Could Have Been A Good Short Story
This is typical of King after his initial glory. It gets off to a good start and the possibilities seem interesting. But then nothing happens. There is the occasionally disembodied event but they never go anywhere. It is set in Western Pennsylvania not Maine and in the afterward the author explains why. To me this is a prime example of the reality that his publisher would print his laundry receipt and it would sell so no editor would ever have the nerve to say this is 200 pages too long. King makes his usual snide political comments. This was written in 2002 and as we know the author's concern for nutty domestic militia movements is what America had to keep its eye on at the time. My wife got it from a discount bin so I'm not out much but it was still overpriced.