I don't think I've ever given a Dean Koontz book less than five stars, but upon reading this book for the second time (at least the second time I've documented it), I found it fell short from some of his other stories, for me. Honestly, it just shows the man is human (or is he?) and that he writes some pretty amazing stories in order for one of his, in comparison, to just seem a little less enthralling. Not a bad story, but just not my favorite of his, for sure.