Full Dark, No Stars
From the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Stephen King, four “disturbing, fascinating†(<i>The Washington Post</i>) novellas—including the story “1922,†a Netflix original film—that explore the dark side of human nature.<BR><BR>“The pages practically turn themselves†(<i>USA TODAY</i>) in <i>Full Dark, No Stars</i>, an unforgettable collection centered around the theme of retribution.<BR> <BR>In “1922,†a violence awakens inside a man when his wife proposes selling off the family homestead, setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness.<BR> <BR>In “Big Driverâ€, a mystery writer is brutally assaulted by a stranger along a Massachusetts back road and plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.<BR> <BR>In “Fair Extension,†making a deal with the devil not only saves a man from terminal illness but also provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.<BR> <BR>In “A Good Marriage,†the trust forged by more than twenty years of matrimony is irrevocably shattered when a woman makes a chance discovery leading to the horrifying implications of just who her husband really is.<BR> <BR>Like <i>Different Seasons </i>and <i>Four Past Midnight</i>, which generated such enduring hit films as <i>The Shawshank Redemption </i>and <i>Stand by Me</i>, King’s <i>Full Dark, No Stars</i> is a “page-turner†(<i>The New York Times</i>) “as gripping as his epic novels†(<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>), and “an extraordinary collection, thrillingly merciless, and a career high point†(<i>The Telegraph</i>, UK).