{"product_id":"the-gatekeepers-descendants-hardcover","title":"The Gatekeeper's Descendants - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohanna Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImagine being dead-and discovering that's the easy part.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere you are, not a care in the world, racing through fields of lavender, your beloved mentor always nearby. Then the authorities from a Kingdom you refuse to enter arrive with an order. Not a request. You're going back to Earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome kid down there needs you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClean, thought-provoking supernatural fiction for readers who enjoy stories of the unseen, belonging, and second chances-without needing to be a reader of religious fiction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was supposed to be simple. Pipiera had one job: reach out to a boy named Matthew on Earth and make a connection. His fate was supposedly at stake. The problem? She wasn't sure she cared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the Kingdom Authorities chose \u003cem\u003eher\u003c\/em\u003e to teach him was anyone's guess. Pipiera's own time on Earth had been brief, and she had no idea what lesson she could possibly offer a boy she'd never met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Matthew Mackenzie wants to be anywhere but small-town Havensight-and anyone but himself. Bullied, angry, and struggling to find where he belongs, Matthew has had enough. So when a brutal attack leaves him unconscious, walking away from Earth doesn't seem like such a terrible option.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil Pipiera discovers his spirit is on the loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow she has to find him, earn his trust, and somehow convince him that his life is worth returning to. But she isn't the only one who has found Matthew. A shadowy adversary has already gained the boy's confidence-and is offering him a very different path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePipiera was sent to change Matthew's fate. Instead, he may change hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan she find a way to reach a boy determined to defy her, or will saving Matthew cost Pipiera her own place in the heavens?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA clean supernatural fantasy about belonging, grief, bullying, friendship, and the choices that shape who we become. 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