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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Bantam
Published: Nov 2003
Genre: Fiction - Suspense
Retail Price: $10.99
Pages: 480
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERbi On the road, on a hot Arizona night, Dylan O'Conner is overpowered by a stranger who injects him with an unknown substance. All he's told is that he's the "carrier," not of a disease but of something wondrous that will transform his life in remarkable ways—if it doesn't kill him in the next twenty-four hours. Now Dylan, his autistic brother, Shep, and another "carrier," a young woman, are swept into a desperate search for the shattering truth of what they are and what they might become. But first they must elude those sent to destroy them. Their only chance to survive is to discover the meaning of the messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about a man who does his work by the light of the moon./p
but a mediocre Koontz novel is still better than many of the other suspense writers out there. I picked this up because my son is autistic and I was intrigued by the idea of an autistic character. Well, maybe it was Stephen Langs portrayal, but I found him to be very poorly characterized and not believable. It almost ruined the book for me. OK story I wish that there had been more to it, and Koontz wrote himself into a corner which he then magically got out of. Hmmm, now that I am writing this down, I think that I am going to go up and take away another star.