The Stand (Unabridged) The Stand (Unabridged)

The Stand (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides--or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail--and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.

In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript.

Now Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral complexity of a true epic.

For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are reading The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.

Cover artwork ©2020 CBS Interactive Inc.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
NARRATOR
GG
Grover Gardner
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
47:47
hr min
RELEASED
2012
February 14
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
2.9
GB

Customer Reviews

ChaseGallagher ,

True Masterpiece

A simpleton’s review cannot do it justice. A truly essential experience. Pre-Covid it was already an epic tale of the ultimate battle between good and evil. Post-Covid, an even more epic tale of good vs evil with enough sordid realism to make your bones shake.

Dissatisfied66 ,

Wonderful book terrible audio book

Downloaded out of order so it starts on chapter 43!

edubbs77 ,

Great Audiobook!

I’ve listened to all 7 books of the Dark Tower and now finished The Stand. All these books are wonderfully dictated and of course go together into King’s large masterpiece. This definitely gives you insight into how parts of the Dark Tower series and I highly recommend it for anyone following along with these tales. This is a long one but well worth your time.

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