After a deadly pandemic wipes out most of humanity, the few survivors are drawn into a cosmic struggle between good and evil. As communities form around opposing leaders—one embodying hope, the other darkness—the fate of the new world hangs in the balance. In Stephen King’s The Stand, survival becomes a moral battleground—exploring faith, power, and the enduring conflict between light and darkness.
Date: 1978 (United States)
Length: ~1200 pages (varies by edition)
Cultural impact: ~5.000.000 copies (estimates)
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
"The Stand is a masterpiece, and I don't use that word lightly... To me, it's easily his most important" — James Smythe, British novelist and critic
"Striking a far less hysterical tone than in The Shining, King has written his most sweeping horror novel in The Stand" — Kirkus Reviews
"The Stand did in me; and so I wouldn't be who I am without having read it... It made me want to write a novel" — James Smythe, British novelist and critic
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