{"product_id":"9780307414250","title":"One Door Away from Heaven: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Corner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e) Dean Koontz  has entered a rich new phase of his writing career that is yielding his most imaginative,  meaningful, and popular work yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the height of his powers as a literary craftsman,  he has won the acclaim of critics as well as the allegiance of millions of fans the  world over, transforming the greatest fears and hopes of our time into masterworks  of dazzling originality and emotional resonance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, with the stunning depth and  virtuosity of his storytelling, he brings to readers one of his most gripping and  richly imagined novels to date—an intoxicating story of adventure and suspense, mystery  and revelation, told with humor, heart, and high art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne Door Away From Heaven\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a dusty trailer park on the far edge of the California dream, Michelina Bellsong  contemplates the choices she has made. At twenty-eight, she wants to change the direction  of her troubled life but can’t find her way—until a new family settles into the rental  trailer next door and she meets the young girl who will lead her on a remarkable  quest that will change Micky herself and everything she knows—or thinks she knows—forever.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite the brace she must wear on her deformed left leg, and her withered left  hand, nine-year-old Leilani Klonk radiates a buoyant and indomitable spirit that  inspires Micky. Beneath Leilani’s effervescence, however, Micky comes to sense a  quiet desperation that the girl dares not express.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leilani’s mother is little more  than a child herself. And the girl’s stepfather, Preston Maddoc, is educated but  threatening. He has moved the family from place to place as he fanatically investigates  UFO sightings, striving to make contact, claiming to have had a vision that by Leilani’ s tenth birthday aliens will either heal her or take her away to a better life on  their world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Slowly, ever more troubling details emerge in Leilani’s conversations  with Micky. Most chilling is Micky’s discovery that Leilani had an older brother,  also disabled, who vanished after Maddoc took him into the woods one night and is  now “gone to the stars.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leilani’s tenth birthday is approaching. Micky is convinced  the girl will be dead by that day. While the child-protection bureaucracy gives Micky  the runaround, the Maddoc family slips away into the night. Micky sets out across  America to track and find them, alone and afraid but for the first time living for  something bigger than herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e She finds herself pitted against an adversary, Preston  Maddoc, as fearsome as he is cunning. The passion and disregard for danger with which  Micky pursues her quest bring to her side a burned-out detective who joins her on  a journey of incredible peril and startling discoveries, a journey through terrible  darkness to unexpected light. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne Door Away From Heaven\u003c\/b\u003e is an incandescent mix  of suspense and humor, fear and wonder, a story of redemption and timeless wisdom  that will have readers cheering. Filled with tragedy and joy, with terror and hope,  it solidifies Dean Koontz’s reputation as one of the foremost storytellers of our  time. This is Dean Koontz at his very best—and it doesn’t get any better than that.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084319965424,"sku":"9780307414250","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307414250_p0.jpg?v=1763672007","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307414250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}