Stephen King's 4th Book Released in 1977
From The Inside Flap
The Overlook Hotel claimed the most beautiful physical setting of any resort in the world; but Jack Torrance, the new winter caretaker, his wife Wendy, and their five-year-old son Danny saw much more than its splendor.
Jack saw the Overlook as an opportunity, a desparate way back from failure and despair; Wendy saw this lonely sanctuary as a frail chance to preserve their family; and Danny?...Danny, who was blessed or cursed with a shining, precognitive gift, saw visions hideously beyond the comprehension of a small boy. He sensed the evil coiled within the Overlook's one hundred and ten empty rooms; an evil that was waiting just for them.
Dedication
This is for Joe Hill King, who shines on.
First Sentence
Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.
