But there was no town remote enough, no fortress walls high enough to protect you from mad ideas with mass appeal. You could withdraw, remake your life with a small circle of friends who didn’t wish to silence and punish their fellow countrymen with whom they disagreed, who knew the grievous threat to peace that arose from contempt for others, from an inflated self-esteem that became vainglory. But of course there could be no escape from the overweening pride and arrogance of the species. Carson began to understand that what he sought was an escape from the hubris of humanity, from the endless discontent of those who believed in one utopia or another in spite of the fact that history showed utopian thinking to lead inevitably to disaster and often to mass murder on an industrial scale. When it was imposed in contempt for that experience and wisdom, then progress was in fact radical destruction. The events in the book are truly monstrous and perhaps not for the faint-hearted such as me, but faithful readers of Koontz will be delighted by another volume from this master.“Progress was real progress only when it evolved naturally and thoughtfully from the history of human experience and accumulated wisdom. The reader can find easy parallels to current events in this story of unbridled corporate greed setting loose a plague upon the world. Koontz has chosen to publish his book through Amazon - Amazon refuses to sell to their eBooks or Audible books to libraries. In a time where almost every individual is out of work and cannot afford to buy a book or audiobook - I am deeply disappointed that Mr. Dean Koontz, Devoted 4 likes Like Progress was real progress only when it evolved naturally and thoughtfully from the history of human experience and accumulated wisdom. Koontz pays homage to dogs with the epigram which begins this volume: “all answers are contained in the dog.” Dean Koontz loves dogs too much for that to happen. The readers will concur that it would take such a special dog to fend off all the strange happenings within this suspenseful story.
This reader agrees that all dogs are exceptional, but in Devoted, Koontz’s hero dog is paranormal. Koontz also has a great love of golden retrievers, which figure prominently in many of his stories. This book reads movie-ready he is a very good writer, and the reader can easily visualize every scene in the book. A former high school English teacher as well as a. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. There are prolific authors who have a loyal following, stay in their genre lane, and embroider consistent themes throughout their books. Dean Koontz was born on Jin Everett, Pennsylvania.
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