Doctor Sleep: A Novel

ISBN: 1442362383

Author: King, Stephen

Condition: New

Winner of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement AwardWinner of the 2014 Audie Award for Fiction and Finalist forSolo Narration-MaleNow a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor!From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining-an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is [a] vivid frightscape (The New York Times).Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrances sanity, as his paranormal gift known as the shining opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook-and his fathers legacy of alcoholism and violence-kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname Doctor Sleep by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone-who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining-the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dans own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girls soul and survival...