The Face by Dean Koontz

Ethan Truman thought all along that he was tracking down a perverted hater of his employer Channing Manheim, a blockbuster film actor. As far as he knows, the six black boxes that were sent were as puzzling as the actor's charisma. Not only does he have to make sense of the gruesome collection but while looking for clues he becomes involved in some extraordinary events which involved his supposedly dead best friend Duncan Whistler. Unknown forces were at work and even the dead are trying to send messages to Ethan. Meanwhile, Corky Laputa's plans to kidnap Channing's son, Aelfric, seem to come together and it seems like even Ethan and some supernatural help could not stop it.

Koontz is good at creating characters with depth although readers who have read a number of his books might see similarities in the main characters. At the start of the book the main character Ethan seemed to be confronted with two situations, one of which are events involving Ethan's wife and his best friend that help the reader to get an intimate look at his past and his inner thoughts. Although not as epic as Koontz's other more well-known novels, The Face has everything Koontz fans love about his books. Koontz is a master at mixing the supernatural and suspense and this book does not fail to inspire and terrify the reader about the salvation and the damnation of the soul.

Rating: 7 out of 10