Bøger af Stephen King

You'll lose a lot of sleep . . .Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death.That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control - dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon . . .Insomnia is a relentless waking nightmare in which the master of horror and suspense guarantees you sure won't rest in peace.

En kold, mørk forårsmorgen et sted i Midtvesten står flere hundrede desperate arbejdsløse i kø og venter på at en jobbørs skal åbne. Pludselig dukker en stor Mercedes SL 500 ud af tågen, pløjer sig for fuld fart ind i menneskemængden og forsvinder igen. Et år senere er den pensionerede politimand Bill Hodges ved at forsumpe i dårlig dybfrostmad og endnu værre tv. Massakren på de arbejdsløse er en af de uopklarede sager han stadig ikke kan glemme, og til sin forbløffelse og rædsel modtager han en dag et hånende brev fra Mercedesmorderen selv. Hvad Hodges nemlig ikke ved, er at brevets forfatter på ingen måde er færdig med at hade og hævne sig på verden. Kælderen under det anonyme hus hvor den unge Brady Hartsley stadig bor sammen med sin fordrukne og nærgående mor, er lige så spækket med plastisk sprængstof som Bradys tanker konstant er det af forestillinger om at udløse nye katastrofer og menneskelige tragedier. Det er det bare kun ham selv der er klar over. Stille og tilsyneladende helt almindelig går han rundt blandt folk og passer smilende sine anonyme jobs, alt imens han planlægger en terrorhandling uden sidestykke – som kun den næsten udbrændte Hodges og et par meget utraditionelle hjælpere måske vil være i stand til at forudse og forhindre. Mercedesmanden er Stephen Kings første regulære kriminalroman og vandt i 2015 den amerikanske Edgar Award. Fortsættelsen De der søger udkommer på dansk i efteråret 2016. “Et opgør mellem godt og ondt som i alle Kings bedste værker, uanset genre.” – Los Angeles Times ”King brillerer med sit foruroligende portræt af Brady, et ægte uhyre i menneskeskikkelse der giver ny mening til udtrykket ‘ondskabens banalitet.’” – Publisher’s Weekly

Combining the suspense of THE OUTSIDER with the childhood camaraderie in IT, THE INSTITUTE is a powerful new novel from Stephen King.

Stephen King's bestselling unsolved mystery, THE COLORADO KID - inspiration for the TV series HAVEN -- returns to bookstores for the first time in 10 years in an all-new illustrated edition.

400 pages, paperback. A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

A comfortable, solid, middle-American town - inhabited by a serial killer...

Includes a Dark Tower story entitled 'The Little Sisters of Eluria'.Nothing is quite as it seems.Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine . . . He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes; he was only a cop . . . Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn't a rabbit warren any more. It is a cave inhabited by rabid bats.And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him . . .

Jack Torrance bliver fyret fra sit job på Stovington Highschool pga. en uheldig episode med en elev. Han er tørlagt alkoholiker og har et voldsomt temperament. En ven har hjulpet ham til jobbet som opsynsmand på hotel Overlook i Colorados bjerge, som hver vinter afskæres fra omverdenen, når sneen begynder at falde. Jack vil bruge vinteren til at komme på fode igen og få skrevet sit skuespil færdig. Med sig har Jack sin kone Wendy og sin søn Danny på 5 år.Danny har et særligt talent, som kokken Hallorann opdager, da familien ankommer til hotellet på sæsonens sidste dag. Danny kan skinne. Han kan finde ting, der er blevet væk, fornemme folks tanker - og han kan se ting, der sker i fremtiden. Hallorann kan også skinne lidt, og de to knytter en særlig kontakt, da Hallorann advarer Danny mod at opholde sig bestemte steder på hotellet.Overlook er nemlig ikke et helt almindelig hotel. I årenes løb er der sket en mængde mord, selvmord og ulykker her, og disse hændelser svæver stadig rundt i hotellets korridorer. Den første tid går alt dog godt. Jack får gang i skriveriet, og han og Wendy kommer tættere på hinanden igen. Kun Danny mærker, at der er noget galt, men som tiden går, bliver det også tydelig for Wendy. Selvom der ikke findes en dråbe spiritus i hotellet, begynder Jack nemlig at udvise de samme symptomer, som da han drak. Han bliver aggressiv, og det går op for Wendy, hvor isolerede de er i bjergene.Kings beskrivelse af Jacks gradvise nedbrydning er suverænt godt skrevet, og man sidder som læser og har både ondt af ham og skræmmes af hans karakterskift. Forholdet mellem ham og Danny er også meget smukt, så udover at være en yderst spændende thriller, kan man også læse den som en fortælling om mennesker, og hvor galt det kan gå, når en familie udsættes for stress og isolering

