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First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned 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 is the greatest popular novelist of our day, comparable to Dickens'. * Toby Litt, Guardian * A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel * Sunday Times * 'King is the greatest popular novelist of our day, comparable to Dickens'. * Toby Litt, Guardian * A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel * Sunday Times *
Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers.
Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.
ISBN: 9781444720730
ISBN-10: 1444720732
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 1344
Published: 12th July 2011
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.6 x 13.1
x 6.0
Weight (kg): 0.9
Edition Number: 1
