Смъртоносен вирус плъзва из страната, света. Оцеляват група малка група хора, но това не пречи на разделянето им на два лагера — на доброто, и на злото. Ще успее ли група, водена от майка Абигейл да се пребори със Зловещия човек, всяващ ужас на всяка земна твар…
Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English 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.
On rentre dans le vif du sujet avec cette deuxième partie ! Les petits groupes se sont enfin rejoints pour en former un grand, sous les yeux de Mama Abigaël. Tombée sous le charme de Tom Cullen, il est tellement attachant.. dommage qu'on n'entende plus vraiment parler de lui une fois sa petite aventure avec Nick passée ! Un système essaie gentiment de se mettre en place.. Et Harold me ferait presque plus peur que Flagg !
Dupa incheierea pandemiei parca nu mai are atata farmec. Poate e si ea, in sine, o carte greoaie, poate e de vina si foaia ingalbenita de timp. Ori poate nu e o lectura pt mine.
Odlična nastavak. Pisac sjajno slika atmosferu. Razvoj likova su u drugom planu u odnosu na tok same radnje. King savršeno priča priču u kojoj vrlo malo učesnika se suštinski menja dok je svet oko njih resetovan. Verovatno nešto što je pisac sam iskusio. Bolje od prvog dela.
Тук нещо доскуча след цялото разлагащо се положение в предишната част. Предполагам, че тази книга просто трябва да бъде скучното свързващо звено между завръзката и развръзката, но четенето е мудно с цялото малослучване.