“Doctor Sleep” tells of the ghosts of the past returning to life in “the shining” Danny Torrance. Danny, the son of a writer destroyed by the dark forces of the Overlook Hotel, still suffers under his extraordinary gift. After all, the ability to “shine” again and again reminds him of the tragic events he experienced as a child—events that almost broke his life.
After the events of “The Shining” several decades have passed. Danny Torrance grew up, became Dan, and acquired problems with alcohol. A fairly ordinary man of middle age—far from the boy who survived in the snowstorm-buried Overlook Hotel. The only use he has found for his fading gift is to ease the departure from life of hopelessly ill people.
But everything will change when a twelve-year-old shining girl named Abra enters Dan’s life—and the True Knot on Torrance’s neck will tighten tightly…