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Book Review of Lightning

Lightning
Lightning
Author: Dean Koontz
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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From Library Journal:

On the night of Laura Shane's birth, a stranger appears from the lightning to prevent her delivery's being botched by an alcoholic physician. Throughout Laura's childhood the stranger reappears at times of danger. He protects rather than threatens, yet menace seems to follow him. Thirty years later another storm flashes and the stranger collapses, shot, at Laura's door. Now Laura protects her erstwhile guardian from mysterious hunters. He reveals that he and the hunters are time travelers. Laura, quick-witted and brave, leads the way to a bloody showdown. The paradox in time travel's tampering with history provides an interesting twist in this gripping thriller by a popular writer.

This is one of my favorite Koontz books, though that's not saying much. I get tired of his Man-Woman-Boy-Dog characters (there's no dog in this one, just Man-Woman-Boy) that make me feel like I'm reading the same book over and over. Anyhow, if you're a Koontz fan and haven't read it, you're sure to like this one.