by Dean Koontz
Published May 30, 2006
NY Times #1 bestseller written just last year; my 1st time reading this exciting author. I'm sure many of you have read him being that he's so unbelievably popular. It's a thriller, for sure. A very, very fast-paced paperback novel about good versus evil.
This time, the hero is just a typical everyday guy who's a gardener (landscape architect) by trade. He is asked to put up a ransom of two million dollars in cash to save his wife's life. He's very much in love with Holly and discovers that he will go to great lengths, even kill, to get his wife back home and into his heart again. He turns into a total kick-ass fighter. It's amazing what adrenaline and pressure do to one when push comes to shove. All in the name of love.
The book is stimulating and very exciting to read. It's a page turner, no doubt. Lots of gardening and landscaping themes come to play (Mitch still finds the beauty in all of nature: the trees, flowers, sky, grasses, etc., despite the fact that he's being pressured by sadistic, money-hungry bastards).
Yet, some of the scenes that transpire are quite unrealistic. It's another case of "only in the movies" or, "only in Hollywood" that this would actually happen. But sure makes for fun reading. It's still a thrill to read.
