The Stand
Edition: 1st Signet printing (44)
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1987?
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN-13: 9780451160959
Copyright date: 1978
First sentence: Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.
Description: Epic Terror to Chill Your Dreams
June 16, 1985. That is when the horror began - the evil that started in a laboratory and took over America. Those who died quickly were the lucky ones. For the scattered survivors, wandering through a country turned into a gigantic graveyard, life has become a nightmare struggle. They escaped death, but now something even more terrifying is waiting to claim them - the most fiendish force ever to seek all humanity as slaves and victims. A strange, faceless, clairvoyant figure that is reaching for their very souls... 
--back cover