Koontz's cryptic dedication to Aesop (“twenty-six centuries late and with apologies for the length”) may hold the key to what's going on, but readers are likely to find the moral of this peculiar tale, if there is one, obscure. After the murders, Rouvroy is unsettled by evidence that the dead have not stayed dead. Kirkus Reviews ' A hard rain is falling on a tiny mountain town, and since it's Dean Koontz's The Taking we're talking about, it can only mean one thing. Meanwhile, a sadist, Henry Rouvroy, tracks down his identical twin, James, and kills him and James's wife in order to assume his brother's identity. About five or six stories that are all connected, but somehow its just too much, like not enough is given to each story.

The ending was not satisfying, it didn't seem to have a closing to it. In this less than suspenseful supernatural thriller from Koontz (Breathless), 14-year-old Billy Lucass inexplicable slaughter of his entire family awakens the. Breathless incorporates a nice blend of mystery and thrills, philosophy, and. The sudden arrival of these mysterious creatures out of the blue appears to be linked to several other baffling phenomena. Ive read over 50 of his books and have never found one I haven't enjoyed, however, Breathless would easily be my choice for least favorite Koontz book. Breathless is a return to the Koontz of the early 90s that I know and love. While out for a walk, reclusive Grady Adams and his wolfhound, Merlin, spot two white furry animals “as large as midsize dogs” and “as quick and limber as cats” that aren't like anything previously known to science.

It is a journey that will leave all who take it Breathless.

) delivers a hard-to-classify stand-alone set near the Rocky Mountains that will appeal more to fans of his Odd Thomas books than those partial to his Hitchcockian thrillers. In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless, fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the moment between one turn of the world and the next, across the border between knowing and mystery.

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