Stephen King

Doctor Sleep Stephen King

Publisher Marketing: Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, "The Shining," in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. 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. Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/13/2014 pg. 24 (EAN 9781451698855, Paperback) Audio File 12/01/2013 pg. 55 (EAN 9781442362383, Compact Disc) Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 55 (EAN 9781442362383, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 59 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 08/02/2013 pg. 69 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Booklist 08/01/2013 pg. 50 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/12/2013 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2013 pg. 9 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2013 pg. 12 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 09/15/2013 pg. 65 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) - *Starred Review People Weekly 09/23/2013 pg. 71 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) People Weekly 10/07/2013 pg. 55 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 09/22/3013 pg. 1 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 09/29/2013 pg. 28 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 10/04/2013 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 10/25/2013 pg. 105 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2013 pg. 21 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/08/2013 pg. 26 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) BookPage 10/01/2013 (EAN 9781476727653, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  King, Stephen Stephen King has written more than forty books and two hundred short stories. He has won the World Fantasy Award, several Bram Stoker awards, and the O. Henry Award for his story "The Man in the Black Suit."