Life Expectancy
By Dean Koontz
pgs: 335
I have read several Koontz novels but out of the collection, so far this one is my favorite. I am amazed by his entertaining and very complex plot lines. His novels are also of such variety that one questions where he gets his ideas from. However, this novel includes clowns who go on maniac binges and attack people, towns, and certain families. The premise of this story is a dying grandfather prophesizes five days of terror for his grandson who has not been born yet. He makes his son write these days down. The rest of the story is about this boy and later his family experiencing the effects of this prophecy when the five days happen. The story contains a lot of suspense and flows very quickly. Koontz does a good job of maintaining humor in his tales for his readers to enjoy. In addition, he does a wonderful job of adding twists into the tale that surprise the reader and that cannot be foreseen. If you are either a Koontz or Stephen King fan, I would recommend this book to you. Its plot line is just fabulous and it keeps you entertained as well as pleased. Koontz did a wonderful job of writing this tale.