Books by Stephen King

”Rædslen, der ikke ville få ende før om otteogtyve år – hvis den nogensinde fik ende – begyndte så vidt jeg ved med en båd af avispapir, som sejlede i en rendesten, der svulmede af regn.” Sovebyen Derry i Maine, USA, ligner med sine parcelhuskvarterer, fastfoodrestauranter og butikker alle andre byer i provinsen. Men det er kun på overfladen. I byens kloaker ligger noget på lur og venter. Det onde. I halvtredserne besejrer en gruppe børn ondskaben. De føler sig alle udstødt og mislykkede, og den nye følelse af at høre til giver dem styrken til at drive det skrækkelige tilbage, hvor det kom fra. Siden lover de hinanden igen at samles, hvis byen nogensinde igen hjemsøges af ondskab. Mange år senere ryster en række gådefulde forsvindinger på ny Derry, og så griber Mike Hanlon telefonen og ringer til sine gamle venner. Alle forlader de hjem og familier, hverdagsliv og karrierer, for endnu en gang at trodse skrækken og møde Det onde.

There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Guardian as 'the most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature', Stephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down.Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in the vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999 - and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery.

#1 bestselling author Stephen King returns with a brand-new novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them.

Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control.As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine . . .

'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian). Set in a plague-decimated US, King's thrilling American fantasy epic, is a Classic.First come the days of the plague. Then come the dreams.Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil.His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.When a man crashes his car into a petrol station, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies and it doesn't take long for the plague which killed him to spread across America and the world.

King's Classic bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage by his Number One Fan.Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery has made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And now he wants to get on to some real writing.That's when the car accident happens, and he wakes up in pain in a strange bed. But it isn't hospital. Annie Wilkes has pulled him from the wreck, brought him to her remote mountain home, splinted and set his mangled legs.The good news is that Annie was a nurse and has pain-killing drugs. The bad news is that she has long been Paul's Number One Fan. And when she finds out what Paul had done to Misery, she doesn't like it. She doesn't like it at all. Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he's writing to stay alive.

Stephen King's international bestselling - and highly acclaimed - novel, also a hugely successful film starring Tom Hanks

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption - about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is now available for the first time as a standalone book.

En elleveårig drengs skamferede lig findes i en park i sovebyen Flint City. Øjenvidneberetninger og fingeraftryk peger utvetydigt på en af byens mest vellidte indbyggere: Terry Maitland, baseballtræner, engelsklærer, ægtemand og far. Opklarer Ralph Anderson, hvis søn Maitland har været træner for, beordrer en øjeblikkelig anholdelse, og da der findes DNA-spor på gerningsstedet, er sagen så godt som lukket. Men Maitland har et alibi, og det viser sig hurtigt, at der også i denne historie er ufravigelige beviser.Hvordan kan to modsatrettede forklaringer begge være sande? Hvad sker der med en familie, når så alvorlige anklager fremsættes? Og hvor stopper logik og rationale i forsøget på at forklare det uforklarlige? Følg med Stephen King til Flint City, hvor frygten stiger

THE DRAWING OF THE THREE is the second volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.In the second novel of Stephen King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doors which open - for Roland, and Roland alone - to different times in our world. He must draw the three who should accompany him on the road. In 1980s New York, Roland joins forces with defiant Eddie Dean. The second door leads to the 1960s and conflicted civil rights activist Odetta Holmes. The final door reveals Jack Mort, a deadly serial killer, in the 1970s. Mort is stalking Jake, the young boy Roland met in Mid-World.As titanic forces gather, a savage struggle between underworld evil and otherworldly enemies threatens to bring an end to Roland's journey toward the Dark Tower...JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

