“Written in masterly Stephen King’s signature translucent…this uncharacteristically glimmering fairy tale calls unabashedly for us to rise above our differences” ( Booklist, starred review). Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face-including his own-he tries to help. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. One of the women is friendly the other, cold as ice. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade-but escalating-battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn.

He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.

Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. There are a couple of other odd things, too. I even learned a little magic.Winner of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Awardįrom legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting story about “ an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred” ( The Washington Post) and bringing the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine together-a “joyful, uplifting” ( Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, “the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again” ( USA TODAY).Īlthough Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. Until I was thirteen, I didn’t even know we had one in the house. Don’t ask me where Mother learned to use a sword she wouldn’t tell me. Reading and writing are unusual skills for a poor boy, but I learned them. Dragon etiquette wasn’t the only thing Mother taught me.

It’s more difficult than it sounds dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you. It’s the principle that matters, though always be polite to a dragon. Even around the edge of the Enchanted Forest, dragons aren’t exactly common.

Not that I ever actually talked to one until after I left home. With all the enchanted Princesses and disguised wizards and transformed Kings and so on wandering around, you never know whom you might be talking to. Particularly polite, I mean she taught me to be ordinary polite to everyone.

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