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Everyone already recommends this book if you are interested in science fiction/doomsday type reading and I can see why. With the creation of a super plague and a glitch in containment processes a world wide catastrophe unfolds leaving only those immune to survive and rebuild.
This is challenged as a dark adversary starts to appear in the dreams of those left alive. The story follows main characters through their struggles to maintain their morals or resort to darker tactics. Everyone refers to t ...more
This is challenged as a dark adversary starts to appear in the dreams of those left alive. The story follows main characters through their struggles to maintain their morals or resort to darker tactics. Everyone refers to t ...more

A good, epic-length post-apocalyptic story. Many have compared this book to Swan's Song (by Robert McCammon), and I can see why. I actually found that other novel more interesting and memorable than The Stand (not sure which came first, though I suspect it was The Stand).
I look forward to seeing the mini-series that was made of this, now. ...more
I look forward to seeing the mini-series that was made of this, now. ...more

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