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A #1 national bestsellerA yarn so packed with suspense, romance, literary reference, fascinating miscellaneous knowledge, and heart that only Stephen King could have written it. Marvelousthat is, full of marvels (Booklist).
Sleep, that undiscriminating friend, humankinds best and most reliable nurse since the dawn of time, had abandoned him again.
Ralph Roberts never expected to live out his remaining golden years mourning the death of his beloved wife. He also never expected to begin suffering from chronic insomnia for the first time in his life. Each night he wakes up a little bit earlier, until hes barely sleeping at all. During his overnight walks, hes now observing some strange things going on here in Derry, Maineand theyre more than sleep-deprived hallucinations. Theres definitely a mean streak thats always been running through this small New England city; underneath its ordinary surface, awesome and terrifying forces are at work. The dying has been going on in Derry for a long, long time, and Ralph Roberts will soon find that lack of sleep is the least of his worries....
