teaching, and a new girl. As he takes Sarah to a carnival, life looks very
good. But is his bizarre run of luck on the Wheel of Fortune really a blessing?
"There was a sudden jingling sound that Sarah at first thought must be in her
own ears. Then she saw that the others who had put money down were
sweeping it back off the board again, leaving Johnny to make his play alone.
No! She found herself wanting to shout. Not like that, not alone, it
isn't fair. . ."
A few hours later an accident slams Johnny Smith into a coma that will
last four and a half years.
In four and a half years a lot can change. When Johnny wakes up, his girl, his
career, and his youth are gone. But the tradgedy of his loss is nothing compared
to the horror of his gain. For Johnny Smith can now scan the minds, the pasts,
and the futures of certain others through a single touch. It is a gift he does
not want and a fate he cannot escape. He is repeatedly forced in the role
of Cassandra--morally compelled to warn, and inevitably despised for his
efforts.
"If you really can see such things, I pity you. You're a freak of God, no
different from a two-headed cow I once saw in the carnival."
And then, one fine summer day, Johnny shakes the hand of an ambitious
politician and is visited by a vision of a future so unspeakable that
only Johnny can believe its truth. And only Johnny Smith can act to stop
it. He is alone . . . and it isn't fair.
Stephen King 1979 |
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