As the women of the world sleep,the world awakens to a new and frightening reality...
In a future so real and near it might be now,something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze.
If they are awakened,if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated,the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place...
The men of our world are abandoned,left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman,however,the mysterious Evie,is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied Or is she a demon who must be slain
Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women's prison,Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative,gloriously absorbing novel. Although Stephen has collaborated before,notably with Peter Straub for the bestselling novels The Talisman and Black House,this is the first full-length collaboration between father and son writing partnership,Stephen King and Owen King.
Known to many as the father of modern horror writing,Stephen King is the voice of the underbelly of small-town America for a generation of readers. Making his name as the author of cult classics (with an equally strong legacy of film adaptations) including Carrie,The Shining,The Green Mile,IT,The Stand,Pet Sematary,Under the Dome and The Tommyknockers as well as the bestselling Dark Tower series.
Owen King is best known as the author of the short story collection We're All in this Together which the Independent called a'stupendous'analysis of America's angry pulse in a collection where'no one gets out... unscathed.'
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781473681286Number of pages: 736Weight: 500 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 38 mm
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'No longer content with dominating the horror genre for decades,Stephen King now seems set on creating top-notch chillers as a family business....kick-started by a very Kingish high concept...made immersively believable by the usual Kingian control of a vast cast of brilliantly drawn characters. Bravo!'- Daily Mail
'A beauty of a horror tale...The first epic collaboration between Stephen King and son Owen King is ambitious,heartbreaking and,when it comes to its central horrors,all too timely...The Kings create a thought-provoking work that examines a litany of modern-day issues.'- USA Today
'A bulging,colourful epic; a super-sized happy meal,liberally salted with supporting characters and garnished with splashes of arterial ketchup.'- Xan Brooks, Guardian
'Easily devoured,and I look forward to the next book from either or both Kings eagerly....One of my favourite books of the year.'- Sci-Fi Bulletin
'The prose never loses its vitality and humour; the ideas are always intriguing; and there's no gainsaying the adventurousness and ambition'- The Times
Stephen King
We celebrate the author known to many as the father of modern horror. For a generation of readers,Stephen King is the voice of the underbelly of small-town America,having made his name as the author of cult classics (with an equally strong legacy of film adaptations) including Carrie,The Shining,The Green Mile,The Stand,Pet Sematary,IT,Under the DomeandThe Tommyknockers. If there's an author who knows how to mine the dark recesses of the human imagination,it's King.
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