60 hours. If it takes longer, it probably didn't hold my interest.
Excellent weaving of several plots together, but there is way too much "goodness" in the book. The heroes and heroines have very few, if any, flaws and so their characters are relatively uninteresting.
Junior Cain, the villain, becomes a bumbler before the book ends, but Koontz gives us interesting insight into the mind of those depraved enough to kill their loved ones and commit the brutal act of rape. By completely misreading everyone's reaction to him, and attributing false motivation to his victims (e.g., he falsely believes the women he attacks are interested in him and giving him "come hither" signs), the Cain character helped me to really think about how a brutal person thinks. So, Dean, congratulations on the villain, but please, don't bring the story back....go to another stream of thought and work as hard on the characters as you did on Cain! - an Amazon customer review