Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller "'SALEM'S LOT," tells the story of evil in small-town America. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. Late that summer, Ben Mears returned to 'salem's Lot hoping to cast out his own devils and found instead a new, unspeakable horror. A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved. All would be changed forever: Susan, whose love for Ben could not protect her; Father Callahan, the bad priest who put his eroded faith to one last test; and Mark, a young boy who sees his fantasy world become reality and ironically proves the best equipped to handle the relentless nightmare of 'Salem's Lot. This is a rare novel, almost hypnotic in its unyielding suspense, which builds to a climax of classic terror. You will not forget the town of 'salem's Lot nor any of the people who used to live here.

斯蒂芬·金（Stephen King，1947年—）

有史以来作品最多、读者最众、声名最大的作家之一。

编过剧本，写过专栏，执过导筒，做过制片人，还客串过演员。

作品总销量超过三亿五千万册，超过一百五十部影视作品改编自他的作品，由此创下一项吉尼斯世界记录。

被《纽约时报》誉为“现代惊悚小说大师”，更是读者心目中的“恐怖小说之王”。

六次荣获布莱姆•斯托克奖，六次荣获国际恐怖文学协会奖，1996年获欧•亨利奖。

2003年因“继承了美国文学注意情节和气氛的伟大传统，体现出人类灵魂深处种种美丽的和悲惨的道德真相”而荣获美国国家图书奖的终身成就奖。

2007年荣获爱伦•坡大师奖——终身成就奖。