Hardcover, 880 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 2009 by Hodder & Stoughton.
Inexplicably, an invisible barrier has descended over the town. A woodchuck is chopped right in half; a gardener's hand is severed at the wrist: the plane explodes with sheets of flame spreading to the ground and Dale Barbara. Iraq war vet turned short- order cook. is force.d to turn back into the town he so desperately needed to leave.
As residents speculate about what has cut them off from the rest of the world, the Army searches for an inside man. Barbara is put in charge. But Big Jim Rennie, the man who holds the town in his powerful grip. has other plans. And the Dome could just be the answer to his prayers.
As food, electricity and water run short and children start to have premonitions of a terrifying Halloween. 'Barbie' is forced to take on Big Jim and his renegade supporters. Now time is running out for those …
Inexplicably, an invisible barrier has descended over the town. A woodchuck is chopped right in half; a gardener's hand is severed at the wrist: the plane explodes with sheets of flame spreading to the ground and Dale Barbara. Iraq war vet turned short- order cook. is force.d to turn back into the town he so desperately needed to leave.
As residents speculate about what has cut them off from the rest of the world, the Army searches for an inside man. Barbara is put in charge. But Big Jim Rennie, the man who holds the town in his powerful grip. has other plans. And the Dome could just be the answer to his prayers.
As food, electricity and water run short and children start to have premonitions of a terrifying Halloween. 'Barbie' is forced to take on Big Jim and his renegade supporters. Now time is running out for those living under the Dome. Can they find what has created it before it's too late? --front flap
This is an extremely good Stephen King book. It is as ambitious as his epic works, like The Stand and It, and he pulls it off.
I don't read much King. No real reason, the movie adaptations are always interesting, I just don't read him. But when I saw this title listed on Amazon, i had to see what it was about.
Glad I did. Really good read. he kinda wraps it up in a hurry, which after investing so much time leading up to the end, a few more pages/chapters to really close it wouldn't hurt my feelings, but ending aside, awesome book.
Definitely a good read.
