In Winter Moon by Dean Koontz a cloudy Los Angeles, California day is shattered when a hot Hollywood director turns a city street into a fiery abyss. A heroic police officer, Jack McGarvey, is badly wounded in the inferno and will not be able to walk for months. Little does Jack know that a series of events will lead him and his family to a ranch in Montana. On that isolated ranch they discover their destiny in a horrific encounter with a ruthless and puzzling enemy from which neither the living nor dead are safe.
Koontz's novels seem to have one thing in common. Their themes are about how the human mind and spirit relate to things in life. He doesn't stray from that commonality in Winter Moon. Koontz's purpose in writing the book was to show that the power of the mind is yet an unmatched force. Both my mother and I agree that he accomplished this very well.
Dean Koontz has done a superb job in writing a bone chilling suspense thriller. The book gets you involved very fast and continues to build momentum throughout the story. Koontz's handling of the main elements in the novel was flawlessly executed, which added to the exciting atmosphere of the work. My mom said that the book was a little too scary for her and made her uneasy at times, so be cautioned: this book is not intended for those weak of heart, or stomach.
ters also fits a pattern that has developed in his writing. Koontz uses the same two characters in many of his novels: the heroic, faithful male and the strong female. Koontz's employment of indirect characterization is impeccable, and makes the reader feel as though they really know the characters. At the beginning, the book can seem confusing, whereas Koontz jumps back and forth from character to character. I feel that after the reader ha
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