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CELL
BY
STEPEHEN KING
READ BY
CAMPBELL SCOTT
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THERE'S A REASON WHY CELL RHYMES WITH HELL.
ON OCTOBER 1ST, 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, IS ALMOST BOUNCING UP BOYLSTON STREET IN BOSTON. HE'S JUST LANDED A COOMIC BOOK DEAL THAT MIGHT FINALLY ENABLE HIM TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY BY MAKING ART INSTEAD OF TEACHING IT. HE'S ALREADY PICKED UP A 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 A 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 ARE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE 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.
Master of horror Stephen King preys upon our fears of technology with the plot hook driving this chiller: a mysterious signal known as "The Pulse," sent via cell phone, turns everyone talking on one into a mindless, murderous beast. The "normies"--those fortunate enough to be away from their phones--must band together in order to defend themselves from the afflicted and highly dangerous "phoners." The book's protagonist is non-cellphone-owning, comic-book artist Clayton Riddell, who watches a Boston street turn into a scene of bloody chaos as he waits on line at an ice-cream truck. Desperately, Clay fights his way through a newly insane New England back home to his estranged wife and young son in Maine, not knowing whether they are alive, dead, or affected by The Pulse themselves.
Details
Narrated by:
Campbell Scott
Edition Description:
Unabridged
Size
Height:
6.0 in.
Width:
5.3 in.
Thickness:
1.2 in.
Weight:
10.7 oz.
Publisher's Note
Mayhem and violence are unleashed around the world when a pulse from a mysterious source transforms all cell phone users into savage, unthinking, homicidal maniacs, and only a small band of "normies" who somehow avoided the technological attack can stop the rampage. Simultaneous.
Industry reviews
"[C]ompelling....King's imagining of what is more or less post-Armageddon Boston is rich, and the sociological asides made by his characters along the way...jaunty and witty....[T]he book holds together in signature King style. Fans will be satisfied." Publishers Weekly (01/02/2006)
"[A] traditional King narrative studded with alarming signs of the times." New York Times - Janet Maslin (01/23/2006)
"The King of Horror returns to top form." Newsweek (01/30/2006)
"King's apocalyptic cautionary tale suggests that cellular communication could be as pernicious as it is pervasive." (starred review) (02/01/2006)
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