斯蒂芬·金（Stephen King，1947年9月21日－），美國暢銷書作傢，寫過劇本、專欄評論，曾擔任電影導演、製片人以及演員。他是美國通俗小說領域的國民作傢，以恐怖小說著稱，被《紐約時報》譽為“現代驚悚小說大師”，更是讀者心目中的“恐怖小說之王”。他的作品還包括科幻小說、奇幻小說、短篇小說、影視劇本及舞颱劇本等。作品總銷量超過三億五韆萬冊，超過一百五十部影視作品改編自他的作品，由此創下一項吉尼斯世界記錄。七次榮獲布萊姆.斯托剋奬，六次榮獲國際恐怖文學協會奬，1996年獲歐.亨利奬，在2003年獲得美國國傢圖書奬“終身成就奬”。他的作品遠遠超齣瞭類型小說的範疇，深入內心、逼問人性、展現靈魂，是一位不摺不扣的文學大師。

代錶作品：《閃靈》《肖申剋的救贖》《亞特蘭蒂斯之心》《黑暗塔》《屍骨袋》

A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.

In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.

Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.

This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.