02787cam a2200373 4500 2654201772 TxAuBib 20260112120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798349116506 1061cfb2-38a6-49ee-98dd-17312bcf68db OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12438617 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wheeler, Joshua. The High Heaven [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Dreamscape Media, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 404MB. cult-inspired literature. manifest destiny fiction. Space Age American West. Tragedy and redemption. southern gothic. desert journey. NASA tests. 1960s. HTML:<p>A multi–genre debut novel tracing one woman's quest for faith across the American West during the Space Age.<br /> In 1967, on the night of the first Apollo mission, a child named Izzy is orphaned when the doomsday cult she was born into clashes with the sheriff in the high desert of New Mexico. She's taken in by a struggling rancher who is trying to keep his mind from falling apart as NASA rocket tests encroach on his outer range. Inspired by the true story of a UFO cult in a village near White Sands, this audiobook traces Izzy Gently's whole life: from tragedy on the ranch, through addiction and a rich cast of eccentrics in Texas, to New Orleans where Izzy is haunted by her past even as she uses lessons from childhood to counsel people who have lost the ability to see the moon.<br /> In <i>The High Heaven</i>, Joshua Wheeler explores American piety as it mutates over the course of the Space Age, as technology changes notions of both humanity and the heavens. Shot through with the speculative while paying homage to three iconic genres—neo–Western, picaresque, and Southern gothic—Izzy's life story becomes a mirror for the warping of manifest destiny and, ultimately, a testament to the human will to seek meaning from the universe.<br /> Suffused with the absurdist history of American space travel and the wide–open landscapes of the Southwest, <i>The High Heaven</i> chronicles a larger–than–life adventure of one extraordinary woman who, despite tragedy, never loses sight of redemption.</p>. Historical Fiction. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-01-12 20:00:03. Deward, Erin. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1061cfb2-38a6-49ee-98dd-17312bcf68db&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)