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- Thriller - Número 3 en la trilogía protagonizada por el detective Bill Hodges, secuela de "Mr. Mercedes" y "Finders Keepers" - King es el autor de más de 50 novelas, todas ellas bestsellers a nivel mundial. King ha sido premiado con la 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

The mesmerizing #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Stephen King and the basis for the popular CBS TV series!On a beautiful fall day, the small town of Chester''s Mill, Maine, is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and rain down flaming wreckage. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts. No one can fathom what this impenetrable barrier is, where it came from, and when--or if--it will go away. As the days go by and the grim reality of the situation dawns, each of Chester''s Mill''s residents reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty. Survival now depends on Dale "Barbie" Barbara, an ex-army drifter trapped with everyone else who must now lead an intrepid few to uncover the sinister forces intent on holding the town hostage--and to somehow escape it before there''s no one left alive.

THE GUNSLINGER is the first volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, due in cinemas July 28, 2

During a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her headphones to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when the reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her—the protector from an enemy who may or may not be imagined…one who is watching her, waiting for her in the dense, dark woods…

Stephen King nació el 21 de septiembre de 1947 en Portland en el estado de Maine (Estados Unidos). Ganó una beca para ir a la universidad de Maine donde se licenció en Lengua y Literatura Inglesa en 1970. Se caso un año mas tarde con Tabitha Spruce. Mient

" L'homme en noir fuyait a travers le désert, et le Pistolero le suivait... " Ce Pistolero, c'est Roland de Gilead, dernier justicier et aventurier d'un monde qui a changé et dont il cherche a inverser la destruction programmée. Pour ce faire, il doit arracher au sorcier vêtu de noir les secrets qui le mèneront vers la Tour Sombre, a la croisée de tous les temps et de tous les lieux. Roland surmontera-t-il les pièges diaboliques de cette créature? A-t-il conscience que son destin est inscrit dans trois cartes d'un jeu de tarot bien particulier ? Le Pistolero devra faire le pari de le découvrir, et d'affronter la folie et la mort. Car il sait depuis le commencement que les voies de la Tour Sombre sont impénétrables...

The #1 New York Times bestseller--four chilling novellas from Stephen King that will "grab you and not let go" (The Washington Post). One Past Midnight "The Langoliers" takes a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn't. Because something's waiting for them. Two Past Midnight: "Secret Window, Secret Garden" enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger. Three Past Midnight: "The Library Policeman" is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well--the truth. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance. Four Past Midnight "The Sun Dog" is a menacing canine appearing in every Polaroid picture that fifteen-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new camera, beckoning him to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, aims to exploit it for profit, but this creature that shouldn't exist at all is a very dangerous investment.

With two new stories and updated text, this definitive illustrated edition of 'Salem's Lot contains two new stories relating to the novel, and updated text throughout.

Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) A story by Stephen King the master of horror. Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkess favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. The Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and to write different kinds of book. She is determined to stop him, and Paul becomes her prisoner

El mejor Stephen King en una aterradora e inquietante historia de mundos paralelos. Cuando el conocido novelista de terror Scott Landon — alter ego de King — muere, su esposa, Lisey, deberá enfrentar

In the fertile lands of the East, the farming community has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers, led by Roland of Gilead, are also coming their way. And the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community and his urgent quest, Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower.

Stephen KingOn 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.

The "king of horror" offers up a collection of wonderfully conceived and devilishly executed short stories. Stephen King's ability to cook up a fiendish conceit is legendary, and these shorter works,

When Edgar Freemantle moves to Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn''t expect to find much there. But Duma Key and its mysteries have been waiting for him. The shells beneath his house are whispering to him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. Even though he has lost an arm. And the hand he uses is the one he lost ...