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“Vækkelse er blandt Kings allerbedste… inderlig, gribende og skræmmende.” – New York Daily News Jamie Morton er seks år gammel, da en skygge falder over ham, mens han sidder og leger med sine tinsoldater. Det er i Maine i begyndelsen af 60’erne. Han kigger op og ser en bemærkelsesværdig mand, som viser sig at være den nye metodistpræst i byen; Charles Jacobs. Sammen med sin smukke hustru vil han reformere den lokale kirke. Alle i byen er betaget af det karismatiske par, men det går op for Jamie, at pastoren er besat af en hemmelig lidenskab. Da en tragedie rammer Jacobs-familien, forbander pastoren Gud, fnyser af alle religiøse overbevisninger og bliver forvist fra den chokerede by. Da Jamie er i midten af trediverne og på turné med sit rockband, desperat og heroinafhængig, møder han igen Charles Jacobs, der nu fungerer som healende mirakelmager. Mødet får voldsomme konsekvenser for dem begge. Forbindelsen mellem dem bliver en pagt, som selv djævlen dårligt ville kunne have udtænkt. Jamie opdager, at vækkelse har mange betydninger. Han sætter sig for at finde sandheden om den gådefulde mand, der nu kalder sig Pastor Danny Jacobs. “Kings vidunderlige nye roman byder på den gammeldags fornøjelse, det er at krybe sammen om lejrbålet i mørket for at høre en historie fortalt af en, som ved præcis, hvordan han skal få det til at løbe koldt ned ad ryggen på enhver tilhører.” – Washington Post
Combining the suspense of THE OUTSIDER with the childhood camaraderie in IT, THE INSTITUTE is a powerful new novel from Stephen King.
Stephen King's bestselling unsolved mystery, THE COLORADO KID - inspiration for the TV series HAVEN -- returns to bookstores for the first time in 10 years in an all-new illustrated edition.
The first standalone novel in Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) - and the basis of Mr Mercedes, an AT&T Audience Original Series starring Brendon Gleeson.Described as 'the best thriller of the year' Sunday Express, the No. 1 bestseller introduces retired cop Bill Hodges in a race against time to apprehend a killer.A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by 'the Mercedes massacre', a case he never solved.Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter. Now he's preparing to kill again.Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.
The iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our time...
Now a major TV series from JJ Abrams and Stephen King, starring James Franco (Hulu US, Fox UK and Europe, Stan Australia, SKY New Zealand).WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless . . . King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.
Includes the brilliant story 'The Mist', now adapted into a major Netflix series.Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don't let go of my arm . . . Unrivalled master of suspense Stephen King takes the unsuspecting reader on a fantastic journey through the dark shadows of our innermost fears. Do the dead sing? In this bumper collection of chilling tales, we meet: a woman who has never crossed The Reach, the water dividing her from the mainland; a gramma who only wants to hug little George, even after she is dead; an innocent looking toy with sinister powers; and a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite.
Now a Netflix movie directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush) and starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood.A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game.But this time Jesse didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she felt angry and humiliated. So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt.He wasn't meant to die, leaving Jesse alone and helpless in a lakeside holiday cabin. Miles from anywhere. No-one to hear her screams. Alone. Except for the voices in her head that had begun to chatter and argue and sneer . . .
Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But it is not quite what the police had expected. Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make . . . She will take her time. Won't be hurried. Will do it her way, sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else's.This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness.Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you'd better pay attention - or else.DOLORES CLAIBORNE is a film starring Kathy Bates.
Welcome to Desperation.Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway.The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation . . .
”En af årets ti bedste bøger.” – New York Times”En af årets mest betydningsfulde bøger.” – The Washington PostEn roman for alle dem, der ikke aner, at de er Stephen King-fan!Den 22. november 1963 lød tre skud i Dallas, John F. Kennedy døde, og verden var forandret for altid.Men hvad nu hvis man kan ændre historiens gang? Skal man så gøre det? Det spørgsmål må 35-årige Jake Epping stille sig selv, den dag hans gamle ven Al viser ham en tidstunnel skjult i den lokale diner.Jake er en helt almindelig mand; high school-lærer, fraskilt og sympatisk – og ikke mindst skeptisk over for tidstunneller. Men Al har forberedt sig godt og overtaler Jake til at tage turen tilbage til 1958, bo der i fem år og gøre et forsøg på at forhindre mordet på Kennedy.Jake lægger en verden med mobiltelefoner og internet bag sig og træder ind i en verden med dollargrin, JFK i fuld vigør – og musik det er lettere at danse til.Men Jake er ikke på forlystelsestur, han er en mand med en mission; det er egentlig meningen, at han skal koncentrere sig om den problematiske enspænder Lee Harvey Oswalds færden, det er meningen han skal forhindre et mord. Til gengæld er det ikke meningen, at han skal forelske sig i den smukke bibliotekar Sadie Dunhill.Jake kommer til at finde sig rigtig godt tilrette i fortiden, og samtidig mærker han tydeligt, at fortiden modsætter sig at blive ændret; den kæmper imod.22.11.63 er en imponerende bedrift; veloplagt og tankevækkende. King formår at lege med tiden på troværdig vis, han formår at skabe en tidslomme, hvor ikke kun Jake ønsker at blive, men også læseren; man bliver ganske enkelt opslugt.
