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  <title><![CDATA[Lightning]]></title>
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  <default_description>A storm struck on the night Laura Shane was born, and there was a strangeness about the weather that people would remember for years. But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere&#8212;the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery.

Years later&#8212;another bolt of lightning&#8212;and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy. Was he the guardian angel he seemed? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond time and space?</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1988</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Lightning</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dean Koontz]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 06 19:06:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I used to be a die-hard Koontz fan; I think some of his books in the past five years have fallen off a bit, but Lightning remains in my top ten.  I still have my tattered copy, and look forward to reading it for the third time in the future.  Like some of his other books (particularly Intensity), Ko...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4179842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely love this book and remembered how much when I recently read it for the second time. Now, Dean Koontz can write some weird, if not, scary books, but this one was really good. Ultimately, it's a love story that crosses time barriers between the Nazi Germany era and present day. It spans t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13116195">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I adore this book. It is one of my all time favorites. I can't really explain without giving things away, but this was my first Koontz book and it just grabbed hold of me.<br/><br/>I love most of Koontz' work, despite the fact that he has about 3 or 4 formulas that his work fits into, they still e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12497711">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Disillusioned Stephen King fans.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dean Koontz's Lightning is one of the first &quot;adult&quot; books I remember reading. It was certainly the first adult novel I read for leisure. This book came to me when I was, as a child, graduating from juvenile fiction on to something more substantial. It is the first such book I remember read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7198473">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="78731880">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 23 07:46:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I originally read this way back when it was released and I was still a teen but have held on to it ever since. I'm going to finally set it free but will reread it first to see what I think now that I'm a wee bit older ;)<br/><br/>Comments on the reread:<br/>As is typical of many of Koontz novels,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78731880">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 22 11:42:32 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fnordinc.com/2009/11-14/audiobook-review-lightning-dean-koontz/" title="http://www.fnordinc.com/2009/11-14/audiobook-review-lightning-dean-koontz/">http://www.fnordinc.com/2009/11-14/audio...</a><br/><br/>still sick.. bear with me if my grammar and such sucks today…<br/><br/>on a recent trip to california for a wedding, jenn and i decided to spend the whole trip not talking to each other. no no no, it wasnt because of bad stuff, it was because...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78642416">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64708419">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another best-selling author that piqued my curiosity, and I wanted to see what all the hoopla was about, so I researched all his books on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Audible.com">Audible.com</a> and Amazon and chose one with high ratings and the seemingly least offensive plot.  In this book, time travelers from Nazi Germany are steali...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64708419">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44508971">
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ok.  so in the book mentioned repeatedly (like most everything else in the book - i could totally write a book and just repeat things over and over again.  and use the word &quot;very&quot; 30 times before the noun.... ah &quot;summer school.&quot;  love that movie) is the phenomenon that time tends...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44508971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53862872">
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  <read_at>Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dean Koontz is a good novelist for his genre.  There's no denying his ability to spin a yarn as entertaining as anyone.  &quot;Lightning&quot;, however (one of his older books I picked up simply because of all the thunderstorms we've been having here in the south) is the written equivalent of &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53862872">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39582764">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lindsay]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 08 05:46:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 08 05:56:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[  Do you ever wonder if things that happen are real, or if it is your mind playing tricks on you? Lightning is a model for a woman struggling to figure out if what if what is going on is true or if it is just her mind playing tricks on her. A woman and her husband has jjust moved into their new hous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39582764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71134409">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stefanie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 21:22:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 21:28:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I may have a different perspective on this book because I read it when I was 12 or 13 and loved it!! Maybe reading it for the first time as an adult would have allowed me to be more critical, but I still love re-reading it every now and again. This book got me hooked on Dean Koontz and I've stayed f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71134409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36159430">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sean]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 18:26:40 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was recommended by a friend.  This book got me reading as an adult.  I am now re-reading it to see how good this &quot;first&quot; book was.<br/><br/>I enjoyed the book the second time through and upped my rating by a star.  I found the story interesting, the main character well-developed (th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36159430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59998677">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another one of my all-tive fave books!<br/>Dean Koontz is a fave author of mine too.<br/><br/>This book went against the rules of the genre... and naturally I love anything rebellious!  So before I even started the first chapter I was dancing in my seat.  Lol.<br/><br/>A fantastic story...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59998677">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48452741">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 10 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very Good Read.<br/>I wrote the author a letter asking if he would come to the bookstore I worked in at the time for a book signing.<br/>He actually wrote me back declining however he said he would mention my bookstore in his upcoming book which was this one.<br/>The store the little girl is take...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48452741">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74288993">
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    <name><![CDATA[Thomas]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was the first koontz book i ever read. i had no idea what to expect from the author at all!  as soon as i was done with this one, i began a journey to look for other koontz books. i was in a situation that made it difficult to find a big variety or books to read. but i made the best of a bad si...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74288993">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65225774">
    <user id="825900">
    <name><![CDATA[Sabine]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know why I am surprised that I liked this book as much as I did, it is Koontz after all. But I seem to go through this cycle. Five years ago I said I would never read Koontz. I did not enjoy &quot;horror' books. Then when I finally picked up ODD THOMAS and fell in love with the character, th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65225774">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37248641">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Favorite Quotes</strong><br/><br/>Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage.<br/>--Lao Tzu<br/><br/>Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, they’d envy you that. But since you don’t, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/468757">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laura Shane has balls, Stefan Krieger has a romantic soul, and I want to marry Danny Packard.  It's an easy yet very involving book and I recommend it for a long train ride or flight.  Don't let anyone give you spoilers.  As a whole, there is not much to be taken away except an extremely good read. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59479577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite Dean Koontz book of all time, although there are many great books of his with wonderful characters, this books always draws me back.  I have read it countless times and never bore of the story.  Dean Koontz has a knack for bringing to life interesting and quirky characters, which...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55647890">more...</a>]]></body>
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