Now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining--an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is [a] vivid frightscape (The New York Times). Years ago the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance s sanity as his paranormal gift known as the shining opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up the ghosts of the Overlook--and his father s legacy of alcoholism and violence--kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice earning the nickname Doctor Sleep by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone--who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining--the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot reigniting Dan s own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl s soul and survival...