Dean Koontz in Second Life?

Ok! HUGE sigh.  Let me try this again and SAVE it this time!

A few months ago my son was visiting me from Germany.  While taking a long drive up to my grandmothers, he introduced me to Audio Books.  He plugs in his thingamabob into the jack in the car stereo system and to my great amazement and surprise....it is an audio of Roland from Stephen Kings "The Dark Towers" series.  My son and I had started that series 20 + years ago.  Well, Stephen King finally finished the series.  Oh my what a finish too!  So have I.  If it had not been for audio books I would never have gotten this far.  I do not have the time.  This way though I can just plug in and go. (I know, I know, this is not about Stephen King).

Well, after finishing that series, I was hooked.  I ran across some Dean Koontz audio books.  I listened to a few of them and really enjoyed them.  I had never read anything of his before. 
On my third book "The Darkest Evening of the Year",  Vernon Leslie, a hick detective, 5'8", stout, hunchbacked  man with thinning brown hair  was introduced.  Vernon was introduced in about chapter 18.  What made him interesting to me was not who he was in this 1st life, but who he was in his OTHER life. In his 1st life he was a PI who worked to pay for his other life, his 2nd Life. In his 2nd life he was Von Longwood, "he tooled around on a radically customized motorcycle, a real HOG, and he was a master of Tai Kwon Do. He had the costumes to prove it. In general he lived large."

"Von Longwood towered an awesome 6'6". Vernon slouched through life, with round shoulders and a pot belly, but Von had biceps to rival those of Shwartzeneger, when he had been a great action movie star instead of a governor. Von had tattoos, an earring with a tiny skull dangling from it, a muscular chest, instead of man boobs, and wings!  They were huge soft feathery wings.  They were so strong, and when Von wanted to fly no one could keep him grounded."
Von Longwood also paid 216,000L for a car that flies and had his brains blown out by chapter 32.

Now my curiosity is piqued....so I checked.  Well, given the book
is a work of fiction, I suppose Von Longwood's presence in 2nd life was
too.  

It was just hilarious to me. Maybe cause I could relate to this 2nd life? Alas, I  digress.

I did a little digging and low and behold Dean Koontz had been in Second Life.  At the Bantam Dell Island, in 2004.Koontz was the first author to come into 2nd life.  It only took me 5 years to find it!!!. 

Though the Island itself does not seem to be there any longer, You can join the Bantam Dell Book Cafe Club for updates. . ...and just at this moment I get that bright yellow screen popup that tells me "This region is going to be restarted in 5 minutes. If you continue to stay here you will be logged off".

 Isn't 2nd Life Grand?!!!