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On the second day of December in a year when a Georgia peanut farmer was doing business in the White House, one of Colorado’s great resort hotels burned to the genre. The Overlook was declared a total loss. After an investigation, the fire marshal of Jicarilla County ruled the cause had been a defective boiler. The hotel was closed for the winter when the accident occurred, and only four people were present. Three survived. The hotel’s off-season caretaker, John Torrance, was killed during an unsuccessful (and heroic) effort to dump the boiler’s steam pressure, which had mounted to disastrously high levels due to an inoperative relief valve.
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From the Publisher. 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 ofThe Shining and satisfy anyone new to this icon in the King canon.
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Maria Behar said:
Oh, much too creepy for me! I’m not a horror fan at all, and especially not of Stephen King. I do hope you enjoy it, though!
Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier! 🙂
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Hfineisen said:
Stephen King is definitely not for the faint of heart, lol. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Happy Reading!
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Catherine @ Book Club Librarian said:
I haven’t read Stephen King in quite a while because his stories started getting to creepy for me. A few years ago I visited the hotel in Estes Park, Colorado where The Shining movie was filmed.
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Hfineisen said:
Wow! How cool that you were able to visit the hotel! Now that is creepy, lol. Did they have the hallway the same or had it all been redone? Shudder. Those twins…
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lakesidemusing said:
I went through a huge Stephen King phase when I was in my 20s, but haven’t read him since. One of these days…
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Hfineisen said:
I was like that, too but this sequel to The Shining has piqued my interest. Thank for stopping by and commenting!
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Sandra Nachlinger said:
I’ve enjoyed some of Stephen King’s books but others haven’t appealed to me. This sounds like one I’ll skip. I do admire his writing ability, however, and I’m sure this story is riveting.
My Tuesday post features STELLA BAIN.
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Hfineisen said:
He is an excellent writer and I’ve read most of his earlier work. Thanks for the thoughtful comment.
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Diane D said:
i liked this one a lot. I do hope that you enjoy it.
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Hfineisen said:
I hope I enjoy it, too! Happy Reading.
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laurelrainsnow said:
I haven’t read SK in a while, but I love the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
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Hfineisen said:
I’ve read his early work but wanted to read this sequel to The Shining. Thanks for stopping by. Happy Reading!
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