En kold, mørk forårsmorgen et sted i Midtvesten står flere hundrede desperate arbejdsløse i kø og venter på at en jobbørs skal åbne. Pludselig dukker en stor Mercedes SL 500 ud af tågen, pløjer sig for fuld fart ind i menneskemængden og forsvinder igen. Et år senere er den pensionerede politimand Bill Hodges ved at forsumpe i dårlig dybfrostmad og endnu værre tv. Massakren på de arbejdsløse er en af de uopklarede sager han stadig ikke kan glemme, og til sin forbløffelse og rædsel modtager han en dag et hånende brev fra Mercedesmorderen selv. Hvad Hodges nemlig ikke ved, er at brevets forfatter på ingen måde er færdig med at hade og hævne sig på verden. Kælderen under det anonyme hus hvor den unge Brady Hartsley stadig bor sammen med sin fordrukne og nærgående mor, er lige så spækket med plastisk sprængstof som Bradys tanker konstant er det af forestillinger om at udløse nye katastrofer og menneskelige tragedier. Det er det bare kun ham selv der er klar over. Stille og tilsyneladende helt almindelig går han rundt blandt folk og passer smilende sine anonyme jobs, alt imens han planlægger en terrorhandling uden sidestykke – som kun den næsten udbrændte Hodges og et par meget utraditionelle hjælpere måske vil være i stand til at forudse og forhindre. Mercedesmanden er Stephen Kings første regulære kriminalroman og vandt i 2015 den amerikanske Edgar Award. Fortsættelsen De der søger udkommer på dansk i efteråret 2016. “Et opgør mellem godt og ondt som i alle Kings bedste værker, uanset genre.” – Los Angeles Times ”King brillerer med sit foruroligende portræt af Brady, et ægte uhyre i menneskeskikkelse der giver ny mening til udtrykket ‘ondskabens banalitet.’” – Publisher’s Weekly

Jack Torrance bliver fyret fra sit job på Stovington Highschool pga. en uheldig episode med en elev. Han er tørlagt alkoholiker og har et voldsomt temperament. En ven har hjulpet ham til jobbet som opsynsmand på hotel Overlook i Colorados bjerge, som hver vinter afskæres fra omverdenen, når sneen begynder at falde. Jack vil bruge vinteren til at komme på fode igen og få skrevet sit skuespil færdig. Med sig har Jack sin kone Wendy og sin søn Danny på 5 år.Danny har et særligt talent, som kokken Hallorann opdager, da familien ankommer til hotellet på sæsonens sidste dag. Danny kan skinne. Han kan finde ting, der er blevet væk, fornemme folks tanker - og han kan se ting, der sker i fremtiden. Hallorann kan også skinne lidt, og de to knytter en særlig kontakt, da Hallorann advarer Danny mod at opholde sig bestemte steder på hotellet.Overlook er nemlig ikke et helt almindelig hotel. I årenes løb er der sket en mængde mord, selvmord og ulykker her, og disse hændelser svæver stadig rundt i hotellets korridorer. Den første tid går alt dog godt. Jack får gang i skriveriet, og han og Wendy kommer tættere på hinanden igen. Kun Danny mærker, at der er noget galt, men som tiden går, bliver det også tydelig for Wendy. Selvom der ikke findes en dråbe spiritus i hotellet, begynder Jack nemlig at udvise de samme symptomer, som da han drak. Han bliver aggressiv, og det går op for Wendy, hvor isolerede de er i bjergene.Kings beskrivelse af Jacks gradvise nedbrydning er suverænt godt skrevet, og man sidder som læser og har både ondt af ham og skræmmes af hans karakterskift. Forholdet mellem ham og Danny er også meget smukt, så udover at være en yderst spændende thriller, kan man også læse den som en fortælling om mennesker, og hvor galt det kan gå, når en familie udsættes for stress og isolering

