I see this novel is generally underrated because it seems slow to develop. This is probably because many readers are expecting Grant to read like King or McCammon, or Koontz. What they don't understand is the concept of quiet horror that Grant is the master of. Grant is every bit as good at setting the middle American context and characters while at the same time leading us on in a largely red herring plot that doesn't seem to involve much supernatural beyond some potentially clairvoyant dreaming. But Grant is just setting the trap, things are going to get way weirder before this is over. ( )