Stephen King Collection 4 Books Set (Pet Sematary, The Shining, It, Doctor Sleep)

Now a major motion picture! Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller is a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among King’s most iconic and frightening novels.When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed’s beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing...as is evidenced by the makeshift graveyard in the nearby woods where generations of children have buried their beloved pets. Then there are the warnings to Louis both real and from the depths of his nightmares that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard where another burial ground lures with seductive promises and ungodly temptations. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there—one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. As Louis is about to discover for himself sometimes, dead is better... From Horror's Master Storyteller, Stephen King, Comes The Classic Tale--pet Semetary. When The Creeds Move Into A Beautiful Old House In Rural Maine, It All Seems Too Good To Be True: Physician Father, Beautiful Wife, Charming Little Daughter, Adorable Infant Son--and Now An Idyllic Home. As A Family, They've Got It All ... Right Down To The Friendly Car. But The Nearby Woods Hide A Blood-chilling Truth--more Terrifying Than Death Itself--and Hideously More Powerful. Annotation. Sometimes Dead Is Better ... When The Creeds Move Into A Beautiful Old House In Rural Maine, It All Seems Too Good To Be True: Physician Father, Beautiful Wife, Charming Little Daughter, Adorable Infant Son -- And Now An Idyllic Home. As A Family, They've Got It All ... Right Down To The Friendly Cat. But The Nearby Woods Hide A Blood-chilling Truth -- More Terrifying Than Death Itself ... And Hideously More Powerful. Stephen King. SUMMARY: From horror's master storyteller, Stephen King, comes the classic tale--PET SEMETARY. When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son--and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all ... right down to the friendly car. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth--more terrifying than death itself--and hideously more powerful. Annotation. "Sometimes dead is better ..." When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son -- and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all ... right down to the friendly cat. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth -- more terrifying than death itself ... and hideously more powerful. "When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed’s beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing...as is evidenced by the makeshift graveyard in the nearby woods where generations of children have buried their beloved pets. Then there are the warnings to Louis both real and from the depths of his nightmares that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard where another burial ground lures with seductive promises and ungodly temptations. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there—one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. As Louis is about to discover for himself sometimes, dead is better..."--Publisher's description "When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creeds' beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing... as is evidenced by the makeshift pet cemetery in the nearby woods. Then there are the warnings to Louis, both real and from the depth of his nightmares, that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there--one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. An ominous fate befalls anyone who dares to tamper with this forbidden place, as Louis is about to discover for himself." -- page 2 of cover First published in 1983, PET SEMATARY has since been regarded as one of Stephen King's most frightening an controversial novels, Daring to cross the boundaries of conventional fiction, King has woven a tale so fundamentally startling that he himself was hesitant for it to see the light of day upon its completion. A multilayered examination into the nature of untimely death, shattering loss, and utter desperation, PET SEMATARY tears asunder the very fabric connecting our seemingly normal world and the afterlife...leaving readers with an awful truth too haunting to ever forget. (back cover) Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986