Stephen King: Under the Dome, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

An einem gewöhnlichen Tag in Chester's Mills, Maine, wird die Stadt plötzlich und unerklärlich durch ein unsichtbares Kraftfeld vom Rest der Welt abgeschnitten. Flugzeuge zerschellen daran, Autos explodieren beim Aufprall, Menschen werden von Körperteilen und Familienmitgliedern getrennt. Einige unerschrockene Bürger tun sich zusammen. Gegen sie steht ein skrupelloser Politiker mit seinem Sohn, der ein dunkles Geheimnis in seiner Kammer hütet. Doch ihr fürchterlichster Gegner ist das Kraftfeld, denn niemand weiß, was es ist und wann es endlich verschwindet - wenn es verschwindet ... The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5 on Monday, August 25th.

In one of Stephen King's most riveting novels, in which every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome.

Beschreibung

The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5 on Monday, August 25th (produced by Steven Spielberg). King's bestselling novel centres on a small town suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible dome.

In UNDER THE DOME, King has produced another riveting masterpiece. The end of every chapter hooks you into the next, drawing you inside a psychological drama that is so rich, you don't read it, you live it.

It is the story of the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine which is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one can get in and no one can get out.

The normal rules of society are suddenly changed and when food, electricity and water run short, the community begins to crumble. As a new and more sinister social order develops, Dale Barbara, Iraq veteran, teams up with a handful of intrepid citizens to fight against the corruption that is sweeping through the town and to try to discover the source of the Dome before it is too late . . .

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King's 'propulsively intriguing . . . staggeringly addictive' (USA Today) No. 1 bestseller, that inspired a hit television series, centres on a small town suddenly cut off from the rest of the world.

Time isn't just running short. It's running out.

On a beautiful autumn day, a small New England town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into the dome and rain down flaming wreckage. A gardener's hand is severed as it descends. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts.

No one can fathom what the barrier is, where it came from, or when - and if - it will go away.

Now, a few intrepid citizens, led by an Iraq War veteran turned short-order cook, face down a ruthless politician dead set on seizing the reins of power in the town. But their main adversary is the dome itself . . .