Henry Carter Hull

"In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging...

"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...

An American reporter in South America, Fletcher finds himself detained and subject to interrogation by the notoriously ruthless dictator, Escobar. Fletcher's resolve to quit smoking seems little more than an absurdity, since the chances of escaping from Escobar's clutches are remote, at best. And yet Fletcher hesitates at the offer of that longed-for smoke. Might there be a way out of the deathroom after all?