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John Smith awakens from an interminable coma with an accursed power-the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in...the dead zone.

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The prologue relates two unconnected episodes in the lives of the principal and subsidiary characters. In January 1953 in Maine, a young boy named Johnny Smith is knocked out cold while ice-skating. As he regains consciousness, he is helped to his feet by Chuck Spier, an older boy, to whom he... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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First Sentence

The two things Sarah remembered about that night later were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune and the mask.

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  1. Stephen King (Author)
 

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  • Stephen King: America'S Best-Loved Boogeyman

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