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The Silent Corner is by far Dean Koontz best offering in many years. He’s not depending on strange occult or phantasmagoric story lines to keep the action moving. Instead he’s crafted Jane Hawk, an FBI operative, who is forced to go rogue when she stumbles upon a plot conjured by a mad scientist. It seems he’s created a method of mind control reminiscent of Manchurian Candidate wickedness. Jane, with her husband dead at the hands of this evil faction and her son in hiding, must singlehandedly keep one step ahead of her pursuers and the FBI who are tracking down one of their own who’s stepped over the line. She is being chased by the enigmatic “They”. The people who have done all of the bad stuff since the start of time. “They” who live in the closet or the basement. “They” who are willing to go to great lengths of rid the world of anything that is not within the bounds of their conspiracy. Jane befriends some unseemly characters who help her in the flight across country using her skills as a well-trained FBI agent. She’s forced to stay mostly off the grid using burner phones, a variety of cash bought vehicles, and library internet. No matter how far or fast she runs her pursuers are only a half-step behind. This is a heart pounding chase with good being pursued by evil which is Koontz trademark metaphor and what he does best. At its heart this is a thriller with a lot of cutting edge technology tossed in to keep this new and smart heroine on her game. Koontz is a master story-teller and I am left wanting more. Quickly, Dean, quickly.