The Stand: Complete and Uncut

by Stephen King

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#1 BESTSELLER Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as rivetingand eerily plausibleas when it was first published.

A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.
  • ISBN10 0385199570
  • ISBN13 9780385199575
  • Publish Date 1 May 1990 (first published 3 October 1978)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group