King and Chizmar join forces again with a powerful novel which is also the final chapter in the Gwendy trilogy.
A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller THE OUTSIDER.
”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.
Includes a Dark Tower story entitled 'The Little Sisters of Eluria'.Nothing is quite as it seems.Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.
The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory.A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume.The long reach of Stephen King's imagination will take you on a roller coaster to places you've never been before. You will lose sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you.
'This is the story of a lover's triangle...It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry'. King's bestselling supernatural tale is about a boy, his girlfriend and a '58 Plymouth Fury called Christine.Christine is eating into his mind, burrowing into his unconscious.Christine, blood-red, fat, and finned, is twenty. Her promise lies all in her past. Greedy and big, she is Arnie's obsession, a '58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished.There is still power in her - a frightening power that leaks like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corrodes the mind and turns ownership into Possession.
Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates, is a Classic. CARRIE is the novel which set him on the road to the Number One bestselling author King is today.Carrie White is no ordinary girl.Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the firststep towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as sheis forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her . . .
'Although it's difficult to believe, the sixties are not fictional; they actually happened' (Author's Afterword)Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last US troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war - and the protests against it - had flooded America's living rooms for a decade.Hearts in Atlantis is composed of five linked stories set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.Full of danger, full of suspense, most of all full of heart, Hearts in Atlantis will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.
WOLVES OF THE CALLA is the fifth 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 fifth novel in StephenKing's bestselling fantasy series, Roland and his ka-tet are bearing through the forests of the Mid-World on their journey to the Dark Tower. Tracking their every move is a group of farmers from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis. The trackers have been warned that the Wolves, a band of masked riders, are about to gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap and raid their town. And they want to enlist the help of the four gunslingers.How can Roland and his tet both protect the innocent community and return to New York to save our world's incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation?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
Bind 2 i Kings krimi-trilogi der begyndte med Mercedesmanden. “Superb… Kings rastløse forestillingsevne er en kraft, som ikke kan holdes nede.”—The New York Times Vi mødte den pensionerede politimand Bill Hodges i Mercedesmanden. Nu er Hodges tilbage i en mesterlig krimi om en læser, hvis besættelse af en tilbagetrukket og sky forfatter går alt for langt. Den unge, uligevægtige Morris Bellamy er rasende og fortvivlet. Ikke alene er hans yndlingsforfatter, John Rothstein, holdt op med at skrive, han lod også den oprørske hovedperson i sine bøger, Jimmy Gould, resignere og få familie, hus i forstæderne, og værst: job i reklamebranchen! Morris myrder sit idol og tømmer hans pengeskab for kontanter, men den virkelige gevinst ved røveriet er en stor samling notesbøger, der indeholder Rothsteins upublicerede tekster – blandt andet endnu en Jimmy Gould-roman. Morris får gemt skatten af vejen, før han bliver smidt i fængsel for en anden grim forbrydelse. Da han bliver løsladt 35 år senere, opdager han, at den nedgravede skat er forsvundet, fjernet af teenageren Pete Saubers, der også er Rothstein-fan. Morris vil have hævn, men den pensionerede politimand, Bill Hodges kommer på tværs af hans planer. En bog om historiefortællingens magt fra en mester i historiefortælling. ------- ”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. Deres tre børn er flyttet hjemmefra. King er ikke alene en af verdens mest populære forfattere, han er også ekstrem produktiv og har godt 60 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.
“Joyland er en langt blidere, dybere og mere tankefuld bog, end den giver sig ud for at være.”– The GuardianJoyland er klassisk King. Der er gys og spænding, og samtidig er det en vidunderlig velfortalt roman om at blive voksen.Devin Jones ser tilbage på den periode, hvor han som 21-årig arbejdede i forlystelsesparken Joyland. Han havde været en usikker og ensom ung mand med et knust hjerte, som havde fået job i et middelmådigt tivoli med en hjemsøgt forlystelse. Et uopklaret mord var nemlig engang blevet begået i selvsamme tivoli. I Kings hånd er det en nervepirrende cocktail.Ordene på facaden af Spøgelseshuset i Joyland kunne også stå på forsiden af denne bog: “Kom indenfor hvis du tør”. Man træder indenfor med bævende knæ, og man træder ud med nedbidte negle. Men også varm om hjertet og rørt. Kings univers er på én gang uforudsigeligt og genkendeligt – og gennemsyret af spænding.“Det følelsesmæssige bånd markerer forskellen mellem bøger, som først og fremmest underholder, og bøger som gør en fundamental forskel. Med bedragerisk lethed og forbavsende regelmæssighed har King nu gennem 40 år skrevet bøger, som gør en forskel. Med Joyland har han gjort det endnu en gang.”– The Washington Post
Velkommen til Cold Mountain-fængslet, der er hjem for E-blokkens depressive mænd. De er alle dødsdømte mordere. Hver af dem afventer sin tur ad Den grønne mil til et stævnemøde med dødsgangens elektriske stol. Fængselsbetjent Paul Edgecombe har oplevet mange mærkværdige mennesker i de år, han har arbejdet på Den grønne mil. Men han har aldrig før mødt en mand som John Coffey, der har en krop som en kæmpe og en hjerne som et barn. Han er dømt til døden for en forfærdelig, rå forbrydelse. Men på dette sted, hvor alt håb lades ude, er Edgecombe ved at opdage den uhyggelige og vidunderlige sandhed om Coffey. En sandhed, der er en udfordring for hans hidtil faste tro på, hvad der er muligt og umuligt. Indlæst af Fjord Trier Hansen.
