The Stand
Stephen King's The Stand is a thrilling novel that portrays
the forces of good against evil. In the year 1991, a plague
strikes America, leaving only a few thousand people alive
who are "immune" to the epidemic. Of the survivors, those
who serve G-d instinctively join in Boulder, Colorado, while
those who worship the "Dark Man" are drawn to Las
Vegas, Nevada. The two groups separately re-build society,
until one must destroy the other. Franni Goldsmith comes
very close to killing herself. She thinks she can not deal with
her parents' deaths, being unwed and pregnant, and having
the only other survivor in her hometown of Ogunquit, Main
be her recently deceased best friend's weird brother Harold
Lauder. Fran puts aside her personal feelings for Harold
aside, and goes with him to the place in her dreams, to
Boulder, Colorado. On their way, they meet up with six
people from various states in the United States who joined
them on their journey. Fran is disturbed by her......
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