Det er tidlig på 1960-tallet. I en småby i New England faller en skygge over en liten gutt som leker med tinnsoldatene sine. Jamie Morton titter opp på den nye karismatiske pastoren Charles Jacobs. Jamie og Charles knytter sterke bånd basert på deres fasinasjon for elektrisitetseksperimenter. Flere tiår senere lever Jamie et omreisende liv som rock n' roll-gitarist. Han er blitt rusavhengig når han en dag treffer Jacobs igjen. Møtet deres får store konsekvenser for begge mennene. De inngår en pakt som selv djevelen ville fryktet, og Jamie oppdager at en vekkelse kan bety så mangt.
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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.