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I have read about 95% of Dean Koontz's books over the years, having been a fan of his since the 1970s. He uses elements of his book "Watchers" and changes them for this book. In Watchers, there was a super intelligent golden retriever (created in a lab) that is repeated in this book. The crazy and violent apes of "Watchers" come to life in the form of a human in this book. Then there are the usual formula that Koontz uses in all of his books: a possible romance; the ongoing, never ending battle between good and evil; the government and its continuing attempts to be at the top of the food chain; a local sheriff who may or may not be on the take; and so on. I still find enough differences in his writing to enjoy his books. They are full of adventure and have a morality based around the idea of the family in them that I find refreshing. Koontz's books are never dated and I have gone back and reread many because of the timelessness he writes into them. Odd Thomas is probably my favorite character, with Jane Hawks following closely behind, perhaps because these characters appear in a series of texts.