The Stand

<b>#1 BESTSELLER <b>&#149;</b> Stephen King&#146;s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting</b>&#151;<b>and eerily plausible</b>&#151;<b>as when it was first published. </b><br><br><b>This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in <i>The Stand:&#160;The Complete And Uncut Edition.</i></b><br><br> A patient escapes from a biological testing facility unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world&#146;s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared bewildered and in need of a leader. Two emerge&#151;Mother Abagail the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder Colorado; and Randall Flagg the nefarious &#147;Dark Man&#148; who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power the survivors will have to choose between them&#151;and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.<br><br><b>Also a limited series on CBS All Access</b>