Dean Koontz has done it again with INNOCENCE. The two main characters have spent their lives hiding from contact with humanity. Addison spends his life hiding underground; from the moment he was born he has had to hide. The nurse at his birth tried to kill him, and if not for his mother, she would have. Any time someone looks upon his face they get violent and attack him. Yet Addison is the kindest most understanding person you will ever meet.

Gwyneth spends her life hiding in numerous locations above ground. She has also been hiding her whole life. Gwyneth hides her face behind layers of make up when she goes outside, avoiding the touch of anyone. She is trying to prove her father was murdered and bring to justice the man she believes killed him. Gwyneth and Addison meet in a strange twist of fate at the library late one night. Their meeting sparks a series of events that ultimately leads them to come together and help each other as the planet and mankind are faced with world-altering events.

Dean Koontz manages to show the utter evil of mankind while also showing the very best of it. As you read INNOCENCE, you try to understand how any person can suffer so much and be so pure of heart. In telling this story, Dean Koontz makes you want to be a better person. Koontz pulls from the depth of our soul the good he hopes is in all of humanity, making us want a better world for our children. Dean Koontz is a master, and in this book he shows us what could be and what the cost is to mankind.