The Stand

<p>this Is The Way The World Ends: With A Nanosecond Of Computer Error In A Defense Department Laboratory And A Million Casual Contacts That Form The Links In A Chain Letter Of Death. <p> And Here Is The Bleak New World Of The Day After: A World Stripped Of Its Institutions And Emptied Of 99 Percent Of Its People. A World In Which A Handful Of Panicky Survivors Choose Sides -- Or Are Chosen. A World In Which Good Rides On The Frail Shoulders Of The 108-year-old Mother Abigail -- And The Worst Nightmares Of Evil Are Embodied In A Man With A Lethal Smile And Unspeakable Powers: Randall Flagg, The Dark Man.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>survivors Of A Chemical Weapon Called Superflu Confront Pure Evil In This Updated And Even More Massive Version Of King's 1978 Saga. ``the Extra 400 Or So Pages . . . Make King's Best Novel Better Still,'' Said Pw. `` A New Beginning Adds Verisimilitude To An Already Frighteningly Believable Story, While A New Ending Opens Up Possibilities For A Sequel.</p>