FrommasterstorytellerStephenKingcomeshisclassic#1NewYorkTimesbestselleraboutfourfriendswhoencounterevilintheMainewoods.Twenty-fiveyearsago,intheirhauntedhometownofDerry,Maine,fourboysbravelystoodtogetherandsavedamentallychallengedchildfromviciouslocalbullies.Itwassomethingthatfundamentallychangedthem,inwaystheycouldneverbegintounderstand.Theselifelongfriends--nowwithseparatelivesandseparateproblems--makeitapointtoreuniteeveryyearforahuntingtripdeepinthesnowyMainewoods.Thistime,though,chaoseruptswhenastrangersuddenlystumblesintotheircamp,freezing,deliriouslymumblingaboutlightsinthesky.Andalltooquickly,thefourcompanionsareplungedintoahorrifyingstruggleforsurvivalwithanotherworldlythreatandtheforcesthatopposeit...wheretheironlychanceofsurvivalislockedintotheirsharedpast--andtheextraordinaryelementthatbondsthemall...
