Speculative Fiction

BREATHLESS
Dean Koontz
Bantam

I don’t always get around to reading the latest Koontz, but I’m glad I didn’t miss this one. IMHO, Breathless is his best book in some time. I’d grown weary of his stories with kids who sound like fifty-year-olds, always so much more intelligent and brave than anyone else. Well, good deal. This time there are no children. There are dogs, of course. An Irish Wolfhound and, also of course, a mention of golden retrievers. But what makes this book so good is Koontz’s concept of a new species. Loved them. In my mind’s eye I could see them cavorting about, playing with Merlin the wolfhound. The two main characters are appealing people, though with troubled backgrounds, and I enjoyed the message of hope for them and the rest of the world in this book. This one is good enough I didn't want to put it down.