...he did a wealth of science fiction early in his career and even wrote some porn to keep the bills paid...he would probably be mortified to hear me say "uneven" but he will let his preaching of the "all you need is love" gospel or St. Beatles get in the way of his story...his sense of humor is wicked though and I truly appreciate that...he's more slapstick to Uncle Steve's stand-up...I'm unlike lots of members here in that I can't tell when Koontz's being uneven, I just know what I like. I never finished Dark Rivers but loved Lightning, Tick Tock, The Bad Place, and others. What I appreciate most about Dean Koontz is that he was my first "horror" author (he's said he doesn't consider himself a horror author, or any other specific genre of author). He turned me on to horror literature and I love him for that.