Glæd dig til et gensyn med den geniale og elskelige Holly Gibney, der bliver sat til at efterforske en række forsvindinger i en lille flække i Midtvesten.Da Penny Dahl ringer til detektivbureauet De Der Søger for at få hjælp til at finde sin forsvundne datter, er Holly Gibney ikke meget for at tage sagen. Hendes partner, Pete, har corona, hendes mor (med hvem hun havde en indviklet relation) er lige død, og Holly skulle egentlig være på orlov. Men noget i Penny Dahls desperate stemme gør det umuligt for Holly at afvise hende.Blot få gader fra Bonnie Dahls forsvindingssted bor professorerne Rodney og Emily Harris. De er indbegrebet af borgerlige dyder: De har giftet sig i livets efterår, de er fulde af hengivenhed over for hinanden, og de har begge en livslang akademikerkarriere bag sig. Men i kælderen under det polerede og velholdte hjem med bøger fra gulv til loft skjuler de en modbydelig sandhed, som muligvis er relateret til Bonnies forsvinden. Det bliver en vanskelig opgave at blotlægge den velbevarede hemmelighed, for Rodney og Emily er både kloge, tålmodige og nådesløse.Holly er en rædselsvækkende krimi om en privatdetektiv, som må sætte alle kræfter ind for at afsløre to forskruede menneskers gerninger.

Basis for the 1985 motion picture, Silver bullet.

For readers new to The Dark Tower, The Wind Through the Keyhole is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Wind through the Keyhole is a perfect bridge between the fourth and fifth novels in Stephen King's epic masterpiece. A story within a story which features both the younger and older gunslinger, it is also a wonderful introduction to The Dark Tower series.As Roland Deschain, and his ka-tet leave the Emerald city, a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. While they shelter from the starkblast, Roland tells a story about his younger days, when he was sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-changer. At the scene of the crime he had tried to comfort a terrified young boy called Bill Streeter by reciting a story from The Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, 'The Wind through the Keyhole'. 'A person's never too old for stories,' he said to Bill. 'Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.' And stories like these, they live for us.JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

A collection of four stories on the theme of 'midnight', the moment when the familiar world gives way to an alternative reality, and a new and terrifying world is revealed.

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat. But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial. A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding.

THE WASTE LANDS is the third volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.In the third novel in Stephen King's epic fantasy masterpiece, Roland, the Last Gunslinger, is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower. Roland has altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers in New York. Now they exist in different worlds, paradoxically sharing memories. Roland, Susannah and Eddie must try to draw Jake into Mid-World then follow the Path of the Beam through an urban waste land to the Dark Tower.Pursued by the Ageless Stranger, Roland and his friends cross a desert of damnation in this macabre new world as revelations begin to unfold about who - and what - is driving him forward.JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But it is not quite what the police had expected. Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make . . . She will take her time. Won't be hurried. Will do it her way, sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else's.This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness.Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you'd better pay attention - or else.DOLORES CLAIBORNE is a film starring Kathy Bates.

Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry (site of IT and INSOMNIA), four young boys did a brave thing; something that changed them in ways they hardly understand. A quarter-century later, the boys are men who still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time, a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky. Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives and a terrible struggle with a creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their past and in the boy they once rescued as a child.

