An edition of The Stand (1978)

The Stand

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An edition of The Stand (1978)

The Stand

For the first time the complete and uncut edition

by

  • ★★★★ 4.3 (86 ratings)
  • 1,205 Want to read
  • 60 Currently reading
  • 185 Have read

First came the days of the plague... Then came the dreams... Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.

THE STAND first appeared in 1978 and has since been regarded by many as Stephen King's greatest book. However, a considerable amount of the original work had been cut from the published version. Only now has this material been restored, with a new foreword by the author in THE STAND: For the First Time. Complete and Uncut.

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Published in
Great Britain
Copyright Date
1978

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Number of pages
1424

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL61173791M
ISBN 10
0450537374
ISBN 13
9780450537370

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL81618W

Work Description

One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of the world's population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
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Hapscomb's Texaco sat on US 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.
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