STEPHEN KING “RETURNS TO HIS GLORY DAYS OF THE STAND ” ( New York Daily News ) WITH HIS NEW #1 BESTSELLING EPIC Just down Route 119 in Chester’s Mill, Maine, all hell is about to break loose. . . . On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day, a small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and rain down flaming wreckage. A gardener’s hand is severed as the dome descends. Cars explode on impact. Families are separated and panic mounts. No one can fathom what the barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away. Now a few intrepid citizens, led by an Iraq vet turned short-order cook, face down a ruthless politician dead set on seizing the reins of power under the dome. But their main adversary is the dome itself. Because time isn’t just running short. It’s running out.

斯蒂芬‧金 Stephen King

一九四七年出生于美国缅因州波特兰市，后在缅因州州立大学学习英国文学，毕业后因工资菲薄而走上写作之路。自一九七三年出版第一部长篇小说《魔女嘉莉》后，迄今已著有四十多部长篇小说和两百多部短篇小说。其作品是近年来美国畅销书排行榜上的常客，还被翻译成三十多种语言。有超过百部影视作品取材自他的小说。他因此被誉为“现代惊悚小说大师”。

一九九九年，斯蒂芬‧金遭遇严重车祸，侥幸大难不死。在康复后，他又立刻投入写作。二○○三年，他获得美国国家图书基金会颁发的“杰出贡献奖”。其后又先后获得世界奇幻文学奖“终身成就奖”和美国推理作家协会“爱伦•坡奖”的“大师奖”。

在斯蒂芬‧金的众多作品中，以历时三十余年才终于完成的奇幻巨著“黑暗塔”系列（共七卷）最为壮观，也最受金迷推崇，书里的人物与情节，散见于斯蒂芬‧金的其它小说中，堪称他最重要的作品。

目前斯蒂芬‧金与妻子居住于缅因州。