Laura is a strong sympathetic protagonist, however she isn’t overly complex or three-dimensional. I should have turned the light off and put the book down, but stayed up to see what would happen, next. I now know exactly why Koontz is read around the world as a best-selling author – he certainly knows how to produce a page-turner. Which is just as well, because Laura tends to face a lot of danger.
Suffice to say that every time Laura faces major peril, her guardian appears after a bolt of lightning. The first time the lightning strikes Laura Shane is born… And that’s as much of the blurb I’m going to give you – whatever you do, don’t read the back cover – it reveals faaar too much of the storyline. So when Himself came home clutching this offering with a grin on his face, I knew it needed to go to the top of my To Read list… Since then, I have read this book several times and recommended it to fellow readers often.I hadn’t read any Dean Koontz until earlier this year, when I read Odd Thomas and thoroughly enjoyed it – read my review here. I first read this in middle school (over 10 year ago) after reading another of Koontz's books (House of Thunder). This is one of my favorite all-time books. All I will say is the Koontz did a great job adding a bit of a sci-fi twist into the story. Who he is or why he saves her is a mystery through the first half (or more) of the book. However, each time she is saved by the mysterious Stefan. Laura goes through early life and several situations (starting at her birth) come up that should have hurt or even ended her life. Another character I liked in the story was Thelma (Laura’s childhood friend). Both are well thought-out and well-written characters. A unknown “guardian” who keeps appearing throughout her life to save her. Starting from birth and to adulthood (around 30 I believe). This novel is a combination of science fiction (time travel) and suspense, and the result is a book I was not be able to put down.
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