Salem's Lot by Stephen King
This novel is about Ben Mears, a young writer who has been out of the town for twenty-five years, has returned. He makes a new friend named Matt Burke, who is a teacher and starts a romantic relationship with a young woman named Susan Norton.
As a writer, he starts writing about the Marsten House, an abandoned house which has a lot of history. An Austrian inmigrant named Kurt Barlow has purchased the house with the intention of opening a store in the town.
The disappearance of a boy named Ralphy and the death of his brother Danny, coincides with Barlow's arrival. Danny becomes the first vampire in town and starts infecting a lot of people. He tries, without success, to infect Mark Petrie, a young man.
Ben, Susan, Matt, his doctor Jimmy Cody, Mark and the priest Father Callahan form a team to stop and defeat Barlow. Barlow captures Susan and makes her into a vampire. Ben kills her. Mark and the priest try to warn Mark's parents, but Barlow does not allow it. Barlow kills Mark's parents and forces the priest Father Callahan to drink his vampire blood to make him unclean. Callahan is unable to enter the church anymore because of it. Barlow's vampires kill Jimmy Cody.
Ben and Mark fight against Barlow and destroy him. Luckily, they get out of the town alive and move to a seaside town in Mexico.
One year later, they return to town and start a fire for destroying all the vampires.
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine and later worked as a teacher while establishing himself as a writer. Having also published work under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King's first horror novel, Carrie, was a huge success. Over the years, King has become known for titles that are both commercially successful and sometimes critically acclaimed. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide and been adapted into numerous successful films
As a writer, he starts writing about the Marsten House, an abandoned house which has a lot of history. An Austrian inmigrant named Kurt Barlow has purchased the house with the intention of opening a store in the town.
The disappearance of a boy named Ralphy and the death of his brother Danny, coincides with Barlow's arrival. Danny becomes the first vampire in town and starts infecting a lot of people. He tries, without success, to infect Mark Petrie, a young man.
Ben, Susan, Matt, his doctor Jimmy Cody, Mark and the priest Father Callahan form a team to stop and defeat Barlow. Barlow captures Susan and makes her into a vampire. Ben kills her. Mark and the priest try to warn Mark's parents, but Barlow does not allow it. Barlow kills Mark's parents and forces the priest Father Callahan to drink his vampire blood to make him unclean. Callahan is unable to enter the church anymore because of it. Barlow's vampires kill Jimmy Cody.
Ben and Mark fight against Barlow and destroy him. Luckily, they get out of the town alive and move to a seaside town in Mexico.
One year later, they return to town and start a fire for destroying all the vampires.
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