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I first read this book when I was maybe 11 or 12. It was my very first Koontz book and it kicked off a lifelong love of Koontz As My Favorite Author. For very close to 30 years!
On the night of Laura Shane's birth a man appears amidst an astonishing display of lightning and thunder. He holds her mother's doctor hostage so the drunkard is unable to get to the hospital to deliver Laura. At other key moments throughout Laura's life, when tragedy is about to strike and leave her damaged or dead, the man she dubs her "guardian" appears and protects her. Yet in the course of the thirty years that he's protecting her he never ages.
Although I confess that one of the stars in my five star rating may be due to that nearly 30 years of Koontz fandom, this is also a hell of good story. My mom also raves about it to this day and she never enjoyed another Koontz book. To be fair, two of those were [b:The Vision|481335|The Vision|Dean Koontz|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1350747881s/481335.jpg|442738] and [b:Whispers|64948|Whispers|Dean Koontz|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388638928s/64948.jpg|442705], both of which I hope to never cross paths with again. But it's also the only book she's ever read that she might give five stars to. It's a sci-fi suspense with loads of fun along the way.
And because I always love teaching Why I Love Koontz 101, I leave you with a quote:
In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization that the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half.
Here's to another 30 years of Koontz!
On the night of Laura Shane's birth a man appears amidst an astonishing display of lightning and thunder. He holds her mother's doctor hostage so the drunkard is unable to get to the hospital to deliver Laura. At other key moments throughout Laura's life, when tragedy is about to strike and leave her damaged or dead, the man she dubs her "guardian" appears and protects her. Yet in the course of the thirty years that he's protecting her he never ages.
Although I confess that one of the stars in my five star rating may be due to that nearly 30 years of Koontz fandom, this is also a hell of good story. My mom also raves about it to this day and she never enjoyed another Koontz book. To be fair, two of those were [b:The Vision|481335|The Vision|Dean Koontz|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1350747881s/481335.jpg|442738] and [b:Whispers|64948|Whispers|Dean Koontz|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388638928s/64948.jpg|442705], both of which I hope to never cross paths with again. But it's also the only book she's ever read that she might give five stars to. It's a sci-fi suspense with loads of fun along the way.
And because I always love teaching Why I Love Koontz 101, I leave you with a quote:
In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization that the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half.
Here's to another 30 years of Koontz!