One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz

Micky Bellsong has a history of making wrong choices, not least in men. Her life has no meaning or direction; she wants to change but can't find her way. She has moved in temporarily with her aunt, who lives in a dusty trailer park on the far edge of the Californian dream. There she meets Leilani, a precocious, radiant, dazzlingly charming nine-year-old. Although Leilani's left leg requires a brace and her left hand is deformed as well, she is buoyant and indomitable, her great spirit begins to inspire change in Micky,

Leilani's strange stepfather, Preston Maddoc, claims to have had a vision that aliens will either heal the girl by her tenth birthday or take her away with them to their world, where she can have a better life. When Micky discovers that Leilani had an older brother, that he was also disabled, and that he is now 'gone to the stars', she suspects that Maddoc killed the boy when a previous 'vision' of alien healers wasn't fulfilled. Underneath Leilani's charm and buoyancy, Micky now sees a quiet desperation and a fear that the girl dares not express.

Then the Maddocs disappear.

Leilani's tenth birthday is approaching. Micky is convinced the girl will be dead by that day. And no one seems to care but Micky herself. To the surprise of everyone who knows her - indeed, surprising even herself - Micky is for the first time living for something bigger than her own desires,  for someone other than herself. She sets out across America to track and to find the Maddocs, alone and afraid, but increasingly obsessed - and discovers that she has pitted herself against an adversary as fearsome as he is cunning.

A superb story of redemption, terror and wonder, ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN is the stunning new novel from the number one bestselling author of FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. It is a journey of incredible peril and stunning discoveries, a journey filled with tragedy and joy, with humour, terror and hope, a journey that will change everyone who reads it for ever.

Genres: Horror - Thriller - Suspense - Mystery - Science Fiction - Fantasy - Paranormal - Mystery Thriller - Supernatural
Condition: Very good
Published: 2001 by Doubleday Book Clubs in Australia and New Zealand
Pages: 597
ISBN: 187659070x
Weight: 620g