The Stand

The Stand

<b>Stephen King€s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published.</b><br><br><b>Soon to be a television series</b><br><i> </i><br>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 world€s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge€"Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious €œDark Man,€ who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them€"and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.<br><br>(This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in <i>The Stand</i>: <i>The Complete And Uncut Edition</i>.)