Sidste bind i Kings krimi-trilogi der begyndte med Mercedesmanden og De der søger. Den djævelske Mercedes-morder driver sine fjender til selvmord, og hvis Bill Hodges og Holly Gibney ikke finder en måde at stoppe ham på, ender de med selv at blive ofre. Noget er vågnet på stue 217 på Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic. Noget ondt. Brady Hartsfield, gerningmanden bag Mercedes masakren, har været indlagt på klinikken i fem år i en vegetativ tilstand. Ifølge hans læger er det usandsynligt, at han nogensinde kommer til sig selv igen. Men bag sin savlen og stirren er Brady vågen og i besiddelse af dødbringende evner, som gør ham i stand til at forvolde ufattelig ravage uden overhovedet at forlade hospitalsstuen. Den pensionerede politikommisær, Bill Hodges, som vi også mødte i Mr. Mercedes og De der søger, driver nu et detektivbureau sammen med sin partner Holly Gibney, kvinden som stod bag slaget, der henviste Hartsfield til en fast plads på hjerneskadeafdelingen. Da Bill og Holly bliver tilkaldt til i forbindelse med et selvmord, som har tilknytning til Mercedes masakren, trækkes de ind i deres hidtil farligste sag, som ikke alene bringer deres egne liv i fare, men også sætter deres nærmeste i farezonen. Hartfield er tilbage og han planlægger – ikke kun over Hodges og hans venner, men over hele byen. I Vagt forbi binder King en sløjfe på Hodges-trilogien på sublimt skræmmende vis. Resultatet er et foruroligende indblik i menneskets sårbarhed kombineret med isnende spænding. Ingen gør det bedre end King. “Superb… Kings rastløse forestillingsevne er en kraft, som ikke kan holdes nede.”—The New York Times ”Vidunderlig, skræmmende, bevægende.” – The Washington Post __________________________ STEPHEN KING er født i 1947 i Portland, Maine. I dag er han bosat i Bangor, Maine, med sin kone, forfatteren Tabitha King. King er ikke alene en af verdens mest populære forfattere, han er også ekstrem produktiv og har godt 65 værker bag sig. Hans opskrift på succes er simpel: Læs fire timer om dagen. Skriv fire timer om dagen. Hvis du ikke kan finde tid til det, kan du ikke forvente at blive en god forfatter.

Doktor Søvn er den længe ventede opfølger til Kings berømteste bog til dato – Ondskabens hotel.★ ★ ★ ★ ★"Stephen King har en forrygende evne til at gøre sine personer håndgribelige, så man som læser går brændende op i deres skæbne."– EkstrabladetDet er ingen hemmelighed at Doktor Søvn har taget verden med storm, og King beviser at han nu 37 (!) år senere stadig er mesterfortælleren over alle. Hvis nogen skulle have været i tvivl.Kun tre overlevede Ondskabens hotel, heriblandt hovedperson Jack Torrances søn, Danny – dengang fem år og nu en voksen mand. Og det er ham vi nu følger. Danny kæmper med tre ting han arvede efter sin far; alkoholisme, et voldsomt temperament og resterne af spøgelset fra Ondskabens hotel. Indledningsvis er spøgelser det mindste af hans problemer…Kings univers er aldeles uforudsigeligt, hvilket netop gør det så skræmmende. King forstår at integrere de overnaturlige elementer og gøre dem tilpas genkendelige, og under gyset er Doktor Søvn en fortælling om familier og om afhængighed. Sidst men ikke mindst er King historiefortælleren over alle; han formår bedre end nogen at fange læseren og først give slip når sidste side er vendt.“Historiefortælling er alt – og hold op hvor han ved, hvordan læseren skal føres.” – The Guardian“Doktor Søvn er en varm og underholdende roman af en mand, som ikke længere er fange af sine dæmoner, men som ved hvor han skal finde dem, når han har brug for dem.” – Daily Telegraph

Stephen King's #1 Bestseller As You've Never Seen It Before Featuring more than 20 illustrations by acclaimed artists Pat Kinsella, Robert McGinnis, and Mark Summers, this brand new edition of JOYLAND brings the carny world to life in all its bright and sinister glory.

