Cold Fire

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Summary: My favorite Koontz book
Review: This os one of the earlier books by Koontz that I read and it has remained a favorite with me. So many other posts explained the plot that I won't bother, I'll just say that I really enjoyed "Cold Fire". It's classic Koontz and a great book for people to get introduced to Koontz's writing style. I've recommended this book to many friends and do to you too!

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Summary: Hot novel!
Review: Wow - I have been blown away by this fast paced novel. Until now, Watchers and From the Corner of His Eye have been my very favorite Koontz works, but I actually think Cold Fire is better - certainly as good as - both.

Cold Fire begins when Jim Ironheart is sent by an unknown force on a mission to save the life of a chosen child. On this journey, he bumps into uninspired reporter, Holly Thorne. Holly develops a deep interest in Jim's activities as her reporting skills discover this is not the first life he has saved. Holly is drawn into Jim's tangled life, where Jim is forced to confront demons from his past which threaten to destroy both he and Holly's future.

An amazing story, which for some reason is utterly believable. This is the greatest skill an author can hope to achieve and one with which Koontz is renowned for - the ability to turn fiction into believable science fiction, despite how far fetched the idea. Koontz has created a novel which you won't be able to put down.

The plane scene section of Cold Fire is totally gripping, fast paced and so real you most certainly won't want to read this part while airborne. I was in fact reading this section while traveling in a plane across turbulent Alaska, and happened to convince myself that the small carrier was going to crash and I was going to die. Fortunately it did not so I am able to write this review and hopefully convince you to pick up a copy of Cold Fire for an incredible read.

If you love Koontz, you will love Cold Fire. It's definitely one of his best ever -In summary, the novel is fast paced, extremely difficult to put down, the characters are very well developed and extremely lovable - flaws and all, for the romantics it contains a love story, its blended with the perfect balance of humor and in its entirity Cold Fire is totally gripping all the way.

Recommended!