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'Salem's Lot

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Stephen King
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#1 BESTSELLER • Soon to be a new major motion picture • Writer Ben Mears has returned to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book.

Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.

In time, he comes to understand that his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his wildest imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is tearing the town apart.

Motion Picture Artwork © 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

©2012 Stephen King (P)2012 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“A master storyteller.” (The Los Angeles Times)

“Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . He’s the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door.” (The Boston Globe)

“[The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet.” (USA Today)

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narrator is fantastic.

couldn't stop! the voices, the content. 10/10 mclarty was there perfect choice for king. I'll definitely end up reading this again.

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Not my favorite King, but a darn good one.

Dracula comes to Maine with spectacular results. This classic Stephen King will give you a good shiver (though the end falters a bit). Terrific narration and pacing.

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Vampires are nut merely a virus or a chance "product of evolution"

Vampires by their very nature are undead and intrinsically evil; there is no such thing as a "good" vampire. Since vampires on not simply a product of a virus, poison or merely another randomly evolved species (the latter is ridiculous when considering vampires are undead), the malevolence of vampires inspires an instinctive irrational fear of more than mere death in the physical sense. A lack of faith and/or a fallen sinful state can doom one's soul. Stephen King's Salem's Lot is an excellent vampire horror story in the classic style where the conflict is founded on the battle between good and evil, and the faithful servants of God and the slaves of the evil one.

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Listen...if you dare!

This presentation and the '79 and '04 adaptations are truly epic!! ❤ the narration! Wonderful!

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Badass

I loved the book reading it myself, and loved listening to it with my wife.

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Salem's Lot needs a sequel.

Salem's Lot is my favorite Stephen King book. Why? Because it terrifies me! I wish it had a second part. Long and terrifying.

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Stephen King at his best

I go between this book and the Stand as my favorite King Book. I have read all his books,novellas and short stories but Salem’s Lot outshines them all. If you are new to this genre, start here if you have read the dark tower series then Father Callaghan’s character begins in this book along with the vampires.

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Still scary after all these years!

One of my favorite reads & now a favorite audio. McLarty did a fine job. Definitely recommended.

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Stephen King’s Best Novel to This Day

Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot” is to this day one of his best. Filled with tension and scares, “Salem’s Lot” has some of the most frightening and chilling scares in a novel. It is just ripe for being adapted into a feature length film. Loved it!

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Glued from beginning to the end

Such a great book; not a fan of his politics but his novels are amazing.

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