But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone-who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining-the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dan's own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl's soul and survival. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname 'Doctor Sleep' by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook-and his father's legacy of alcoholism and violence-kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance's sanity, as his paranormal gift known as 'the shining' opened a door straight into hell. It is a sequel to his 1977 novel, 'The Shining,' and follows the story of Danny Torr. Just as a fan, I didn’t know if I was going to recover if he watched the film and felt the way he felt about The Shining.Summary: Now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining -an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is 'a vivid frightscape' ( The New York Times ). 'Doctor Sleep' is a novel written by Stephen King and published in 2013. Even though he’s not over your shoulder, there’s this sense every day that, yeah, he’s going to see the movie. “But you know that, as soon as it’s done, he’s going to see it, and you know, because of what happened with The Shining, if he doesn’t like what you do, he’s not going to be shy,” Flanagan told EW. Though as you can imagine, Flanagan, who previously adapted King’s Gerald’s Game for Netflix, was pretty nervous about the process. That’s a huge deal, considering Flanagan’s version of Doctor Sleep attempts to marry the worlds of both the Kubrick and King tellings of The Shining.

So, I read the script very, very carefully and I said to myself, ‘Everything that I ever disliked about the Kubrick version of The Shining is redeemed for me here.”

Mike Flanagan, I’ve enjoyed all his movies, and I’ve worked with him before on Gerald’s Game. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, in 2013.

“Because obviously I wanted to do a good job with the sequel, because people knew the book The Shining, and I thought, I don’t want to screw this up. John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books - First UK edition, first printing. “I read the script to this one very, very carefully,” King told Entertainment Weekly.

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