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The Stand

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King

By Stephen King
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By Stephen King
Read by Grover Gardner

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Aug 07, 2012 | ISBN 9780307947307

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Dec 01, 2020 | ISBN 9780593313886

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May 01, 1990 | ISBN 9780385199575

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Jun 24, 2008 | ISBN 9780385528856

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Feb 14, 2012 | 2868 Minutes

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    About The Stand

    #1 BESTSELLER • 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.

    This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete And Uncut Edition.

    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 “Dark 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.

    Also a limited series on CBS All Access

    About The Stand

    #1 BESTSELLER • The 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. • The tie-in edition of the nine-part CBS All Access series starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Marsden.

    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 “Dark 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.

    About The Stand

    #1 BESTSELLER • 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.

    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 “Dark 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.

    About The Stand

    #1 BESTSELLER • The 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. • The tie-in edition of the nine-part CBS All Access series starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Marsden.

    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 “Dark 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.

    About The Stand

    This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

    And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides–or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail–and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.

    In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript.

    Now Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral complexity of a true epic.

    For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King’s gift. And those who are reading The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.

    Cover artwork ©2020 CBS Interactive Inc.

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    About Stephen King

    STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:… More about Stephen King

    About Stephen King

    STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:… More about Stephen King

    About Stephen King

    STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:… More about Stephen King

    About Stephen King

    STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:… More about Stephen King

    About Stephen King

    STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:… More about Stephen King

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Anchor
    Aug 07, 2012 | 1200 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307947307

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror

    Mass Market Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Anchor
    Dec 01, 2020 | 1328 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780593313886

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror

    Hardcover | $55.00
    Published by Doubleday
    May 01, 1990 | 1200 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780385199575

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jun 24, 2008 | 1200 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780385528856

    Category: Science Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks | Gothic & Horror

    Audiobook Download | $45.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 14, 2012 | 2868 Minutes | ISBN 9780307987570

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    Praise

    “[The Stand] has everything. Adventure. Romance. Prophecy. Allegory. Satire. Fantasy. Realism. Apocalypse. Great!”
        —The New York Times Book Review

    “A master storyteller.”
        —Los Angeles Times

    “As brilliant a dark dream as has ever been dreamed in this century.”
        —Palm Beach Post

    “An undisputed master of suspense and terror.”
      —The Washington Post
     
    “King is one of the most powerful storytellers we have. His work satisfies on first reading and is even better the second time around.”
      —Chicago Tribune
    “Crackling . . . with explosive climaxes.” 
      —The Boston Globe
    “[For] those who like their horror on a humongous scale.”
      —Los Angeles Times
    “Peerless imagination.”
      —The Observer (London)

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