I have wondered since the first book, how can this end well.? Only Dean can manage such a great ending. I love the entire series and can’t wait for the next big adventure from Dean! Thank you so much for NetGalley giving me this free download and to the author and publisher. What a ride!

A dramatic conclusion to this series by one of the best authors in fictional thrillerdom. This reader strongly recommends reading Books 1-4 before tackling this fifth and last in the series featuring Jane Hawk, rogue FBI agent. Several new characters are introduced and many from previous novels as well, and it will enhance your understanding and reading pleasure of this powerful and scary, but “yes, it could happen in the future” believable series.

Book 1: The Silent Corner
Book 2: The Whispering Room
Book 3: The Crooked Staircase
Book 4: The Forbidden Door
Book 5: The Night Window

My reviews are available on all of them here at GR. Jane is a kick-ass heroine and the mother of a 10-year old "FBI kid" as Travis calls himself. As in the previous novels Jane is hiding her young son away from potential crossfire. She is diligent and determined in her quest, fighting for the victims of the Techno-Arcadians, and for righting the wrongs that have been committed against innocent people, including her deceased husband. Many lives have been lost or altered in an excruciating manner to this group that uses nano-technology as a method of mind-control and will stop at nothing to eliminate any threatening human beings in their movement toward supremacy of the human race.

“You have been Vikramized…” In this installment Jane has help in the form of an intelligent friend, Vikram, whose expertise in IT helps her acquire a large list of the T-Arcadians through back-door entrances to government websites that he created security for. Together they come up with a plan on how to free the victims and put an end to what is changing the future for not just our children but inevitably all mankind. Along the way they are challenged by mind-bending obstacles that take us along at a break-neck pace. Hang on to your hat!

One wonders just how in the world they can make this happen, it seems hopeless, but in true creative Koontz style and with heart-stopping action he brings this all to a believable and satisfactory conclusion. Just awesome.

My sincere thanks to Bantam/Random House via Net Galley for the opportunity to read a pre-release copy for my unbiased review.

The Night Window is the final book in the Jane Hawk series, and it has that edge-of-your-seat adrenaline burst that is characteristic of the saga. Jane herself is one of the most compelling characters in recent times.

This book more than lives up to the previous ones. For this last installment: Jane remains reluctant to let others join her in the cross-hairs of a corrupt organization known as the Arcadians. This group of power-hungry people are enslaving victims with a neural network that takes over their brain, will, and actions. These victims are "adjusted" people who can be commanded to do anything at all, however heinous.

Jane knows the Arcadians must be taken down with unmitigated, undeniable proof. Jane is still "Public Enemy Number One" but the propaganda about her is flawed. People can tell there is a smear campaign at work. As a result, help comes from the most unlikely of places. A worthy ending to a compelling saga.

Great finish to a very entertaining series. Reading this book was one of the few times that I was not sure I was going to really like the ending of a book or series, As readers, we sometimes become too conditioned to root for the happy ending without realizing that the authors of the books need to strive for the proper endings of the stories they tell. This series has the right ending.

I had not read much Dean Koontz before this, I will read more.

This was an exciting triller that I will not soon forget. Had some difficulty falling asleep having read it. The writer depicts some super stressful situations that have a significant impact on the lives of the characters. I highly recommend this amazing book.

The Night Window is a fabulous end to this series. Dean Koontz knows how to write a great book. A captivating series.

As a final chapter in the Jane Hawk series, The Night Window is a fitting end to a wild ride.

With only a few hiccups, this book connects all the loose ends, ratifies our curiosity about who, and why, fully explains how, and tidies up the loose threads of the ongoing tale of Jane Hawk and her quest for revenge of the murder (cloaked as suicide) of her husband. We revisit some old friends and acquaintances, and meet some new characters, both good and evil. The story is fast paced for the most part, however a few chapters and paragraphs wax on a little too much about philosophy, angst, dreams and random nonsensical thoughts by some of the evildoers. I did find myself starting to skip over pages that seemed to ramble unmercifully long while taking the storyline nowhere.

The ending, while leaving no stone unturned for a big finish, did seem rushed, as if he suddenly realized he had only one chapter left in order to bring everything to a close. Is it the best thing Dean Koontz has ever written? No.. But it ranks right up there in the top ten.

Hm. What to write here.. I finished this last month, but I haven't been able to stomach a review until now. I have really enjoyed this series, and perhaps that is why I'm struggling with this last review. Yup, this is the last book. Even at 90%, I didn't know it was the last book so of course my brain was jumping to the next possible storyline. Then.. it ended. What..? Five books worth of Jane Hawk running from the bad guys and it's all resolved in the last 10% of this book? I'm disappointed. I expected more from you Dean Koontz! So, I'm giving the first 90% of this book a 5 and the last 10% a 1. I'm not satisfied at all with the way it ended or how quickly it ended. It just seemed like Dean all of a sudden wiped his hands of Jane or he needed to reach a publishing deadline. Sigh. This could have easily gone into another book with all the new resources Jane gets.

