01343cam a2200229 4500 546847310 TxAuBib 20101127120000.0 010828s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87021649 //r95 9780399133190 0399133194 TxAuBib Koontz, Dean R., 1945-, (Dean Ray.) Lightning / Dean R. Koontz. New York : Putnam, 1988. 351 p. ; 25 cm. The first time the lightning strikes Laura Shane is born... The second time it strikes the terror starts... though eight-year-old Laura is saved by a mysterious stranger from the perverted and deadly intentions of a drug-crazed robber. Throughout her childhood she is plagued by ever more terrifying troubles, and with increasing courage she finds the strength to prevail - even without the intervention of her strange guardian. But, despite her success as a novelist and her happy family life, Laura cannot shake the certainty that powerful and malignant forces are controlling her destiny. Then the lightning strikes once more and shatters her world. The adventure - and the terror - have only just begun... 20101127. Horror tales. TXWKC