Ok, can we say wow!!! This one blew me away, and I can't wait to see what he does with his latest novel, hallow. He gives a nice excerpt at the end of The Mall, and it is going to be another one of those, just like this one that's going to leave you holding your breath for more. I was blown away by he Mall, like a few other reviewers stated, it was like Dean Koontz and Stephen King all rolled into one. I couldn't agree more, and I ound my self holding my breath off and on through it, not unlike Koontz and king at times. Just when I thought, wait, he's about to wrap this thing up, put this one in the bag, something else would happen, I'd have to look at how far I was in the book and go oh yeah. i've got a little more to go, he's not done yet. So, definitely if you like a techno type scifi alternate history thriller type thing with a little suspense, a touch of horror, a hint of the supernatural, (maybe) then take a bite out of this one. Go shopping in the biggest center in the known world. Where if they don't have it, you definitely don't need it. At, The Mall.