Book Group

“Stephen King’s The Stand is an apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental
struggle between good and evil remains as riveting—and eerily plausible—as 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.” (Penguin Random House)
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