TY - BOOK AU - Koontz, Dean R. TI - The house at the end of the world SN - 9781662500442 AV - PS3561.O55 H67 2023 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2023///] CY - Seattle PB - Thomas & Mercer KW - Secrecy KW - Fiction KW - End of the world KW - Women artists KW - Islands KW - Laboratories KW - Recluses KW - Conspiracies KW - Mass extinctions KW - Occult fiction KW - Suspense fiction KW - Paranormal fiction KW - fast KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - gsafd N2 - "In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob's Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting. The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob's Ladder in search of someone-or something-they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a state of high alarm. Katie soon finds herself in an epic and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy. But Katie's not alone after all: a brave young girl appears out of the violent squall. As Katie and her companion struggle across a dark and eerie landscape, against them is an omnipresent terror that could bring about the end of the world." -- Front jacket flap ER -