FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE by Dean Koontz *****

For some reason I took too long to read this one. Must have been busy during the week. Anyway this is a convoluted story about several people and how in the end their lives all intersect. T

There's a hint of  God and religion, a touch of Steven Hawkins string theory with the bubbles of lives we supposedly have whenever we face choices. Told by a kid like this:Everyone is a tree, and if you make one decision (major) to say go to college then the person you are on another branch of the tree goes on to college and each branch of that are other decisions. I thought that was a good allegory.

So a boy at about 3 can walk in the rain and not get wet cuz he walks where 'there is no rain' and there are others who have various little quirks like that. His dad died on the way to the hospital when his mom was in labor.

Meanwhile it begins really good with a loving couple climbing a mountain fire tower and it has weak spots so the guy at the spur of the moment decides to shove the wife off it.  He does so and changes his life in a negative way, collects money from the state for the weak railing, then buys ugly art, then hears the name Bartholomew someplace, can't remember where and thinks he has to kill him. There is a Barty in the story who is the 3 year old and can't possibly cause him any threat but he raped a young girl who got pregnant and had a child. She dies giving birth but names the baby Angel and the sister against all she believes in raises the kid even tho at first all she can feel is hatred towards the baby but in time she loves her.

All these people come together with a detective chasing after Junior the child rapist-wife murderer and it's a long process of describing their lives and what goes on until the day they all meet. Liked it a lot would buy it. This was written ca2000.