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A superflu wipes out most of humanity and the survivors take sides
1978Steady paceEpic
What it is about
A government-made virus kills most of the world’s people. The survivors are drawn in dreams to two people: Mother Abagail, a good old woman in Nebraska, and Randall Flagg, a dark man in Las Vegas. The stage is set for a final conflict.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want an epic King novel.
What you will get
King published an uncut edition in 1990.
The Stand Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Horror · Post-apocalypse · Good versus evil · Epic
Length
823 pages · ≈ 24 h
More about this book
Characters
Stu Redman, Frannie Goldsmith, Mother Abagail and Randall Flagg.
Setting
The United States after a plague.
What makes it different
One of the great post-apocalyptic novels.
Feel
Epic, eerie and long.
It
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