StephenKing’sclassic#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerandthebasisforthemassivelysuccessfulfilmsIt:ChapterOneandIt:ChapterTwoaswellasinspirationforHBOMax’supcomingWelcometoDerry--aboutsevenadultswhoreturntotheirhometowntoconfrontanightmaretheyhadfirststumbleduponasteenagers...anevilwithoutaname:It.WelcometoDerry,Maine.It’sasmallcity,aplaceashauntinglyfamiliarasyourownhometown.OnlyinDerrythehauntingisreal.Theywereseventeenagerswhentheyfirststumbleduponthehorror.Nowtheyaregrown-upmenandwomenwhohavegoneoutintothebigworldtogainsuccessandhappiness.Butthepromisetheymadetwenty-eightyearsagocallsthemreuniteinthesameplacewhere,asteenagers,theybattledanevilcreaturethatpreyedonthecity’schildren.Now,childrenarebeingmurderedagainandtheirrepressedmemoriesofthatterrifyingsummerreturnastheypreparetoonceagainbattlethemonsterlurkinginDerry’ssewers.ReadersofStephenKingknowthatDerry,Maine,isaplacewithadeep,darkholdontheauthor.Itreappearsinmanyofhisbooks,includingBagofBones,HeartsinAtlantis,and11/22/63.ButitallstartswithIt.“StephenKing’smostmaturework“(St.PetersburgTimes),“Itwilloverwhelmyou...tobereadinawell-litroomonly“(LosAngelesTimes).
