"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 Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers...

Al detective retirado Hodges, que dirige una agencia de investigaci̤n privada con Holly, le diagnostican un c̀ncer de p̀ncreas: le quedan meses de vida. En ese momento Hodges investiga una serie de suicidios recientes con un punto en com͠n: todos los fallecidos tuvieron relaci̤n con Brady Hartsfield, el tristemente famoso Mercedes, que hace ąos plane̤ volar una sala de conciertos de rock llena de adolescentes. Hodges y Holly dejaron al asesino...