![]() ![]() He is the most frightening villain in any of Koontz’s novels. Ahriman, the name of the Zoroastrian devil). Koontz clearly wished to portray him as a modern Satan (and he signals that at the outset by naming him Dr. fiction was as much of a principle as it was a preference. Koontz’s psychiatrist is an utterly evil character with no sympathetic qualities whatsoever. Neither Dusty nor Martie had read it, because they preferred to read fiction. This was Ahriman’s current best-seller, a work of psychological nonfiction about learning to love yourself. ![]() Puzzled, Dusty took the book from her, and Valet stretched his head up, flared his nostrils, sniffing. She withdrew a brightly jacketed hardback book. ![]() Martie tore the envelope, and the noise excited Valet, probably because it sounded like a bag of treats being opened. On the table, Ned had also left a note taped to a padded mailing envelope: Dusty, found this propped against your front door. ![]() They hadn’t remembered to tell Ned Motherwell to switch lights on for Valet, but Ned did indeed mother well, leaving the kitchen brightly lit. “Instead, he was all golden, grinning, wagging forgiveness, snuggling in for a cuddle, then bounding away in pure delight because the masters were home, seizing a plush yellow Booda duck and biting it to produce a cacophony of quacks. ![]()
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