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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining--an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is " a] vivid frightscape" (The New York Times). On highways across America, a tribe of people called the True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless--mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, the True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the steam that children with the shining produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel, where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep." Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of devoted readers of The Shining and satisfy anyone new to this icon in the King canon.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: King, Stephen
- ISBN: 9781451698855
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 8.47 x 1.52
- Number Of Pages: 560
- Publication Year: 2014
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English
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Not usually an audio book guy...
Myles C. - 3 years 9 months agoI recently took a road trip, by myself, and picked this up to listen to. I was so pleasantly surprised. I've been a Stephen King fan since my teenage years, but still hadn't read this one. King delivered, as usual, a frightening tale with very compelling characters. The surprise was the narrator, Will Patton. He did an absolutely amazing job of reading this story, that I have since picked up the other King novels he has done audio for and a couple of others from other authors. His voice grabs hold of you and pulls you into the story. I think I just gave up listening to the radio!
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What Happened to Danny Torence?
Leena R. - 3 years 11 months agoI saw the movie but craved the details of the book immediately after. Even though this book has wide range of characters, I fell in love with each storyline. I am so glad it kept up the nostalgia of the Shining and Overlook Hotel within the story as I turned the pages. Any King fan must continue their journey with Danny Torence.
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