reading Fear Nothing two weeks ago, so here's the review [SPOILERS]:
What started out as seemingly body-snatchers average-Joe-with-rare-disease-turned-spy mystery was really... killer monkeys VS surf bums and radio disk jockeys. Chris Snow, the protagonist, has XP, a rare disease in which his DNA cannot repair itself after sun damage, which means any sunlight exposure can cause cancer and it always adds up, so he's not expected to live long. So his mad scientist mother goes to work for the government in a base that was supposed to be closed, combining bad and good DNA. She's really trying to cure him, but the government wants to use it to create a super-army. Of course, this is tested on research monkeys, or rhesuses. Aww, aren't the cute? Yes, until they eat your face. The DNA mutated (like this, not like this) and the monkeys became just as intelligent as humans. This basically pissed them off because they knew what they were capable of, but could never do. Apparently, before anyone realized, or maybe they just didn't care, they started experimenting on humans, trying to give them super strength. Instead, the humans reverted to their animal instincts, turning super disturbingly violent at nighttime.

I was very tempted to stop reading when I got to the killer monkeys. But I gave Dean Koons the benefit of the doubt, and kept on, thinking maybe there was more. Oh, there was more alright: super-genius household pets and people who talk to them, including the main character's dog. I don't know how I finished the book. But I did, and it ended with a battle between the grudge-holding first batch of research monkeys and a deranged infected man as their leader, and Chris, his best friend and girl friend. But... they only killed the killer monkeys. The human-infecting virus was still spreading like ebola and would eventually turn the whole world into savages.

AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. One critic said that Fear Nothing will make you fear everything, but it just makes me fear other Dean Koons books... But The Husband and The Good Guy were SOOOOOOOOOOO good!! So I will keep reading... But first, I'm going to read Spindle's End.