One Door Away from Heaven A Novel [Paperback]

#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER
 
Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America . . . to a place she never knew existed—a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation. What awaits her there will change her life and the life of everyone she knows—if she can find the key to survival. At stake are a young girl of extraordinary goodness, a young boy with killers on his trail, and Micky’s own wounded soul. Ahead lie incredible peril, startling discoveries, and paths that lead through terrible darkness to unexpected light.“Suspense, humor and plenty of heart . . . spooky and satisfying.”—People
 
“A web of intrigue . . . Koontz lets the reader glide along, turning the pages in wonder.”—The Denver Post
 
“A thrilling chase, adventure, mystery, suspense . . . funny, scary, filled with unexpected plot twists—Koontz at the top of his considerable form.”—Toronto Sun
 
“Fearless imagination . . . Koontz lights up a dark galaxy.”—Kirkus Reviews

Dean Koontz,the author of many #1New York Timesbestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.

Chapter One

THE WORLD IS FULL of broken people. Splints, casts, miracle drugs, and time can’t mend fractured hearts, wounded minds, torn spirits.

Currently, sunshine was Micky Bellsong’s medication of choice, and southern California in late August was an apothecary with a deep supply of this prescription.

Tuesday afternoon, wearing a bikini and oiled for broiling, Micky reclined in a lounge chair in her aunt Geneva’s backyard. The nylon webbing was a nausea-inducing shade of green, and it sagged, too, and the aluminum joints clƒ(