Under the Dome

“Tight and energetic from start to finish.” — New York Times

“ [A] thrilling new novel.” – Telegraph

“All hail the returning King…our stock of literature in the great American Gothic tradition is brilliantly replenished because of [him].” – Washington Post

The small town of Chester’s Mill, Maine which is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one can get in and no one can get out.

The normal rules of society are suddenly changed and when food, electricity and water run short, the community begins to crumble. As a new and more sinister social order develops, Dale Barbara, Iraq veteran, teams up with a handful of intrepid citizens to fight against the corruption that is sweeping through the town and to try to discover the source of the Dome before it is too late…

About this enhanced edition

Available now in the UK, Canada, AUZ and parts of Europe, Stephen King’s eagerly anticipated new novel has now been tailor-made for the iPhone. It includes extracts from a number of the author’s previous works, such as Cell, Christine and The Stand, as well as extracts from the audiobook and special audio communiques from people inside the Dome.

About the author

Stephen King has written some forty books and novellas, including Carrie, The Stand and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (from the collection Different Seasons), Bag of Bones, On Writing and most recently Cell, Lisey’s Story and Duma Key. He wrote several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, including Blaze (June 2007). He won America’s prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.

The application has been developed in association with Hodder & Stoughton.