Castle View, été 1974. Comme chaque jour, Gwendy Peterson emprunte les marches des suicidés pour rejoindre Castle Rock. Ce jour-là, à son arrivée au sommet des marches, un homme lui confie une boîte
“Riding the Bullet” is the story of Alan Parker, who’s hitchhiking to see his dying mother but takes the wrong ride, farther than he ever intended. In “Lunch at the Gotham Café,” a sparring couple’
From legendary storyteller and No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, whose 'restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained' (The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?How about everything.This spectacular can't-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It's about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.You won't put this story down, and you won't forget Billy.
Paul Sheldon é um famoso escritor de romances cor-de-rosa, tornado célebre pela personagem principal das suas obras, Misery Chastain. Porém, Sheldon entendeu que estava na hora de virar a página e decidiu matar Misery. E ento que sofre um terrivel acidente de viaço e e socorrido por Annie Wilkes, uma ex-enfermeira que o leva para sua casa para o tratar. O que Paul no sabe e que Annie, a sua salvadora, e tambem a sua maior f, a mais fanatica e obcecada de todas e esta furiosa com a morte de Misery. Ferido e incapaz de andar, totalmente a merce de Annie, Paul e obrigado a escrever um novo livro para ressuscitar Misery, como uma Xerazade dos tempos modernos nas mos de uma psicopata tresloucada que ha muito deixou de distinguir a realidade da ficço. Repleto de complexos jogos psicologicos entre refem e captor, Misery e uma obra de suspense e terror no seu estado mais puro.