The Night Window by Dean Koontz – 5-Stars
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine Bantam
ISBN: 9780525484707

Jane Hawk is inspiring. We all have too much government or individuals/groups infiltrating our space. If you read the first 4 books in the series, you are quite aware that a corrupt cabal of individuals has decided to impose havoc on the world by controlling the minds of high-level individuals to satisfy their desires. Four long books led us to book five, the climax. I’d like to say I read every word from this masterful author, but I’d be lying since a lot of this novel is material repeated from the previous books. This is necessary to guarantee it can stand alone. But, the extra words certainly adds page after page of repetitious text. I appreciate an author who can utilize words, analogies, descriptions, etc. to clearly express an environment or situation. However, I would be remiss not to point out that this can sometimes be overdone. My advice: just skim over the repetitions and enjoy the book.

All my expectations for this last book in the series were met: exciting, suspenseful, twists, just the right amount of combative actions, characters that are memorable. I’ll always remember Jane for her perseverance despite the numbers and the power of her adversaries. Her lessons to us are to never-give-up and to always think and plan as best you can! Then there was Cornell with his quirkiness, who struggled, but conquered his personality faults to reach out and contribute to a cause. A third, Vikram, is new to us in this book and shows us guys how to treat a off-limit lady despite absolutely adoring her. Well, Vikram, is a computer hacker, who gives far more than he receives to assure the cabal is defeated. A clever last-step plan when Jane and Vikram are up against insurmountable odds saves the team. But, will everybody live happily ever after?

Reviewer: Rich

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think this is the best Jane Hawk book in the series so far!!!!!!! There's not alot I can say in my review so as not to have spoilers. Jane has a ton of problems and troubles in this one but she is just as smart and resilient as ever. Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Publishing for my honest review.

I looked forward to this book as soon as I had completed the previous book in the series. I looked up the title of the upcoming book and put it on my TBR pile. When I was chosen to read an ARC, I was doing a happy dance for days! I cannot say enough about how fantastic the whole series is, and this final book brings everything and everyone together in one final explosive finale. I love the strong female character that is Jane Hawk, and I was delighted to find new characters who joined her as allies in this final installment. Vikram was hilarious in his assumptions that all he had to do was work on technology and he would be able to save Jane and defeat the evil Techno Arcadians. The villains were really wicked and determined in their quest to control the world. They were bad guys that you loved to hate. Travis, Jane’s innocent five year old son, is in danger again, and Bernie and Cornell play large roles once again in his life. Since elderly Bernie and OCD Cornell are such unlikely heroes, I loved them the more. There is just so much action happening in each chapter that it’s difficult to write a review that doesn’t give anything away and yet lets all of the readers know that this is one book that you will not want to miss! There are references to the previous books, so you could read this book as a stand alone, but you will not want to. Readers will want to start with Book One and end up with this one. I need to go back and read all of them again...I loved this series so much! I seriously doubt that author Dean Koontz will ever be able to write another series to enthrall and entertain me as this one did, but I look forward to his next book just because Jane Hawk was so absorbing and magnetic to me. An absolute must-read for fans of sci-fi, fantasy and excellent fiction!

This is the final in the Jane Hawk series.
The Silent Corner
The Whispering Room
The Crooked Staircase
The Forbidden Door
The Night Window
I definitely recommend reading the books in order. Each book references someone or something from previous books.
Jane Hawk is going to keep her son safe at any cost. To succeed, she needs to hide him with trusted friends while she 'saves the world' from a very powerful and very evil group. She's mostly on her own, although she has a few allies along the way.
This is a very powerful series with well defined characters. I highly recommend it.

Wainwright Hollister is a man who always gets what he wants by whatever means he has to employ. Now he is the ringmaster of sorts for the adjusted people rightly named the Techno Arcadians. After an injection that alters their brains, Hollister can control their actions. They are puppets playing to his grand plan of taking over the United States – then most likely the world.

Jane Hawk has been on his trail since the senseless suicide of her husband at Hollister’s hand. But the stakes are high. She no longer works within the law enforcement community. She had to go rogue since Arcadians have infiltrated all forms of government from local cops to the highest political offices. She is relentlessly searching for a way to stop them before they ruin the country and closer to home, the rest of her family. Jane will do anything to save her son.

