Dean Koontz's writing was just as expected--rich language and and engaging story that keeps you turning the pages; love his sense of humour, too, that he splashes throughout. Dean's stories always have a hint of the weird or supernatural in them, which in other books of his that I've read have been believable. I felt I had to stretch my imagination a bit with the 'weirdness' he presented in this book, because much of it was introduced towards the end. I felt that if some of the specifics had been woven in more detail throughout the story from the beginning, the way I've experienced in his other stories, it would have been easier to stretch the imagination. Still a well-written book overall.