Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.Most Koontz fans rank this as one of their favorites by him. It's a time travel novel that goes back in time to WWII. The romance angle was kind of creepy, but Koontz made it work. It is highly recommended for the sci-fi fan and the literary critic alike. Both new and old fans alike will find things to enjoy in Koontz' 1988 classic, which has been critically acclaimed again and again over the years. Lightning is a thrilling mix of sci-fi and suspense, sure to please lovers of both genres. Today, he lives in Orange County, California, with his Wife, Gerda. He wrote his first novel in his spare time and continued to write over a dozen sci-fi novels after its widely acclaimed success. A celebrated author of widely-varied suspense thrillers, he graduated from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and did a short stint as an English teacher before becoming a bestselling author.

The day of his funeral, the blonde stranger appears again, which raises more questions than answers: Who is he? What does he want? Why does he keep appearing in Laura's life? Is he an angel? A supernatural villain? It's hard to say.Īmerican author Dean Koontz was born in 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. Although her mother dies in childbirth, Laura learns to be content with her father, until the day that a junkie robs their convenience store and takes him from her forever. A mysterious blonde stranger saves her from the drunken doctor attempting to attend her delivery. The night she was born, a freak lightning storm struck, the likes of which hadn't been seen in years. Laura Shane always knew something was odd about her.

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