Doctor Sleep
- 作者:Stephen King
- 出版社:Hodder&Stoughton
- 出版日期:2014-05-22
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:1444783246
- ISBN13:9781444783247
- 裝訂:平裝 / 400頁 / 11 x 17.8 cm / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
身懷能看穿特殊景象的天賦能力,是幸運,抑或是詛咒?當年逃脫父親魔手的丹尼,為了擺脫童年陰影而四處漂流,最後落腳於一處老人之家,他利用他的神秘力量,幫助老人家安息,因此獲得「睡眠醫生」這個稱號。
但一樁又一樁的離奇孩童慘死案,幕後隱藏著更大的黑暗陰謀。一群看似無害的老人,真面目竟是可怕的不死怪物,他們駕著休旅車四處遊蕩,虐殺著與丹尼擁有相同特殊力量的孩童,並吸取他們的力量維生,這次他們的目標,是一名無辜的十二歲小女孩。原本看似漸入平靜生活的丹尼,卻因為和這名小女孩的相遇,即將重新捲入另外一場充滿恐怖及暴力的超自然世界。(文/博客來編譯)
An epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon
in the King canon.
King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting Doctor Sleep
picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan, working at a hospice in rural New Hampshire, and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan
Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism,
and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort
to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep.'
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and
survival ...
作者簡介
Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than 50 books. His recent work includes DOCTOR SLEEP and UNDER THE DOME, now a major TV series. His novel 11.22.63 won the Los Angeles Times
Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. Many of his books have been turned into celebrated films
including Misery, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with
his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.