| “Relentless” by Dean Koontz is a good thriller. It involves a writer, called Cubby, who is given a bad review of his book by a psychopath called, Shearman Waxx. Cubby is curious as to who the reviewer is and arranges to see him at the critic’s favorite eating spot. After surreptitiously observing him for a while, Cubby takes his son to the restroom and runs into the critic there. His son almost pees on Waxx and in anger he says the word “Doom” to Cubby. The story begins with this simple incident and gets increasingly bizarre and unbelievable as you flip the pages. |
In the world of Dean Koontz, everything is possible. In his books, I have read of people with supernatural powers, Elvis roaming the country as a sad ghost, and dogs that can do just about anything. This book is no different. Cubby has a brilliant son who attempts to build time travel machines and devices that can affect the space-time continuum. There is, of course, a dog with supernatural powers in the book. No one knows this for sure until close to the end of the story, but the dog can do some amazing things.
It is easy to think that this is a book written by an author who is a little crazy, but it is not. The book is just a fun story with a moral message. This is also consistent with all of Dean Koontz’s books. I enjoyed reading the story and absolutely loved the last couple of sentences that relate to the title of the book. I would quote it here, but it might ruin some of the story for you. Get yourself a copy, you won’t regret it.
