Dean Koontz Quick Silver #deankoontz #quicksilver

Quinn Quicksilver, abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona, eventually makes his way to a Catholic orphanage, where he finds stability and peace. He likes the sisters and the friends he's made, until his best friend is murdered by the father who abandoned him. Quinn is left bereft in an unforgiving universe.

After graduation, Quicksilver takes a job on a magazine writing about the benefits of living in Arizona. Everything is normal, things heading in the right direction, until one morning he is driven by a strange compulsion to an abandoned building where he finds a rare and expensive coin. From that moment on, Quinn is led by destiny and compulsion to save the universe in a way he could never have expected.

​No spoilers here.

Dean Koontz is one of my top five writers. I love his style. Adore it actually. He places interesting words in the most innocuous places, taking the readers from the story, BUT it doesn't matter because a true fan (like me) knows it is coming and pretty soon will have a new word to add to their vocabulary. 

Quicksilver is typical Koontz; characters you get attached to fighting evil in unique situations. The writing is quick and easy, the excitement never-ending. Koontz is a unique writer. He uses words like others use paint brushes. Horror is not his only genre and if you haven't checked out his other books, I encourage you to do so. 

Thank you, Dean, for making my evenings exciting enough to forget to go to sleep.