The official graphic novel adaptation of the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King concludes in this haunting interpretation of the chilling, timely bestseller.The mysterious plague known as Aurora has blanketed the world, and, to the men, all but a handful of sleep-deprived women seem trapped--cocooned--in seemingly endless slumber. In reality, their minds have been transported to a strange, utopic dream world. It's a world where small-town sheriff Lila Norcross and the other women can build their own society. And from which they might not want to wake.In the real world of Dooling, West Virginia, Lila's husband, beleaguered prison psychiatrist Clint Norcross, is struggling. He's trying to protect the woman called Eve Black from the ill-thought-out actions of increasingly desperate men. But Eve, as the only woman capable of waking up, has her own plans: a test with global consequences. A test Clint will have to pass if he ever hopes to see his wife again.Collects Sleeping Beauties issues #6-10, by writer Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl) and artist Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard), from the novel by Stephen King (The Institute, The Stand) and Owen King (Intro to Alien Invasion).
Stephen King's compelling novel - a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in hardback - is about a contract killer, an ex-marine, with one last payday to earn before he retires. Once again King sets his storytelling talent on a new path with this epic new thriller.
En samling af fire fænomenale fortællinger, der inkluderer den enkeltstående efterfølger til den filmatiserede bestseller Outsideren.Journalister har et ordsprog: ”Historien gløder, hvis det bløder”. Og historien om en detoneret bombe på Albert Macready mellemskole indeholder store mængder af blodHolly Gibney fra detektivbureauet De Der S.øger arbejder på en sag om en forsvunden hund (og på sit eget behov for at være mere selvsikker), da hun ser den direkte tv-dækning fra bombeattentatet. Men da hun senere tænder for aftennyhederne, indser hun, at noget ikke stemmer ved den journalist, som var først på gerningsstedet. Sådan begynder Blodtørst, den enkeltstående efterfølger til bestselleren Outsideren, hvor den usædvanlige detektiv Holly skal opklare sin første solo-sag.Blodtørst er kun én af samlingens i alt fire fortællinger, der også rummer Mr. Harrigans telefon, Chucks liv og Rotten. Alle noveller illustrerer Kings alsidige storytelling med elegance, humor, skræk og åndeløs spænding. En King Classic, både for Kings mange fans og et godt sted at starte, hvis man er ny i det store forfatterskab
King's unforgettable novella about a terrifying plane ride, now available for the first time from Hodder in standalone form, as part of their exciting Stephen King reissue programme for 2021.
Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure. Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality. Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.
En sen nattetime i en stille forstad til Minneapolis bryder ukendte gerningsmænd ind i Luke Ellis’ families hus, slår hans forældre ihjel og laster drengen ind i en sort varevogn. Hele operationen tager mindre end to minutter. Luke vågner på Anstalten, i et værelse som ligner hans eget, blot er rummet uden vinduer. Og når han åbner sin dør, er der andre døre; døre til værelser med andre børn som ham, børn med særlige evner inden for telekinese og telepati, som også er endt på Anstalten på samme måde som Luke. Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, den tiårige Avery Dixon og Luke, alle befinder de sig i Forhuset.Andre er flyttet til Baghuset, der ifølge Kalisha er som en stor insektfælde: ”Børnene tjekker ind, men de tjekker aldrig ud.” Anstaltens tilsynsførende, Mrs. Sigsby, og resten af personalet har kun ét for øje, nemlig skruppelløst at udvinde børnenes særlige evner. Hvis børnene samarbejder, giver personalet dem mønter til Anstaltens salgsautomater, og hvis de modsætter sig, er straffen brutal.Flere og flere børn forsvinder til Baghuset, og imens bliver Luke mere og mere desperat for at slippe ud og hente hjælp. Men ingen er nogensinde undsluppet Anstalten.Kom med til Anstalten, et sted hvor det gode ikke nødvendigvis besejrer ondskaben.
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