The setting starts in the 1965 with a killing and a birth. Enoch "Junior" Cain is the murderer and Bartholomew Lampion is the newborn. Their completely separate lives are then set on an inevitable collision course.

The character, Junior Cain is so meticulously described by the author, that you could almost sympathize with his reasoning. But, you know that he is as crazy as they come. Junior Cain kills because he can. Cain patterns his life from books, that someone nearly as sick as himself, which instructs him to strive to live in the present and enjoy everything that he wants whether or not it wants him.

Bartholomew Lampion is a gifted child even after his eyes are removed at the age of three, due to a rare form of cancer. Bartholomew can do amazing things and even regains his sight ten years later. A loving mother who is known to her community as the Pie Lady raises Bartholomew.

Dean Koontz tells a riveting story that runs the gauntlet of emotions from sad to joyous and everything in between.It also tells us how horrible and destructive a human being can be. The story is rich in triumph and tragedy combining religious belief, and supernatural powers to send a profound message to the reader. Which is; whatever you do, matters to everything in everyone.

~ Martha Augmon ~