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Description

WHERE WERE YOU ON OCTOBER 1ST AT 3:03 P.M.? Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction.... read more

Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Clayton Riddell: A graphic artist, having just drawn his debut novel - after the Pulse, he travels the country to find his estranged wife and son, making enemies along the way.

Memorable Quotes

  • “At the bottom you see, we are not homo-sapiens at all. Our core is madness, the prime directive is murder. What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we did not come to rule the planet because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.”

First Sentence

The event that came to be known as The Pulse began at 3:03pm, Eastern Standard Time on the afternoon of October 1.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Stephen King (Author)
 

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