Title: Under the Dome
Author: Stephen King
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Science Fiction
Book Description: On an entirely normal,
beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably
and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force
field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a
gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people
running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families,
and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is,
where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.
Dale
Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a
few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a
physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave
kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at
nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who
is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary
is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them
worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Doctor Sleep and Under
the Dome, now a major TV miniseries on CBS. His novel 11/22/63 was named
a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best
Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers
Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation
Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in
Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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