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Review title: Cold, no fire.
Product review: The writing is Dean Koontz. The classic 'protagonist with troubled past' is Koontz too. But the rest of it is blah.First of all, the characters' names. Only Dickens has been able to successfully give characters names that described their personalities. Thorne & Ironheart sound like a Harlequin fantasy. Second, the lack of a good antagonist. Koontz may have been trying to get away from Phantoms, Watchers, Midnight, etc. but this is a sad attempt to make us scared. The big secret of the book is a letdown worse than a bungee cord breaking. Ultimately, there's the happy ending where the bad part of the hero is exorcised and there's only good ol' Jim riding off into the sunset with his adoring sidekick (who's as interesting as Saran Wrap). As far as I'm concerned, Cold Fire lacks Intensity, and is a Bad Place.
