Carpe Noctem
After finishing the first Christopher Snow novel, Fear Nothing, I smoothly transitioned into the sequel, Seize the Night. Seize the Night picks up only a month after its predecessor and begins immediately with Snowman on the trail of a very fishy kidnapping. Along with his pal Orson, essentially Einstein in dog form, Snow tracks the kidnapping back to where? Fort Wyvern of course!
This book takes a little bit of a shift away from Fear Nothing in that more things are being revealed to you about Wyvern on a much more consistent basis. This suited me very well because it was paced well and the different reveals kept it exciting, and of course the inevitable cliff hanger at the end of each small reveal kept you vigorously flipping each new page. In addition to things that Seize the Night does better than its predecessor, the end of Seize the Night is much more exciting and climactic.
However, for me, there was one pretty big drawback, but it is in the name of plot development. One of my favorite characters in the book goes missing within the first few chapters and remains unseen for the majority of the book. This absence, however, was just another factor keeping me flipping those pages because I couldn’t wait for the return of said character. But, there is more from Bobby Halloway and Sasha Goodall in this book which I was happy to accept with open arms because Bobby is as he would say “mondo cool” and Sasha is the girl who every guy wants to be with.
All in all this is an exceptional read and should not be passed up by any Dean Koontz fans and should be a definite consideration for any fan of suspense and mystery. And, if you’ve already read Fear Nothing and have yet to pick up Seize the Night, close this page immediately and go to your nearest bookstore or maybe even www.deankoontz.com for more information.
