The Stand: Tie In

<p>King's phenomenally selling masterpiece The Stand is now coming as a blockbuster ABC-TV miniseries. The long-awaited television event finally airs this May. The book, featuring tie-in advertising cover art, is a classic study of the battle between good and evil in a future world, where virtually the entire planet's population has been wiped out by a deadly flu virus--accidentally unleashed by a Defense Department accident.</p>