Books.....Glorius Books

My entire life I could not get enough books and that has not changed. All of my life I have been an avid reader and my favorite author is Dean Koontz. I have almost all, if not, all of his books in hard cover. He romanticizes the supernatural in the sense that there is always a hero and heroine and good always wins out in the end.

The latest book of his called "What The Night Knows" was no exception. It was about a man who as a teenager snuck out to meet his then girlfriend, only to return to his house in the middle of his family being slaughtered. He walked in after his parents were murdered and one sister and just after the murderer was finishing with his other sister. The murderer was a serial killer who had terrorized and murdered 3 families before this character's family. The main character ended up killing the murderer who in his last breathe promised he would return to wreak havoc when he was grown and had his own family.

Some 20 years later, the main character is a police detective and married with a 13 year old son, 11 year old daughter and a 6 year old daughter. A teenage boy has killed his entire family and is placed in a psychiatric ward. Some of the patterns of the killing remind the main character of the patterns this other used back when his family was killed.

Suddenly the boy becomes catatonic and another family killing happens matching the same pattern with the boy locked up still. The boy suddenly dies and the other family that was killed by another member of their family. This leads the main character to do some research and searching and finds that his family is targeted to be the 4th family once again.

As it turns out, the original mad man had come back from the dead in spirit only and is able to enter the bodies of only certain people who have weak personalities and/or have committed atrocities in their lives, thus making them an easy possession. The number of folks involved in placing the main character's family in jeopardy escalates as does the novel in quite surprising ways.

Now I have written the above after reading the novel and have made it sound so predictable, but it is everything but. There are a bunch of details that I have left out, needless to say, it kept me turning the pages at a fast pace! This novel grips you from the start and does not let go even after you finish the book. Suffice it to say, the family survived and are more in tact then before they went through this nightmare together.

I enjoyed it for a number of reasons, but, I think the majority of the reasoning is because life can throw some huge curve balls in your path. With diligence and determination, as well as, a belief that goodness wins out in the end, you can overcome any obstacles! I do believe that strength of spirit is important from a karma perspective also. I believe we are our own worse enemies as it turned out this character realized this and was able to stop the madness. Also, you truly do reap what you sow and should concentrate on your strengths and your needs which is something I am just trying to do. Being Self-Centered versus Self-Appreciating is total opposites and the differences can be blurred. If you don't appreciate yourself - no one else will!

It was almost like I needed to read this book........................