Now with a stunning new cover look, Stephen King’s No. 1 bestselling apocalyptic thriller will mean you ‘won’t use your mobile for days’ (Guardian)You can run. You can hide. Just don’t pick up.The event which propels civilization into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is is carried by every cell phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls will become infected.In Boston, artist Clayton Riddell flees the explosive heart of the city. He knows he has to reach his son before the young boy switches on his little red phone. And time is running out . . .

Hodder are boosting Stephen King’s backlist with new covers, new author brand lettering and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them.About the AuthorSTEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb’s top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.ReviewsVery clever and brilliantly written . . . you won’t use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Very clever and brilliantly written . . . you won’t use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Storytelling – the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next – is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Storytelling – the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next – is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Very clever and brilliantly written . . . you won’t use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Storytelling – the ability to make the listenener or the reader need to know, deamd to know, what happens next – is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Book InformationISBN 9781444707823Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Hodder & StoughtonPublisher Hodder & StoughtonWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 36mm