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Violence
A lot
Significant thriller violence including murder, pursuit, and the aftermath of a catastrophic crash
Language
Some
Adult language in Koontz's thriller register
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking in the grief and investigation context
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of a man destroyed by grief who discovers the disaster that ruined him was no accident — and what he does with that knowledge — drives the novel's emotional engine
What this book is about
Dean Koontz's thriller follows Joe Carpenter, a grieving journalist whose wife and daughters died in a commercial plane crash, who discovers that someone survived the crash — someone with abilities that have attracted powerful, dangerous attention. Koontz moves through the conspiracy efficiently; the novel combines thriller plotting with his characteristic supernatural elements. Significant violence and psychological weight appropriate to the conspiracy thriller genre.
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