I en nær fremtid rammer den mystiske Aurora-virus kvinder, når de lægger sig til at sove. De omsluttes af en tynd kokon, og i søvnen forlader deres bevidsthed denne verden. Forstyrrer man kokonens sarte ydre, vækkes kvinderne til en vild og voldelig trance.Klodens mænd er overladt til sine i stigende grad primale drifter. Men en eneste kvinde, Evie, er immun over for den sælsomme sovesyge. Er Evie en anomali, der bør studeres, eller en dæmon, der bør jages?Nye King-læsere kan starte her!Om forfatteren:Stephen King er født i 1947 i Portland, Maine. Som ung læste han engelsk på University of Maine, hvor han skrev en ugentlig klumme “King’s Garbage Truck” for universitetsbladet The Maine Campus. Henover en bogstak på universitetets bibliotek hvor han var studentermedarbejder, mødte han sin viv Tabitha Spruce som han har været gift med siden 1971.Med over 350 millioner bøger solgt verden over, er Stephen King en forfatter det er nærmest umuligt at overse. Den ultraproduktive herre har i løbet af sit 66-årige liv udgivet over 50 romaner såvel som en række samlede fortællinger og ikke-fiktion. Hans bøger er oversat til 38 sprog og mange af dem er blevet udødeliggjort på det hvide lærred. Disse tæller blandt andet filmene En verden udenfor, Ondskabens Hotel, It og Den grønne mil. Alt i alt er Stephen King en forfatter af imponerende format.

400 pages, paperback. A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Read the original stories which became the celebrated films STAND BY ME, APT PUPIL and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, voted the world's most popular movie. In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope.Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison.In Apt Pupil a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union. The Body sees four young boys venture into the woods and find life, death . . . and the end of innocence.The Breathing Method is the tale of a doctor who goes to his club and discovers a woman determined to give birth - no matter what.

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat. But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial. A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding.

WIZARD AND GLASS is the fourth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.In the fourth novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy quest, the Dark Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gathered along the road.In a terrifying journey where hidden dangers lurk at every junction, the pilgrims find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by a superflu virus.While following the deserted highway toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of an evil harrier who ignited Mid-World's final war. JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.'The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.' The iconic opening line of Stephen King's groundbreaking series, The Dark Tower, introduces one of his most enigmatic and powerful heroes: Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. Roland is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey toward the mysterious Dark Tower, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. On his quest, Roland begins a friendship with a kid from New York named Jake, encounters an alluring woman and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black.JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

Unique fantasty and adventure from the number one bestselling writer now rejacketed in a brand new livery in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's reissue programme.

Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry (site of IT and INSOMNIA), four young boys did a brave thing; something that changed them in ways they hardly understand. A quarter-century later, the boys are men who still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time, a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky. Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives and a terrible struggle with a creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their past and in the boy they once rescued as a child.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine . . . He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes; he was only a cop . . . Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn't a rabbit warren any more. It is a cave inhabited by rabid bats.And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him . . .

Doktor Søvn er den længe ventede opfølger til Kings berømteste bog til dato – Ondskabens hotel.★ ★ ★ ★ ★"Stephen King har en forrygende evne til at gøre sine personer håndgribelige, så man som læser går brændende op i deres skæbne."– EkstrabladetDet er ingen hemmelighed at Doktor Søvn har taget verden med storm, og King beviser at han nu 37 (!) år senere stadig er mesterfortælleren over alle. Hvis nogen skulle have været i tvivl.Kun tre overlevede Ondskabens hotel, heriblandt hovedperson Jack Torrances søn, Danny – dengang fem år og nu en voksen mand. Og det er ham vi nu følger. Danny kæmper med tre ting han arvede efter sin far; alkoholisme, et voldsomt temperament og resterne af spøgelset fra Ondskabens hotel. Indledningsvis er spøgelser det mindste af hans problemer…Kings univers er aldeles uforudsigeligt, hvilket netop gør det så skræmmende. King forstår at integrere de overnaturlige elementer og gøre dem tilpas genkendelige, og under gyset er Doktor Søvn en fortælling om familier og om afhængighed. Sidst men ikke mindst er King historiefortælleren over alle; han formår bedre end nogen at fange læseren og først give slip når sidste side er vendt.“Historiefortælling er alt – og hold op hvor han ved, hvordan læseren skal føres.” – The Guardian“Doktor Søvn er en varm og underholdende roman af en mand, som ikke længere er fange af sine dæmoner, men som ved hvor han skal finde dem, når han har brug for dem.” – Daily Telegraph

Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he's losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are. Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice. As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.

