Full Dark, No Stars
<b>From the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Stephen King, four “disturbing, fascinating” (<i>The Washington Post</i>) novellas—including the story “1922,” a Netflix original film—that explore the dark side of human nature.</b><br /><br />“The pages practically turn themselves” (<i>USA TODAY</i>) in <i>Full Dark, No Stars</i>, an unforgettable collection centered around the theme of retribution.<br /> <br />In “1922,” a violence awakens inside a man when his wife proposes selling off the family homestead, setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness.<br /> <br />In “Big Driver”, a mystery writer is brutally assaulted by a stranger along a Massachusetts back road and plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.<br /> <br />In “Fair Extension,” making a deal with the devil not only saves a man from terminal illness but also provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.<br /> <br />In “A Good Marriage,” the trust forged by more than twenty years of matrimony is irrevocably shattered when a woman makes a chance discovery leading to the horrifying implications of just who her husband really is.<br /> <br />Like <i>Different Seasons </i>and <i>Four Past Midnight</i>, which generated such enduring hit films as <i>The Shawshank Redemption </i>and <i>Stand by Me</i>, King’s <i>Full Dark, No Stars</i> is a “page-turner” (<i>The New York Times</i>) “as gripping as his epic novels” (<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>), and “an extraordinary collection, thrillingly merciless, and a career high point” (<i>The Telegraph</i>, UK).