The Stand

About this book

Stephen Kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as rivetingeerily plausibleas when it was first published. The New York Times called it "the book that has everything. Adventure. Romance. Prophecy. Allegory. Satire. Fantasy. Realism. Apocalypse. Great!" Soon to be a limited series on CBS All Access A patient escapes from a biological testing facility unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the worlds population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared bewildered and in need of a leader. Two emergeMother Abagail the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder Colorado; and Randall Flagg the nefarious Dark Man who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power the survivors will have to choose between themand ultimately decide the fate of all humanity. (This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete And Uncut Edition.)