I have been a big fan of Dean Koontz for a long time & till now liked all of his stories enough to read them more than once, but I couldn't even get through this book.It is now in the bookcase without ever being read. It started off OK, but it became so long & drawn out that I gave up. I didn't even make it half way through the book. Sorry, Mr. Koontz, but it seems like you were having an off day when you wrote this one. After "Fear Nothing" & "Seize the Night", which were really great, I thought that this would be as good as they were, but it was a big disappointment. I'm still looking forward to the next one, though.