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 thousandsIn 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 backs up and charges again Eight are killed fifteen wounded The killer escapes Months later retired cop Bill Hodges gets a letter threatening an even more diabolical attack and is hell-bent on preventing another tragedy