Stephen King's #1 Bestseller As You've Never Seen It Before Featuring more than 20 illustrations by acclaimed artists Pat Kinsella, Robert McGinnis, and Mark Summers, this brand new edition of JOYLAND brings the carny world to life in all its bright and sinister glory.

A comfortable, solid, middle-American town - inhabited by a serial killer...

THE WASTE LANDS is the third volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.In the third novel in Stephen King's epic fantasy masterpiece, Roland, the Last Gunslinger, is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower. Roland has altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers in New York. Now they exist in different worlds, paradoxically sharing memories. Roland, Susannah and Eddie must try to draw Jake into Mid-World then follow the Path of the Beam through an urban waste land to the Dark Tower.Pursued by the Ageless Stranger, Roland and his friends cross a desert of damnation in this macabre new world as revelations begin to unfold about who - and what - is driving him forward.JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

Soon to be a major motion movie in 2017 starring Finn Wolfhard, Bill Skarsgard (from Stranger Things) and Jaeden Lieberher. To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. A good place to live. It was the children who saw - and felt - what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes IT reached up, seizing, tearing, killing... The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of IT was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until they were called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.

You'll lose a lot of sleep . . .Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death.That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control - dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon . . .Insomnia is a relentless waking nightmare in which the master of horror and suspense guarantees you sure won't rest in peace.

Sidste bind i Kings krimi-trilogi der begyndte med Mercedesmanden og De der søger. Den djævelske Mercedes-morder driver sine fjender til selvmord, og hvis Bill Hodges og Holly Gibney ikke finder en måde at stoppe ham på, ender de med selv at blive ofre. Noget er vågnet på stue 217 på Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic. Noget ondt. Brady Hartsfield, gerningmanden bag Mercedes masakren, har været indlagt på klinikken i fem år i en vegetativ tilstand. Ifølge hans læger er det usandsynligt, at han nogensinde kommer til sig selv igen. Men bag sin savlen og stirren er Brady vågen og i besiddelse af dødbringende evner, som gør ham i stand til at forvolde ufattelig ravage uden overhovedet at forlade hospitalsstuen. Den pensionerede politikommisær, Bill Hodges, som vi også mødte i Mr. Mercedes og De der søger, driver nu et detektivbureau sammen med sin partner Holly Gibney, kvinden som stod bag slaget, der henviste Hartsfield til en fast plads på hjerneskadeafdelingen. Da Bill og Holly bliver tilkaldt til i forbindelse med et selvmord, som har tilknytning til Mercedes masakren, trækkes de ind i deres hidtil farligste sag, som ikke alene bringer deres egne liv i fare, men også sætter deres nærmeste i farezonen. Hartfield er tilbage og han planlægger – ikke kun over Hodges og hans venner, men over hele byen. I Vagt forbi binder King en sløjfe på Hodges-trilogien på sublimt skræmmende vis. Resultatet er et foruroligende indblik i menneskets sårbarhed kombineret med isnende spænding. Ingen gør det bedre end King. “Superb… Kings rastløse forestillingsevne er en kraft, som ikke kan holdes nede.”—The New York Times ”Vidunderlig, skræmmende, bevægende.” – The Washington Post __________________________ STEPHEN KING er født i 1947 i Portland, Maine. I dag er han bosat i Bangor, Maine, med sin kone, forfatteren Tabitha King. King er ikke alene en af verdens mest populære forfattere, han er også ekstrem produktiv og har godt 65 værker bag sig. Hans opskrift på succes er simpel: Læs fire timer om dagen. Skriv fire timer om dagen. Hvis du ikke kan finde tid til det, kan du ikke forvente at blive en god forfatter.