The Forbidden Door Jane Hawk #4 by Dean Koontz
ISBN: 9780525483700 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780525483922 (ebook)
ISBN: 9781543627299 (audiobook)
ASIN: B07B2JR8RS (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Bantam Books
Release Date: September 11, 2018
When this relentless rogue FBI agent comes knocking, her adversaries will have to answer—with their lives—in the latest thrilling Jane Hawk novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Corner.
“We’re rewriting the play, and the play is this country, the world, the future. We break Jane’s heart, we’ll also break her will.”
She was one of the FBI’s top agents until she became the nation’s most-wanted fugitive. Now Jane Hawk may be all that stands between a free nation and its enslavement by a powerful secret society’s terrifying mind-control technology. She couldn’t save her husband, or the others whose lives have been destroyed, but equipped with superior tactical and survival skills—and the fury born of a broken heart and a hunger for justice—Jane has struck major blows against the insidious cabal.
But Jane’s enemies are about to hit back hard. If their best operatives can’t outrun her, they mean to bring her running to them, using her five-year-old son as bait. Jane knows there’s no underestimating their capabilities, but she must battle her way back across the country to the remote shelter where her boy is safely hidden . . . for now.
As she moves resolutely forward, new threats begin to emerge: a growing number of brain-altered victims driven hopelessly, violently insane. With the madness spreading like a virus, the war between Jane and her enemies will become a fight for all their lives—against the lethal terror unleashed from behind the forbidden door.
We first met Jane Hawk in The Silent Corner when she had sold her home, packed up as much as possible, took a leave of absence from the FBI, and drove from Virginia to acquaintances in California, dropping off her five-year-old son Travis, before beginning her quest for answers and, yes, just a bit of vengeance against her husband’s death and threats against her son. She obtained some answers but found herself driving back across the country to obtain more answers in The Whispering Room the second book in this series, to Iron Furnace Lake, Kentucky where she met a sheriff from the mid-West and they helped to rescue several children from the town filled with adjusted adults. This chance meeting in Kentucky meant Jane learned that children under the age of 16 can’t be injected with the nanites to become “adjusted” or mind-controlled. She also learned the key-phrase used to gain control of these adjusted people at that time. In the third book in this series, The Crooked Staircase, Jane has once again returned to California and is attempting to learn more about the upper echelons of the Techno Arcadians. But this shadow cabal is out for Jane in a vicious way and feel that the best way to get her to get her son. His safe place is no longer safe and her friends are able to spirit him away to another safe hiding place just minutes before their property is invaded. Now Jane knows that it is truly take-no-prisoners scenario and she is ready to kill or be killed when it comes down to protecting her innocent son. Thankfully, the Techno Arcadians don’t have her son, but they seem to be closing in. And the group also seems to be closing in on Jane’s in-laws and neighbors while launching a full-scale media campaign targeting Jane as public enemy number one. Jane’s friends and family recognize this smear campaign for what it is, but other’s may believe the lies so Jane continues to wear disguises and live an incognito life. Not as easy to do as you might think, when this cabal can hack into any camera system across the US, tag license plates, and use facial recognition software to track people, innocent or guilty, for their nefarious purposes. Is it possible for Jane and her small crew of friends to reach her son and once again spirit him safely away when everything they do might be watched? If that’s not problematic enough, it appears that some of the adjusted people are walking through a so-called “forbidden door” and going beyond crazy, like rabid animals. It’s one thing to deal with a group of crazy cabal thugs, but to deal with crazed rabid humans on top of everything else?!
I’ve read all of the books in the Jane Hawk series several times. I had to reread The Silent Corner before reading The Whispering Room when it was released, and then reread both books before reading The Crooked Staircase when it was released. And yes, I just reread the previous books before reading The Forbidden Door. Just in case you can’t tell, I’m loving this series and find Jane Hawk to be one incredibly strong, cunning, funny, and yet flawed character. If I had to deal with a strong enemy, I’d definitely want Jane Hawk fighting for me. I’ve enjoyed the friendships she’s made over the course of this series, especially those with Luther Tillman (the sheriff) and Bernie Riggowitz (the retired wigmaker – read the series to learn more about Bernie), the drama occurring on the Hawk’s neighboring Longrin ranch with the Techno Arcadians – especially between 13-y.o. Laurie Longrin and so-called FBI agent Janis Dern, and more. Yes, there’s a lot going in this book as well as the previous books. There’s a shadow government-like group trying to create a utopian society while eliminating anyone that they feel may get in their way. There’s tons of psychological suspense, lots of violence (can’t have an overthrow of any kind without violence), and drama tinged with just a bit of horror that some of this might be based in reality. The Forbidden Door is the fourth book in the Jane Hawk series and has a lot more violence and drama than previous books but we also witness Jane starting to make some headway in her fight for justice. I can only hope that the fifth book in this series, The Night Window, sees her become victorious and the bad guys toppled and imprisoned. I know, the odds are slim to none, but hope springs eternal. If you’ve read the previous books in this series, then I strongly encourage you to grab a copy of The Forbidden Door to read. If you’re a Dean Koontz fan but haven’t read any books in this series begin with The Silent Corner and read through The Forbidden Door. I strongly recommend this series to fans of psychological suspense-thrillers or anyone seeking something different to read. Of course, after reading this series, you may never want to go online, use a smartphone, or GPS ever again. I’ll be rereading the entire series when The Night Window is released. Yes, again (while hoping and praying none of this is based on anything close to reality)!
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