From international bestseller Stephen King, a high-concept, ingenious and terrifying story about the mayhem unleashed when a pulse from a mysterious source transforms all cell phone users into homicidal maniacs. There’s a reason cell rhymes with hell. On October 1, God is in His heaven, the stock market stands at 10,140, most of the planes are on time, and Clayton Riddell, an artist from Maine, … artist from Maine, is almost bouncing up Boylston Street in Boston. He’s just landed a comic book deal that might finally enable him to support his family by making art instead of teaching it. He’s already picked up a small (but expensive!) gift for his long-suffering wife, and he knows just what he’ll get for his boy Johnny. Why not a little treat for himself? Clay’s feeling good about the future.
That changes in a hurry. The cause of the devastation is a phenomenon that will come to be known as The Pulse, and the delivery method is a cell phone. Everyone’s cell phone. Clay and the few desperate survivors who join him suddenly find themselves in the pitch-black night of civilization’s darkest age, surrounded by chaos, carnage, and a human horde that has been reduced to its basest nature…and then begins to evolve.
There’s really no escaping this nightmare. But for Clay, an arrow points home to Maine, and as he and his fellow refugees make their harrowing journey north they begin to see crude signs confirming their direction. A promise, perhaps. Or a threat…
There are 193 million cell phones in the United States alone. Who doesn’t have one? Stephen King’s utterly gripping, gory, and fascinating novel doesn’t just ask the question “Can you hear me now?” It answers it with a vengeance.
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Steven King at his best. The very beginning reminded me of how “The Stand” begins, but that was the end of the similarity. Great twists and turns so you don’t see climatic events coming. I didn’t want it to end. If you are a fan of Mr. King, do not miss this great read.
Way better than the movie but the movie was crap.
It seems like even Stephen King can’t avoid the zombie trend. Rather than tying them into the appearance of a comet or whatever from the George Romero school of zombies, King ties them into a signal sent from cell phones. The cell phone connection makes the novel a decent commentary about technology and technophobes and becomes a direct comparison …
I love Stephen King’s books. This one really makes you sit back and wonder if it could actually happen. Great read.
What can i say, it’s Stephen King?
Another awesome read by a master storyteller.
This was a classic Stephen King novel! Roller coaster ride of thrills, twists, and turns! I read the first half of the book in one night as I could not put it down. Last night I finished the other half. The book is about cell phones that get hit with a pulse phenomenon that practically turns the human race into zombies. It was a different kind of …
The master is back, this time with a new twist on a post-apocalyptic world. Grips me as he always does; highly recommended.
I was freaked out after reading the first few chapters and did not want ot answer my cell phone. True Stephen King
As always, Stephen King has great characters and a plot that plays out in a suspenseful and satisfying way.
In one word brilliant! Particularly the ending.
I love this book and come back to it frequently, but I have to tell you about the first time I interacted with it. I bought it in a Savannah, GA Best Buy on the same day I was getting a new radio put in my car. At the time, I was the proud owner of one of those little Nokia’s which are practically indestructible. So while they were working on my …
Stephen King at his finest! This book had just enough creep to keep you interested and the characters are easy to visualize! I love SK so I could not find any reason to not give this book 5 stars!!!
Great story line and plausible!
After reading this book I am not attached to my cell phone like I see people walking around but there is their hand and a pig attaching to the world. Scared me into realizing how much is this is coming true now I read this book quite a while ago when it 1st came out. I could not put this book down I had to finish reading it that night.
Not as scary as his other books
Love all of King’s books!!
This book is a real page turner. Stephen King could make a cookbook exciting! Don’t read this unless you have nothing else to do for the next few hours. Love this book, I read it in a single day.
Great book…!
Very scary that possibly this could really happen!! I couldn’t put it down! One of his Best!