I have no idea what to rate this, my first and last horror book. I thought it was sci-fi. I thought it would be interesting. But, no. It's one of those books that stays with one forEVER and crops up in nightmares as well as other times of deep stress. I remember every word as though it was written in fire and if I see this book in a bookstore I step away from the shelf, shuddering. So is that one star, or five, or none?