Firestarter

He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, and their children in Bangor, Maine. Stephen King, the world's bestselling novelist, was educated at the University of Maine at Orono.

"Gives New Meaning to the word 'Firebrand'! Great King Novel" according to Critic's Corner Reviews. Firestarter, Stephen KingFirst thoughts:Great story, fast-paced. I’d call it Horror-Science Fiction.Story & Fav Plot Points:The story begins in the middle, actually, which I thought was an imaginative way of introducing the story and grabbing interest.Andy and his daughter are on the run. They both have abilities (he, through a psych experiment “gone horribly wrong,” and she through genetics). Andy can make people do what he wants by ‘pushing’ his intention. But he gets major migraines that can cause brain hemorrhaging if he does that too often. His wife, who could close refrigerator doors by thinking about th. Stephen King is really quite a good writer who doesn't get the credit he deserves! goldenlvr I don't think Stephen King gets the attention he deserves for his writing. He is consistently interesting, writes well, and has wonderful character driven plots. Yes, some of his themes do deal with the supernatural, but if you can get past thatI read Firestarter quite a while back and loved it then, and now loved it again. I think this is one of King's more credulous books, doesn't quite strain the ideas of the supernatural. Everything is quite believable, and he knows how to draw you into the story and make his characters live for you. That's more than can be said for quite a few authors out there today. Honestly I think King has written. What Would Happen If a Girl Had The Abiliy to be a Human Blowtorch Andy and his daughter Charlene, Charlie for short, are on the run. A government agency known as The Shop are after them. Years ago, The Shop was responsible for administering a secret experiemental drug into the veins of Charlie's parents when they were broke and naive college kids. The drug, called Lot Number Six, went helter-skelter through most of it's test subjects causing carnage which required a massive government effort to coverup the mess. For Charlie's parents, something in the drug altered their body chemistry. Her mother possessed a mild form of ESP where she could occasionally move things with her mind. Her father, Andy, could

Stephen King's finest novel yetthe most tightly plotted of King's chillers, it is also the most terrifying Cosmopolitan One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep Sunday Express King's imagination is vast Guardian

Unabridged CDs, 16 CDs, 13 hours Read by TBA Charlie McGee inherited pyrokinetic powers from her parents, who had been given a low-grade hallucinogen called "Lot Six" while at college. Now the government is trying to capture young Charlie and harness her powerful firestarting skills as a weapon.