Under the dome

SKU: 9780340992586
Under The Dome by Stephen King | Readers Warehouse

Under the dome

SKU: 9780340992586
Paperback·Ages 18+·Fantasy
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At a glance

💀 Tone
Tense, apocalyptic, gripping
⚡ Pace
Medium, ensemble-driven
🖤 Vibes
Small town sealed off, mysterious barrier, power abuse
👑 Themes
Power, corruption, survival, community
🧠 Mind Game
Suspenseful, escalating
🔥 Hook
A small Maine town is suddenly sealed under an invisible dome, and its people turn on each other.
👀 Perfect For
Fans of Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, Justin Cronin
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who love big-cast, high-concept Stephen King and small-town survival stories

It is an ordinary autumn morning in the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, when an invisible barrier slams down around it without warning. Aircraft break apart against it, vehicles crash, and in an instant the town is sealed off from the rest of the world. Nobody knows what the dome is, where it came from, or whether it will ever lift.

As supplies dwindle and fear takes hold, the town begins to turn on itself. A former Iraq War veteran now working as a short-order cook joins forces with a handful of determined residents to stand up to a ruthless local politician who sees the crisis as his chance to seize control. With a huge cast and relentless pace, this is Stephen King at his most epic: a gripping study of power, panic and human nature under pressure.


Book details

Format
Paperback
Reading age
18+
Pages
880
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published
1 January 2010
Language
English
ISBN
9780340992586

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About the Author:

Stephen King is the undisputed King of Horror, the maestro of nightmares, and the man responsible for millions of readers sleeping with the lights on. With a typewriter as his weapon and a mind full of monsters, Stephen has been scaring (and delighting) readers for decades with stories that are as chilling as they are impossible to put down.

From haunted hotels (The Shining) to creepy clowns in the sewer (It), from telekinetic teens (Carrie) to small towns with very big secrets (Salem’s Lot, Needful Things, Under the Dome)—King has built an entire universe where the strange, the spooky, and the downright terrifying lurk just beneath the surface of everyday life.

But he’s not just about scares—Stephen King is a master storyteller. His characters feel real, his plots are deeply human, and his stories often ask the big, unsettling questions about fear, hope, survival, and the darkness we all carry.

Whether you're braving Pet Sematary, getting lost in the epic Dark Tower series, or taking a suspenseful ride through Misery, Stephen King is the author who’ll grab you by the imagination—and never let go.