In this fifth book of the Jane Hawk series, she teams up with an unlikely ally, computer geek Vikram Rangnekar. She doesn’t ask for or want his help, but she needs him. Rangnekar has been working in the background for some time unbeknownst to Jane setting up what could be the only way to infiltrate Hollister’s army from within. With grave reservations, she puts her trust in Rangnekar and the two of them begin what will either be the end of the Techno Arcadians or the end of Jane and possibly the world as we know it.

The Night Window is the fifth book in the Jane Hawk series. I have read two of the previous books, and have always felt I knew enough of the background provided in each of them to understand exactly what was going on. Koontz is one of my favorite authors, his characters and plots have a depth that most authors only aspire to. But that being said, his books read like the page-turning thrillers that they are. Sometimes I need to slow myself down to appreciate his beautiful analogies and turns of phrase. He is the Michelangelo of prose, painting masterpieces with his words. For example, here is how he creates the vision of snow in the reader’s mind: “Snow raveled now in countless skeins through the loom of the day and formed a pristine fabric”. So be sure to take your time, even though the pace is fast, enjoy the sheer beauty of the writing.

DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: I have a material connection because I received a review copy for free from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Copyright © 2019 Laura Hartman

Another great novel by Dean Koontz! The Night Window wraps up the Jane Hawk series in a fitting way but also makes me feel it could continue, I look forward to the next adventure with Mr. Koontz - thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy.

This is the 5th book in the Jane Hawke series. I really enjoyed this series and the character. Jane is a smart tough woman. The ending ties up all the loose ends and brings the series to a close. I don't think I could stand being left hanging one more time.

As the final book in the series it did not disappoint in the least. It was just as exciting, intriguing and suspenseful as the first two books were.
The technology discussed in the book is very thought-provoking as it quite possibly is already in existence.
It was great to see a strong female lead will they take charge attitude the main character of a book.

Review by 2shay……….

Jane Hawk is an amazing character, crazy smart, beautiful, determined and skilled. She’s also heart broken from the death of her husband, Nick, and committed to protecting her son at any cost. I have loved this series from page one of book one and still say that Jane Hawk is the best character Dean Koontz has ever created. But…I had some issues with the ending. You probably shouldn’t read past this point if you haven’t finished this book.

——SPOILER ALERT!!——

WTF? The ending was spectacularly predictable all the way back to book two! How many lives could have been saved if she had just told a few “adjusted” people to “play Manchurian with me”? Plus, she had the means to talk directly in the whispering room for a while. And what happened to all the people in book four who were surrounded by law enforcement? They were just dropped from the story completely.

Dean Koontz is a talented author, but I think he dropped the ball on this one. Maybe he just got tired and decided to wrap it up. It was disappointing. For me.

***ARC graciously provided by Random House and NetGalley for an honest and voluntary review.

Review: THE NIGHT WINDOW by Dean Koontz. The fifth and final book of the Jane Hawk series. I have been reading Mr. Koontz' books for many years now and always enjoy them .I have now read this entire series and it definitely deserves 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5 stars That being said, I do wish he would get back to doing more stand alone books again especially ones similar to his novel Intensity. I'm hoping to continue reading him for many more years to come.

4.5 stars!
The Night Window is the fifth and final installment of the Jane Hawk series by Dean Koontz, and it feels as if I’m saying goodbye to an old friend. The only thing I don’t know is how her story will conclude. Will our badass Mama Bear come out of the fight in one piece? Or will I be left hurling abuse at my Kindle, and maybe Mr. Koontz himself?

I had a bit of a wait to find out.

Jane’s story continued at breakneck speed, and once again, there were several inter-connected subplots with various timelines told in the different voices of old friends and new, potentially terrifying, characters.

In The Night Window, Jane has her son, Travis, safely stashed away (or so she thinks), and she has a new and unexpected addition to her oddball cast of collaborators. That addition, however, comes with some challenges, and Jane finds some bridges burned and former allies turned against her. She knows that she needs to end her fight against the Arcadians who are always hot on her trail, and while you suspect you know what her plan is, it’s not obvious until the very last.

With plenty of tension, suspense, drama, some pretty thrilling twists and a scarily realistic conspiracy (seriously - too realistic), Mr. Koontz has once again exceeded my expectations. With a sometimes unreliable and wildly different cast of characters, I am still very much in awe of his ability to slip in and out of each subplot and each character’s mind with such ease, you have to wonder how much therapy the man needs (or how much he drinks after each chapter!).

Once again, if you’re into strong female leads and plenty of action, look at the Jane Hawk series. Since this one isn’t due for release until mid-May, you have plenty of time to catch up on all of Jane’s adventures.

As for me - I'm still digging that bunker. Hey, I live in the desert ... that caliche is tough!

Absolutely stunning finish to one of the best series I've read in years. I couldn't put it down, and I've gotten everyone i know eager to read it. I really hope the Jane Hawk novels get turned into a movie or tv series.