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1 About this book
Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals.
- Horror
- Murderers
- Psychological fiction
- Science fiction
- Zombies
- Prose & Criticism
2 What to expect
An apocalyptic horror novel: a signal sent through mobile phones turns everyone using one into a mindless attacker, and a Maine artist sets out to reach his young son. It begins with sudden, graphic chaos in Boston and becomes a journey with a small band of survivors through a collapsed New England. It is fast and violent, shorter and pulpier than much of King's work, and openly suspicious of technology.
Good for readers who want: apocalyptic horror, a zombie-style survival story, and a fast, violent read.
3 About Stephen King
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Stephen King
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