“What a talent God has given you, Johnny.”

As with Firestarter, some might dismiss it as “another King story about ordinary people, blessed or cursed with unusual powers”. As before, this is an entirely different story, with some recurrent motifs. Another of his pet subjects, religious mania that serves as an instrument of truth, is also present here, if discreetly. One of King’s own favorites, from what I’ve read. The town of Castle Rock is introduced here.