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#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz delivers a mesmerizing new thriller that explores the razor-thin line between the best and worst of human nature—and the anarchy simmering just beneath society’s surface—as a likeable, successful family man is drawn into a confrontation with a foe of unimaginable malice….

Bestselling novelist Cullen “Cubby” Greenwich is a lucky man and he knows it. He makes a handsome living doing what he enjoys. His wife, Penny, a children’s book author and illustrator, is the love of his life. Together they have a brilliant six-year-old, Milo, affectionately dubbed “Spooky,” and a non-collie named Lassie, who’s all but part of the family.

So Cubby knows he shouldn’t let one bad review of his otherwise triumphant new book get to him—even if it does appear in the nation’s premier newspaper and is penned by the much-feared, seldom-seen critic, Shearman Waxx. Cubby knows the best thing to do is ignore the gratuitously vicious, insulting, and inaccurate comments. Penny knows it, even little Milo knows it. If Lassie could talk, she’d tell Cubby to ignore them, too.

Ignore Shearman Waxx and his poison pen is just what Cubby intends to do. Until he happens to learn where the great man is taking his lunch. Cubby just wants to get a look at the mysterious recluse whose mere opinion can make or break a career—or a life.

But Shearman Waxx isn’t what Cubby expects; and neither is the escalating terror that follows what seemed to be an innocent encounter. For Waxx gives criticism; he doesn’t take it. He has ways of dealing with those who cross him that Cubby is only beginning to fathom. Soon Cubby finds himself in a desperate struggle with a relentless sociopath, facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life.

Fearless, funny, utterly compelling, Relentless is Dean Koontz at his riveting best, an unforgettable tale of the fragile bonds that hold together all that we most cherish—and of those who would tear those bonds asunder.

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Author: Dean Koontz
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date: June 09, 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 0553807145
Package Length: 9.29 inches
Package Width: 6.3 inches
Package Height: 1.26 inches
Package Weight: 1.28 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 157 reviews
 
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2Re-Ludicrous more likely  Nov 22, 2009
Let's get this straight. A stranger barges into your house during the day. That night, he tasers you and your wife to an inch of your life. The next morning, he blows up your house. And STILL you don't call the cops?? It took all my respect for the institution of literature not to hurl this novel into the pool I was lazing beside as I read it. By the time I got to teleporting dogs and a cultural gatekeeper named Zazu, I was wondering if Dean Koontz had quickly churned this one out to pay off an unexpected tax bill. Dreadful.

3Fun But Lacking  Nov 21, 2009
Dean R. Koontz is one of those writers I read to learn the craft of writing. I followed him through the 1970s and watched him grow into the blockbuster writer he became in the 1980s. There's something honest and real about his writing that seduces me nearly every time I pick up one of his novels. And his prose is generally so smooth that I sail along without thinking about all the pages I'm turning because I'm so caught up in the story.

Relentless started out the same way. I love first person narration when I feel the character from page one, and Cubby Greenwich is one of those that commands instant attention. He's just an everyday kind of guy that sits down and spins his story. As a writer, husband, and father, he seems to have the kind of life all of us would like to have: great job he loves, spouse that loves him, and a kid that's a total pleasure to be around.

I went with the ride this time when a scathing review of Cubby's new book leaves him shaken and upset. I even bought the premise that the reviewer, Waxx, might be a sociopath or a supernatural entity bent on hellish torture for some unknown reason.

Unfortunately, that wasn't how Koontz took this novel.

But before I realized that, I'd gotten sucked into the story and ended up reading the book in a single sitting. My mind spun and bounced off the variable scenarios Koontz sets into motion during the novel. I was hypnotized by the action and the sheer terror inspired by Waxx and all the horrible things the man had done. This book felt as suspenseful as the author's earlier work, and it promised many of the same kinds of puzzles.

The chase Cubby, Penny, and Milo go on is enervating and absorbing for much of the book. I felt anxious as I learned the other stories out there that involved Waxx, but I couldn't shake the feeling that Waxx was just too powerful, too knowledgeable. Plus - I couldn't really fathom why the guy was going to all the trouble of killing so many people in the ways that he did. I mean, bottom line, a killer's gotta get something out of murdering people.


Another thing that jarred me was Koontz's presentation of six-year-old Milo. I know Koontz has a thing about children and always writes them as enhanced intellectually, emotionally, or empathetically. Milo gets all of the above and an innate scientific understanding - somehow - that just pushes him beyond belief on several levels.

Although I read the book at a frantic pace and seriously could not put it down, I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed in the ending. I wanted more after such a build up, especially more of an understandable conclusion. However, I still have to acknowledge Koontz's mastery of crafting prose that will keep readers glued to the pages. If you can suspend you disbelief and just go along for the ride, you'll probably enjoy this latest offering.


2Just rent it from the library  Nov 11, 2009
Not his worst book, but definitely not as intriguing as his earlier works. A waste of good money if you buy it. I doubt I will finish reading it.

4What Would You Do to Save Your Family?  Nov 08, 2009
I can't give the ending away, but I'd read Relentless again just to reread that ending. This is author Dean Koontz at his best. If you're in the mood for intense, heart-stopping plot with real themes of family and giftedness and the lengths people will go to to protect those they love, then this is the novel for you.

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5The Best Koontz Yet!  Nov 04, 2009
I'm a big Dean Koontz fan and I loved, absolutely loved this book! I read it in two sittings and thought about it in between. The characters are amazing, the language and words were delightful, the mystery element was both playful and intriguing, and the humor of Koontz as the author and the humor instilled in his lead characters was brilliant. While I wish a little more time would have been dedicated to the climax of the story, I was still content with the ending and the book as a whole.

 
 
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