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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Publication Date: Sept 24, 2013
Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) 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 the territory of this icon in the King canon.
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I could sit here and list the ways I love Stephen King and how I will read everything he writes. Twice. But it all comes down to 1 thing when it comes to Doctor Sleep. The Shining is my favorite SK book ever. Doctor Sleep is its sequel.
If you need more convincing though…watch this video.
And on a NON-BOOK related note, I am also incredibly excited about THIS MOVIE (which comes out in August) so I decided to add it to my WOW. Because I can. It’s my blog. LOL. Tell me what you think.
Ooh I am not a Stephen King lover but this one sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Come on by and see our WOW for this week on Harlie’s Books. We’d love to see ya!
I’ve never read a single Stephen King novel. I probably won’t, because I do NOT do scary. I hope you enjoy this novel! 😀
Check out my WoW post!