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Violence
A lot
Violence from the people hunting the protagonists; some deaths
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
What it means to become something you didn't choose, a brother's unconditional love as the moral center of an action thriller, the horror of being hunted by people with resources and no restraint
What this book is about
Dylan O'Conner, his autistic brother Shepherd, and a comedian named Jillian Jackson are injected with an experimental nanotech substance by a frightened scientist in a roadside motel. The injection gives each of them different perceptual abilities — and makes them targets of the people who want the technology back. Dean Koontz's cross-country thriller has the propulsion of his best work and a particular warmth in the relationship between Dylan and Shep, whose autism is rendered with specificity and tenderness.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
violence from government-adjacent antagonists
injection as a violation of bodily autonomy
supernatural-adjacent elements
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