Review: A glimpse into the world of The City, Dean Koontz's upcoming novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
The narrator of The Neighbor, Malcolm Pomerantz, explains at the beginning of the story that he's the best friend of Jonah Kirk, the protagonist of Dean Koontz's, The City.  The Neighbor is about an incident that happened when Malcolm was twelve, and he hadn't met Jonah at that point.  Malcolm and his teen sister, Amalia, live in a house with parents who are indifferent to them and to each other.  Because of their parents' lack of love the siblings are extremely close and supportive of each other.  This is reflected throughout the story.  So when they're faced with a problem, they don't inform their parents, they handle it themselves.  The problem in this short story is, something strange is going on in their deceased neighbor's house.  When they go over to the house to investigate they discover a malevolent presence has moved in.  Once again, Dean Koontz has crafted a story that will not only scare you half to death, but leave you inspired by the behavior of his characters in the end.  I'm eagerly anticipating reading The City when it's released in July.