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Placed on a ventilator for lung failure in 1999, M.K. McDaniel fought for her life in a drug-induced coma for three weeks. Misfit in Hell to Heaven Expat is based on a story of M.K.’s experiences before, during, and after a dark near-death experience. Her family waited and prayed, totally unaware of the horrors M.K. was bravely facing and miserably enduring in a seemingly eternal hell, culminating in her eventual glimpse of heaven and chat with her deceased fiancé.

Golden glitter on her pillow is the least of Jalina (Nina) Jons’ worries when a man in a black suit arrives with news that shatters her world. Suddenly orphaned and torn from their family home, Nina and her brother Jake find themselves bound for the infamous Owenroake Children’s Home. But behind its grim facade of cruel wardens and meager gruel lies an extraordinary secret; magical "Areas" where impossible superhero powers flourish. Just as Nina uncovers her own mysterious powers at Fort Fernbottom, a treasure hunt competition turns into chaos with life-threatening odds.