Part one of term paper
What can make a book so intense that you are nervously anxious to see what will happen next? This is what Dean Koontz does with extreme sensibility. Very rarely is a psycho-thriller like this done without moments of stupidness and predictability. Koontz’ attention to detail makes the novel a very surreal experience. The precise descrip ...

Part two of term paper
... either, just a man who could be anyone’s neighbor. It all comes together to be the most intense read I have had for quite a while. The heroine of the novel, Chyna Shepherd, is a 26-year old psychology student working hard to avoid being Edgler Vess’ next victim. Staying in the guest room of a friends house she hears “a soft thump, as though a heavy object had fallen to a carpeted floor.” Then there is “silence sifted down like a snowfall.” Pg.23. Things become suspenseful alread ...