What Fiction are you reading this week, March 1, 2020?

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4. Exactly. His novel "The Stand" is an appropriate read in today's environment. ...

I read it years ago and downloaded it as an ebook a couple of months ago. Some say it was King’s best novel. It definitely keeps your attention and the character development is excellent.

Of course the bio weapon accidentally released in the novel is a lot nastier than the coronavirus we are currently dealing with.

The Stand is a postapocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story "Night Surf", and presents a detailed vision of the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, killing off over 99% of the world's population. Published in 1978, The Stand was King's fourth novel, and remains (in its "Complete & Uncut" edition) the longest stand-alone novel King has published.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand