The Stand
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4.4 • 398 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
#1 BESTSELLER • The apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting—and eerily plausible—as when it was first published. • The tie-in edition of the nine-part CBS All Access series starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Marsden.
A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
More than 40 years after its 1978 publication, this postapocalyptic horror epic remains an essential read. Stephen King imagines a 20th-century America where a man-made pandemic has killed 99 percent of the population, leaving survivors to reestablish society. The savage morality tale that ensues is consummate King: characters so alive they blink, grisly but funny vignettes about death, and sharp observations of humanity’s darkest impulses. If any of this sounds familiar, it’s because pop-dystopian hits like The Walking Dead owe The Stand a major debt.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Survivors of a chemical weapon called superflu confront pure evil in this updated and even more massive version of King's 1978 saga. ``The extra 400 or so pages . . . make King's best novel better still,'' said PW. `` A new beginning adds verisimilitude to an already frighteningly believable story, while a new ending opens up possibilities for a sequel . ''
Customer Reviews
A long read, but a good read.
A riveting and introspective look into human life and the inevitable cycle we find ourselves caught it. It will have you on the edge of your seat, yearning for more. Many times.
Amazing
Wish they could do a movie/tv program that does it justice. So enjoyable.
Excellent read
I couldn’t put this book down, and now that I’m done I feel hungry for more! The way Stephen can describe a scene or location makes you feel like your there, in the room with the well defined characters he has created. Highly recommend reading. Added bonus: reading this book through our own real life pandemic helped it hit a little closer to home!