The revelatory vision of King, for a world struck by a deadly epidemic and at the mercy of the eternal battle between good and evil.
A man escapes from a biological testing facility and spreads a mutated strain of the flu, which wipes out ninety-nine percent of humanity within a few weeks. Those who survive are terrified and bewildered, and in need of a leader.
Two candidates emerge – Mother Abagail, a kind 108-year-old woman who urges them to form a community in Boulder, Colorado, and Randall Flagg, the malevolent "dark man" who seeks chaos and violence. In the battle between the two for power, the survivors are called to choose the right leader – and ultimately determine the fate of humanity.
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