{"product_id":"the-stand","title":"The Stand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First came the virus. And then came the dreams . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A man escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out over 99 percent of the world's population within a few weeks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge - Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the 'dark man', the apostate of death, the warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now the survivors must choose between them - and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece' GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'His work plumbs, with unnerving accuracy, the hopes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand fears of an entire nation' OBSERVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65882375651677,"sku":"9781444720730","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1084\/1600\/8541\/files\/10202723482702.jpg?v=1789038526","url":"https:\/\/www.annasbookcafe.nl\/products\/the-stand","provider":"Anna's Bookcafé","version":"1.0","type":"link"}