With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz returns with an emotional roller coaster of a tale filled with enough twists, turns, shocks, and surprises for ten ordinary novels. Here is the story of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy—a story that will challenge the way you look at good and evil, life and death, and everything in between.
Jimmy...

A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.

In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair....

Fourth-grader Penelope Crumb's large nose leads to a family discovery.

In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.

The orderly Sweet-Williams are dismayed at their son's fondness for the messy pastime of gardening.

A young boy and his grandfather find much they can do together on a rainy day during monsoon season in India.

Every day, Papa follows his usual routine, but one day a week he has a special visitor.

Grandpa entertains his three grandchildren with a magic trick, a song, and a tap dance, while he relives his days in vaudeville.

Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.