Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Short summary

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Forty-year-old Danny Torrance has the gift of radiance. One day he is telepathically contacted by a girl, Abra Stone, asking for help. She is hunted by a group of vampires who kill children with the gift of radiance.

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The sequel to the novel The Shining. The boy Danny has grown up, he is now Daniel Torrance, who has turned 40 years old. But childhood traumas have not gone unnoticed. Danny can’t find himself in life, drinks a lot, and has all but lost his gift. But in the town of Fraser, he finally quits drinking and gets a job at a hospice.

One day a girl, Abra Stone, establishes a telepathic connection with Danny. She needs help. During a trance, she saw a group of vampires called the True Knot kill a boy with the gift of radiance. These subhumans roam the country, looking for children with the gift and feeding off the fear the poor girl feels while being killed.

Now they need Abra, a very powerful medium. Danny stands up for the girl. Together with his friend Billy, they manage to kill all the members of the group. In the finale, the friends fight the head of the true Knot, the strongest vampire, Rosie. The battle takes place at the site where the Overlook Hotel used to stand. In the epilogue, the main characters celebrate Abra’s birthday and Dan’s 15 years of sobriety.