The Stand
Paperback – Illustrated, August 7, 2012
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · August 7, 2012
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR • Stephen King’s landmark post-apocalyptic novel gave us a vision of a world blasted by plague and torn between good and evil—and helped make him “an undisputed master of suspense and terror” (The Washington Post).
- Themes
- Post-apocalyptic survival, Good versus evil, Community and leadership
- Genres
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Horror, Dystopian
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, August 7, 2012
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in post-apocalyptic survival stories
- Readers drawn to moral conflict between good and evil
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR • Stephen King’s landmark post-apocalyptic novel gave us a vision of a world blasted by plague and torn between good and evil—and helped make him “an undisputed master of suspense and terror” (The Washington Post). One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition.
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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.
Where it sits
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 99% |
|---|---|
| Horror | 57% |
| Dystopian | 56% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Horror
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Suspense
- Authors
- Stephen King
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- August 7, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Post-apocalyptic survival · Good versus evil · Community and leadership
- Reading lane
- Horror