Under the Dome

An einem gewöhnlichen Tag in Chester's Mills, Maine, wird die Stadt plötzlich und unerklärlich durch ein unsichtbares Kraftfeld vom Rest der Welt abgeschnitten. Flugzeuge zerschellen daran, Autos explodieren beim Aufprall, Menschen werden von Körperteilen und Familienmitgliedern getrennt. Einige unerschrockene Bürger tun sich zusammen. Gegen sie steht ein skrupelloser Politiker mit seinem Sohn, der ein dunkles Geheimnis in seiner Kammer hütet. Doch ihr fürchterlichster Gegner ist das Kraftfeld, denn niemand weiß, was es ist und wann es endlich verschwindet - wenn es verschwindet ...

Zusatztext 'You're sorry when it ends.' Informationen zum Autor STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all worldwide bestsellers. His recent titles include The Institute , which was described by the Sunday Express as a 'masterpiece', The Outsider (voted winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for best Mystery and Thriller 2018), and If It Bleeds. Many of his titles have been turned into celebrated films, TV series and streamed events including IT, 'a book which speaks to everybody' ( Guardian ), The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me . King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine. Klappentext In Stephen King's mesmerizing new masterpiece-his biggest! most riveting novel since THE STAND-a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible! impenetrable dome. Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force featuring more than 100 characters-some heroic! some diabolical-and a supernatural element as baffling and chilling as any he's ever conjured. With some of the most spectacularly sinister characters ever imagined and a driving plot! UNDER THE DOME is Stephen King at his epic best. This book will thrill every reader who's ever loved a novel by King. The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5 on Monday, August 25th. In one of Stephen King's most riveting novels, in which every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome. Zusammenfassung Adapted as a major TV series, produced by Steven Spielberg, King's bestselling novel centres on a small town suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible dome. In UNDER THE DOME, King has produced another riveting masterpiece. The end of every chapter hooks you into the next, drawing you inside a psychological drama that is so rich, you don't read it, you live it. It is the story of the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine which is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one can get in and no one can get out. The normal rules of society are suddenly changed and when food, electricity and water run short, the community begins to crumble. As a new and more sinister social order develops, Dale Barbara, Iraq veteran, teams up with a handful of intrepid citizens to fight against the corruption that is sweeping through the town and to try to discover the source of the Dome before it is too late . . . ...

'You're sorry when it ends.'

Préface
As part of our exciting King reissue programme (2020-2024), we are relaunching his paperbacks with a stunning new cover look. UNDER THE DOME is a captivating EPIC THRILLER.

Auteur

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds.

Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.

King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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In Stephen King's mesmerizing new masterpiece-his biggest, most riveting novel since THE STAND-a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome. Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force featuring more than 100 characters-some heroic, some diabolical-and a supernatural element as baffling and chilling as any he's ever conjured. With some of the most spectacularly sinister characters ever imagined and a driving plot, UNDER THE DOME is Stephen King at his epic best. This book will thrill every reader who's ever loved a novel by King.