![]() ![]() and so on.Īdd to that her best friend's rise from child-shelter poverty to success as a comedian, the theme of time travel, the intrusion of Nazi Germany - including a brief depiction of Hitler himself (not to mention Winston Churchill), the identity and purpose of the mysterious stranger, and a cat-and-mouse chase involving Laura and other characters, and we begin to see how chock full of plot "Lightning" is. ![]() The central character, Laura Shane, suffers all manner of triumph and tragedy in the 30-plus years the novel encompasses.Īfter a mysterious stranger saves her at birth from the near-fatal attentions of a drunken doctor, she endures the death of her father, the dubious comforts of a child shelter, a near rape by a first-class sleazebag (Willy Sheener - a name straight out of Dickens), the death of a much-loved foster mother, the death of a much-loved roommate, a perfect marriage, unbelievable success as a novelist, the death of a husband. ![]() In "Lightning," Dean Koontz has attempted a mind-boggling hybrid, with elements of the romance, the science fiction novel, the Dickensian potboiler and the suspense thriller blended in the same melting pot. ![]()
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