Doctor Sleep: A Novel Audiobook

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Winner of the 2014 Audie Award for Fiction and Finalist for Solo NarrationMale Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shiningan instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is [a] vivid frightscape (The New York Times). Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrances sanity, as his paranormal gift known as the shining opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlookand his fathers legacy of alcoholism and violencekept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname Doctor Sleep by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stonewho possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shiningthe two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dans own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girls soul and survival… Download and start listening now!

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Kings earlier books were full of phantasms and demons, but he grows ever more adept at rooting his dark thoughts and toughest struggles in realityHe remains amazingly resourceful. Hes so good at scaring that he can even raise goose bumps when he writes about the measles. – New York Times Born to be a bestseller and possibly most discussed novel of the year. – Barnes&Noble.com, editorial review King is a pro: by the end of this book your fingers will be mere stubs of their former selves, and you will be looking askance at the people in the supermarket line, because if they turn around they might have metallic eyes. Kings inventiveness and skill show no signs of slacking: Doctor Sleep has all the virtues of his best work. What are those virtues? First, King is a well-trusted guide to the underworld. His readers will follow him through any door marked Danger: Keep Outbecause they know that not only will he give them a thorough tour of the infernohe will also get them out aliveSecond, King is right at the center of an American literary taproot that goes all the way down: to the Puritans and their belief in witches, to Hawthorne, to Poe, to Melville, to the Henry James of The Turn of the Screw, and then to later exemplars like Ray Bradbury. – New York Times Book Review This is vintage King, a classic good-vs.-evil tale that will keep readers turning the pages late into the night. His many fans wont be disappointed. – Library Journal (starred review) King clearly revels in his taleit shows all his old gifts, including the ability to produce sentences that read as if theyre tossed off but that could come only from someone whos worked hard on them. His cast of characters is as memorable as any King has produced, too, from a fully rounded Danny to the tiny but efficiently lethal Abra Stone and the vengeful AndiSatisfying at every level. King even leaves room for a follow-up, should he choose to write oneand with luck, sooner than three decades hence. – Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A gripping, taut read that provides a satisfying conclusion to Danny Torrances story. – Publishers Weekly Will Pattons delivery enhances Kings prose in ways that make Kings work so much more enjoyable in audio than just reading itPattons narrative voice captures the rhythm of Kings words. His character voices, filled with a variety of regional American accents, remain consistent. Most importantly, the sinister aspects that embody characters and moments of this novel are superbly executed and will certainly leave listeners on edge. – AudioFile