![]() ![]() ![]() It was there, in the ever dangerous and incredibly foreign lands of the Middle East, where he honed his skills as one of his country’s best snipers.Īfter leaving the Service, our titular protagonist ended up being recruited for some not very legal activities. ![]() This is especially true with his latest release, which is a fantastic read, and one that isn’t really supernatural at all.īilly Summers is a forty-something man from Tennessee, who had a difficult childhood and then went off to fight for his country. Although there are some paranormal elements to be found in one or two of those stories, scariness isn’t the focus. This has resulted in The Outsider, The Institute, Elevation and now Billy Summers. In recent years, King’s literary efforts have been less scary and more mysterious. Things like Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Body and 11/22/63. No, he’s also written some of the most seminal, non-scary stories of the last number of decades. King isn’t a genre writer who can only write within the parameters of the scary and unusual. Whenever we think of Stephen King, we’re apt to focus on his being the King of Horror and all of the nightmarish stories he’s introduced us to over the years. ![]()
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