The Regulators, Stephen King
The Regulators, Stephen King
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The Regulators

Author: Stephen King

Narrator: Frank Muller

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/02/2016


Synopsis

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller of those caught between the surreal forces of good versus evil in a small suburban Ohio town.

“The red van rolls past…humming and glinting. …Things are happening fast now, although no one on Poplar Street realizes it yet.”

It’s a gorgeous midsummer afternoon along Poplar Street in the peaceful suburbia of Wentwort, Ohio, where life is as pleasant as you ever dreamed it could be. But that’s all about to end in blaze of gunfire and sudden violence, forever shattering the tranquility and the good times here. For the physical makeup of Poplar Street itself is now being transformed into a surreal landscape straight out of the active imagination of the innocent and vulnerable Seth Garin—an autistic boy who’s been exposed to and possessed by a horrific, otherworldly force of evil, one with sadistic and murderous intent and who is willing to use whatever means necessary to grow ever stronger.

About Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King was born in 1947 in the city of Portland, Maine. He attended the University of Maine, where he received a B.A. degree in English in 1970. He married his present wife, Tabitha, in 1971, and they have three children. King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His novels have sold more than 350 million copies. Many have been made into films, television movies, and comics. He has published 54 novels using a pen name (Richard Bachman) for a few of them. Many of his stories take place in his home state of Maine.

He has won about every possible literary award beginning with his 1980 novella, The Way Station. His most notable literary award was in 2007 for the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.King has had the common human weaknesses including alcoholism and drug addiction. His health during that period was so bad that he barely remembered writing the novel, Cujo. The first novel written after he quit all dependent drugs and alcohol was Needful Things.Stephen King's wife, Tabitha, has published nine of her own novels along with both sons being published writers. His daughter is a Unitarian Universalism Church minister with her same sex partner.

A life altering happening beset King in June of 1999. King was walking on the shoulder of Route 5, in Lovell, Maine, when a driver, who was distracted by an unrestrained dog, struck him from behind. His severe injuries kept him in the hospital until July 9. His lawyer purchased the van that hit him to prevent it from being sold on eBay. It was crushed at a junkyard. King thought that he would not write again, but did resume writing with this caveat, "I'm writing, but I'm writing at a slower pace".

His most notable novels are: Carrie, The Shining, The Stand, Misery, It, The Dark Tower, Under the Dome, and The Shawshank Redemption.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabriel on July 22, 2022

Gráfico, crudo y sangriento. Voy a ser conciso en mi opinión con este libro, así que mi experiencia lectora la resumiré en que me ha encantado la manera en que se cuenta la violencia, la muerte y la crueldad del mismo villano a la hora de ir matando por allí a los habitantes de la calle Plopar. Me ha......more

Goodreads review by Calista on January 14, 2020

I have to admit I did not resonate with this book at all. I loved Desperation and this was not for me. I rarely like a book he publishes under the Bachman name, only 2 of his novellas are things that I like. Weird right? It is like he writes stories differently as Bachman, but still Stephen King.......more

Goodreads review by Repellent on February 24, 2021

Acabé tan encantado con la lectura de "Desesperación" que me moría de ganas de hincarle el diente a "Posesión" y si bien concuerdo con la mayoría de que no llega al nivel de "Desesperación", creo que no lo hace por poco, porque la verdad es que también lo he disfrutado mucho. Especialmente la primer......more

Goodreads review by Chandra on November 12, 2018

Reading the Regulators after 20 years was like reverting back to my childhood. I absolutely remember why I adore this book. Things get crazy and you're left wondering what in the hell is actually happening and things start happening right at the get go. As I was reading, I was like yep, yep, yep.. I......more

Goodreads review by Jorie on April 06, 2023

It took me a little more time to get into The Regulators than it did its companion novel Desperation. While both are supernatural stories, the latter remains more grounded, focusing on survival and the human religious experience. It eases you in with a realistic threat before things start getting we......more