WOLVES OF THE CALLA is the fifth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.In the fifth novel in StephenKing's bestselling fantasy series, Roland and his ka-tet are bearing through the forests of the Mid-World on their journey to the Dark Tower. Tracking their every move is a group of farmers from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis. The trackers have been warned that the Wolves, a band of masked riders, are about to gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap and raid their town. And they want to enlist the help of the four gunslingers.How can Roland and his tet both protect the innocent community and return to New York to save our world's incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation?JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER...THE DARK TOWER SERIES:THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

Now a Netflix movie directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush) and starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood.A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game.But this time Jesse didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she felt angry and humiliated. So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt.He wasn't meant to die, leaving Jesse alone and helpless in a lakeside holiday cabin. Miles from anywhere. No-one to hear her screams. Alone. Except for the voices in her head that had begun to chatter and argue and sneer . . .

Welcome to Desperation.Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway.The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation . . .

'Turn off the television - in fact, why don't you turn off all the lights except for the one over your favourite chair? - and we'll talk about vampires here in the dim. I think I can make you believe in them.'Stephen King, from the Introduction. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size.Ben Mears, a moderately successful writer, returns to the Lot to write a novel based on his early years, and to exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood. The event he witnessed in the house now rented by a new resident. A newcomer with a strange allure. A man who causes Ben some unease as things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list starts to grow.Soon surprise will turn to bewilderment, bewilderment to confusion and finally to terror . . .

“Vækkelse er blandt Kings allerbedste… inderlig, gribende og skræmmende.” – New York Daily News Jamie Morton er seks år gammel, da en skygge falder over ham, mens han sidder og leger med sine tinsoldater. Det er i Maine i begyndelsen af 60’erne. Han kigger op og ser en bemærkelsesværdig mand, som viser sig at være den nye metodistpræst i byen; Charles Jacobs. Sammen med sin smukke hustru vil han reformere den lokale kirke. Alle i byen er betaget af det karismatiske par, men det går op for Jamie, at pastoren er besat af en hemmelig lidenskab. Da en tragedie rammer Jacobs-familien, forbander pastoren Gud, fnyser af alle religiøse overbevisninger og bliver forvist fra den chokerede by. Da Jamie er i midten af trediverne og på turné med sit rockband, desperat og heroinafhængig, møder han igen Charles Jacobs, der nu fungerer som healende mirakelmager. Mødet får voldsomme konsekvenser for dem begge. Forbindelsen mellem dem bliver en pagt, som selv djævlen dårligt ville kunne have udtænkt. Jamie opdager, at vækkelse har mange betydninger. Han sætter sig for at finde sandheden om den gådefulde mand, der nu kalder sig Pastor Danny Jacobs. “Kings vidunderlige nye roman byder på den gammeldags fornøjelse, det er at krybe sammen om lejrbålet i mørket for at høre en historie fortalt af en, som ved præcis, hvordan han skal få det til at løbe koldt ned ad ryggen på enhver tilhører.” – Washington Post

In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent... In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a women's prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain? The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Dooling's Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake. And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether...

The first standalone novel in Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) - and the basis of Mr Mercedes, an AT&T Audience Original Series starring Brendon Gleeson.Described as 'the best thriller of the year' Sunday Express, the No. 1 bestseller introduces retired cop Bill Hodges in a race against time to apprehend a killer.A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by 'the Mercedes massacre', a case he never solved.Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter. Now he's preparing to kill again.Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor!King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting DOCTOR SLEEP picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan, working at a hospice in rural New Hampshire, and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep.'Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival . . .