The Stand by Stephen King

An affected person escapes from an organic trying-out facility, unknowingly wearing a lethal weapon: mutated stress of super-flu so that it will wipe out ninety-nine percent of the world’s populace inside some weeks. Those who continue to be are scared, bewildered, and in want of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-antique female who urges them to construct a nonviolent network in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the darkish guy and the nonviolent female acquire power, the survivors will pick out among them—and in the end determine the destiny of all humanity.

(This version consists of all the new and restored fabric first posted in The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition .)