T event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cellular phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls would become insane--or die.

In Boston, a young artist, Clayton Riddell, flees the explosive heart of the city. Clay's son has a little red cell phone. Often out of juice. But what It this time the battery is full? Clay has to reach his son, before his son reaches for his phone...

Who doesn't have a cell phone? This utterly gripping, gory, and fascinating novel doesn't ask the question 'Can you hear me now?' It answers it with a vengeance. High concept, ingenious, and terrifying: CELL IS the perfect nightmare for a whole new generation of Stephen King readers.

STEPHEN KING has written more than forty worldwide bestsellers from his first novel Carrie to the Dark rower series. He lives In Maine With his wife, the novelist Tabitha King. He does not own a cell phone.
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