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Book Review of Dark Rivers of the Heart

Dark Rivers of the Heart
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Action packed thriller with evil government agents, two heroes and one faithful dog. The Big Brother technology was mostly real when Koontz wrote this book back in 1994, and now sadly seems almost quaint - we have much better ways of surveillance and killing from above. Spencer and Valerie would have been blown to bits by a drone in the first 100 pages. I thought the addition of the serial killer dad was over the top...but that's what Koontz is all about. Talk about your purple prose! When it comes to evoking a mood or setting a scene, Koontz pulls out all the stops. Sometimes, IMHO, less is better. But the message in this book is still clear and still pertinent today.