Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock Maine A 1 New York Times bestseller about a man who wakes up from a fiveyear coma able to see peoples futures and the terrible fate awaiting mankinda compulsive pageturner The Atlanta JournalConstitution. Johnny Smith awakens from a fiveyear coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see peoples futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift Johnny feels cursed. His fiance married another man during his coma and people clamor for him to solve their problems. When Johnny has a disturbing vision after he shakes the hand of an ambitious and amoral politician he must decide if he should take drastic action to change the future. With powerful tension that holds the reader to the story like a pin to a magnet The Houston Post The Dead Zone is a faultlessly paced...continuously engrossing Los Angeles Times novel of second sight. show more