{"product_id":"9780307414281","title":"The Taking","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\u003e In one of the most dazzling books of his celebrated career, Dean Koontz delivers  a masterwork of page-turning suspense that surpasses even his own inimitable reputation  as a chronicler of our worst fears—and best dreams. In The Taking he tells the story  of a community cut off from a world under siege, and the terrifying battle for survival  waged by a young couple and their neighbors as familiar streets become fog-shrouded  death traps. Gripping, heartbreaking, and triumphant in the face of mankind’s darkest  hour, here is a small-town slice-of-doomsday thriller that strikes to the core of  each of us to ask: What would you do in the midst of \u003cb\u003eThe Taking\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the morning  that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Niel Sloan awaken  to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their  dreams, and now they rise to find a luminous silvery downpour drenching their small  California mountain town. A strange scent hangs faintly in the air, and the young  couple cannot shake the sense of something wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As hours pass and the rain continues  to fall, Molly and Niel listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across  the globe. Before evening, their little town loses television and radio reception.  Then telephone and the Internet are gone. With the ceaseless rain now comes an obscuring  fog that transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. By nightfall  the Sloans have gathered with some of their neighbors to deal with community damage...but  also because they feel the need to band together against some unknown threat, some  enemy they cannot identify or even imagine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the night, strange noises arise,  and at a distance, in the rain and the mist, mysterious lights are seen drifting  among the trees. The rain diminishes with the dawn, but a moody gray-purple twilight  prevails. Soon Molly, Niel, and their small band of friends will be forced to draw  on reserves of strength, courage, and humanity they never knew they had. For within  the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a terrifying instant  what is happening to their world—something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency.  Epic in scope, searingly intimate and immediate in perspective, \u003cb\u003eThe Taking\u003c\/b\u003e is an  adventure story like no other, a relentless roller-coaster read that brings apocalypse  to Main Street and showcases the talents of one of our most original and mesmerizing  novelists at the pinnacle of his powers.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084482593008,"sku":"9780307414281","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307414281_p0.jpg?v=1763672387","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307414281","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}