Koontz, Koontz bo Boontz – my heart is happy. It captivates you straight from the get go. Uff – now I want to go read his backlist AGAIN. My favorite book of his is Watchers, which I implore you to read if you haven’t… and in his horror realm, I’d recommend Whispers and Phantoms. Koontz at his finest, in my humble opinion. Also, can we talk about her son and how awesome this kid is?!Īhhh – this just brings back so many good memories. What does this story entail? Time travel (PARADOX!), probably a bit of glorified stalking (ay-oooooooooo), Hitler, lightning (of course) and the story of Laura – from birth to *present* day (present as in 1989) and I am still grinning ear to ear. Would that have changed my love for this book? I really don’t think so! I also love just how short the synopsis is. I’m beyond thrilled to find that I STILL love this novel SO DAMN MUCH.ĭo I have things to say about certain parts of this book that may not have worked for me if I had read it for the first time today? Absolutely. I haven’t read this book in literal decades – the first being when I was soooo young and to be reading it now, 30+ years later (yes, I’m old), and through different, more experienced eyes. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl.as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.Ahhhh! Thanks to my co-Buddy Reads to Die For hosts for allowing me to choose one of my all time favorite Koontz books as our February book club read. At first her sole aim is to get out alive - until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess’s next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.Ĭhyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits, to live with intensity. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside.

Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family.

Lightning by Dean Koontz