Another hefty tome from the master of the supernatural. Koontz is narrating the story of Bibi Blair, who is a young girl trying to cope with the demons of her past and establishing a life of her own. When she is diagnosed with a very dangerous tumor and is declared to have at most one year to live, she challenges the doctor and says "we'll see". Events take a strange turn after that moment and she is pursued by strange people or creatures, illness mysteriously healed, a lunatic neo-Nazi threatening to kill her in the most violent ways and the goal to save a girl named Ashley Bell.

The first half of the book is very exciting with chapters alternating between current time and flashbacks of earlier periods in Bibi's life, slowly unfolding the mysteries of her life. While she is tackling a host of dangerous adversaries, her SEAL boyfriend is pursuing enemies of a different type but as dangerous in faraway lands.

Koontz is introducing supernatural characters and events as usual, but is introducing a very interesting concept in the conclusion of the book which has to do with the creativity of authors and the relation with their characters. Although the ending might be a little bit disappointing, it also opens up the possibility of a sequel, albeit very faintly.