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May 08, 2019maucarden rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
So this is it; the grand finale, the end of the wild ride, the whole enchilada, fini, -30-. I am glass eyed from trying in one night to finish Dean Koontz’s The Night Window, the fifth and final Jane Hawk book. As much as I wanted to see much of what happened happen, I am really sorry to see this marvelous series end. Yeah, baby, parse that sentence. Common wisdom says one should start this series from the beginning, but we aren’t all “adjusted” yet. A major villain, Warwick Hollister, the guy with so much money that he makes single-digit billionaires look like simple trash, does a great job in summarizing the previous books. Hollister makes this grand summary, demonstrates some of his power to a filmmaker and then sends the filmmaker on a run for his life. Ah, what fun the super rich must have. Other than for the expository pages I’m not sure why so much time is devoted to Hollister’s craziness and death chase of the filmmaker. Former FBI Agent Jane Hawk has been fighting almost single handedly against a group called the Techno-Arcadians who have developed a means for widespread mind-control, through nano-technology; and therefore a new way to take control of the country, then the world. Jane has been on the run ever since she discovered her beloved husband Nick’s suicide was not a suicide but part of the effort to eliminate anyone who might have the intelligence, the means, or the influence to fight the Techno-Arcadians. They just weren’t smart enough to include an enraged widow and fierce mother on their “Hamlet List”; the list of those slated as suicides for the same reasons and same method as Nick. Jane is running out of steam and options. It seems as if every method she has used to escape detection is being eliminated. At the same time she is discovering there are people who don’t believe Jane Hawk is the beautiful, murderous monster that the Techno-Arcadians have turned her into via the corrupt media. Jane is joined by a former co-worker from the FBI, Vikram Rangnekar, a computer genius who is willing to aid Jane, along with the surprising help of his family. Travis, Jane’s five year old son is still under the protection of a man in his eighties and a younger man who is severely on the spectrum. At one point they encounter a woman with a secret basement who spent most of WWII hiding in a comparable basement. This is a true moment of grace and remembrance in this book, of what can really happen with an out of control government. I love this series for the excitement, for the thought-provoking moments, for Koontz’s masterful storytelling. The ending ofThe Night Window caught me totally by surprise. So shocking, yet made so much sense. Did I mention shocking? I’m really not sure what to write now. This is Dean Koontz, the master, the original; the Dean Koontz who writes books that readers still talk about twenty years after reading them So I will just sadly say good bye to Jane, Travis, Vikram, and all of the brave souls who helped Jane. I’ll miss y’all. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.