Not his best — but Koontz is a genius of the interesting plot.

And he’s a very good story teller.

It’s a horror story. But one with a surprisingly uplifting ending.

… Billy Wiles has not even turned on his PC since his fiancée Barbara fell into a coma several years ago. Leading the life of a recluse who spends his spare time alone at home doing woodwork, he leaves his secluded house only when he goes to work as a bartender. …

… takes the law into his own hands when, out of the blue, he is threatened by an anonymous adversary ..