Under the Dome by Stephen King (Hardcover)

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and abruptly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into "the dome" and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand becomes severed when it comes in contact with it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few fearless citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing - even murder - to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

Author:

King, Stephen

ISBN:

9781439148501

Format:

Hardcover

Pages:

1074

Publish Date:

11/10/2009

Publisher:

Scribner

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