The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz

Jane Hawk, Book 4

Synopsis: “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.

Review: I had really enjoyed the previous volumes and was curious to find out how Jane Hawk would deal with the consequences of the recent events. It must be said that our heroine sees a lot of things during the course of the volumes.

This time, our heroine has to find her son after his guardians were killed. A difficult task, especially since her enemies hope to set a trap for her. She must therefore ask for help from all her allies to achieve her goal. Fortunately, there are always people who are there to help her! On top of that, her in-laws are on the run and the Arcadians are determined to find them to use them.

It was a great novel! There’s a lot going on and you don’t see the pages scrolling!  I couldn’t wait to find out if our heroine and her relatives were going to make it and especially how, because the danger is getting closer with every page.

Volume 5 has already been released in English and I can’t wait to find out!