Quicksilver

by Dean Koontz

When feverish politics and demented ideology entwine, those who are not well anchored to the beliefs that allow a civil society can be swept away, becoming part of the storm of madness that lays waste to everything.

Koontz has some memorable observations sprinkled into this book about a young man finding out he has special abilities and a foreordained destiny. It's a well worn theme but Koontz puts some new twists on it.