The Mist
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Stephen King
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a dense, mysterious mist as humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction—originally published in the acclaimed short story collection Skeleton Crew and made into a TV series, as well as a feature film starring Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden.In the wake of a summer storm, terror descends...David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm. Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. As the confinement takes its toll on their nerves, a religious zealot, Mrs. Carmody, begins to play on their fears to convince them that this is God’s vengeance for their sins. She insists a sacrifice must be made and two groups—those for and those against—are aligned. Clearly, staying in the store may prove fatal, and the Draytons, along with store employee Ollie Weeks, Amanda Dumfries, Irene Reppler, and Dan Miller, attempt to make their escape. But what’s out there may be worse than what they left behind. This exhilarating novella explores the horror in both the enemy you know—and the one you can only imagine.
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Author
Stephen King
Pages
176
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2017-05-23
ISBN
1501176242 9781501176241
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"Honestly nothing in this book can quite compare to the ending of the movie, even King is upset he didn't think of that ending. That said the ending of this book is very open to interpretation and I've always read it over and over trying to figure out if there was a hidden implication or a hint on what actually would happen. It's a good short read."
"I was never able to figure out the 2nd word that the protagonist whispered to his son at the very end. One was "hope". Did anyone figure out the other one?"
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Bill S.
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