Yeah, we all knew he was full of shit. Stephen King claimed to go into retirement with the end of THE DARK TOWER series. Case in point, the King fansite
Liljas-Library was just given the synopsis for King’s latest novel CELL. Check it:
Civilization doesn’t end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone.
What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something…well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn’t matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath. Before long a band of them-“normies” is how they think of themselves-have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school’s moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on.
CELL is classic Stephen King, a story of gory horror and white-knuckling suspense that makes the unimaginable entirely plausible and totally fascinating.
I love when technology goes bad- especially cell phones-
especially coming from the master himself! Remember
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE? Sounds like that, with bits of THE STAND. Just what we’d expect to see from King. I’m stoked!
No word on when it’s set to be released, but pre-order date is January 24th! Yee-Ha!