This book should have been five starred. However, it would very prejudicial for the author if I will excoriate the book out of my own dislikes. Honestly, the first person point of view should not have been used because it could have been more compelling to use otherwise, more details, less talk. It quite started and went through the middle so smooth and scary. I was speelbound by the scare tactics of the sociopath and always kept wondering what was his motive to murder writers and painters. However when it ended, I thought it was just hanging and less effective. The addition of teleportation and "Prince of Persia Sands of Time"-alike thing deteriorates the story. I wouldn't have thought the novel would have been a scifi.

On the other hand, it is not about what should have been, but what must have been. The humor and creepiness of the plot filled in the loopholes and few of the lousy parts of the book. I was delighted of how Koontz value tranquility, culture, classic novels, and some points on the morality of the contemporary world.

It's a good read, after all.