![]() The main inciting event deals with Grady Adams, an ex-military type, and his dog, Merlin (it’s a Dean Koontz novel, of course the PoV has a dog), as they discover a pair of unexplainable animals in the field by their (Adams’ and his dog’s) home. We are introduced to a few characters that are decent, and that are put in interesting situations. ![]() Breathless? Not even close…unless you count the aftermath of my screaming in frustration at having to finish this book.īREATHLESS starts out fine…good even. Surely you can hear the built-in marketing campaign that comes with the title of the novel? The new Dean Koontz novel will leave you… BREATHLESS! How I wish that were true. Dean Koontz usually can usually fill that role. Every now-and-again I need light reading. ![]() ![]() Do they serve a purpose in my reading schedule? Definitely. I can appreciate the transition he made into straight-forward thrillers that he has published recently (VELOCITY, THE GOOD GUY, THE HUSBAND). Let me state, for the record, that I actually enjoy some the stories that Koontz writes. The result is more like…a perfect train wreck. Unfortunately, BREATHLESS by Dean Koontz ( Amazon), doesn’t meld separate ideas into a perfect storm. They become a “perfect storm” of sorts, and often lead to an amazing novel. When talking to authors I know, I hear frequently of that moment when several seemingly unrelated ideas come together. ![]()
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