Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year Dan has been drifting for decades desperate to shed his fathers legacy of despair alcoholism and violence Finally he settles in a New Hampshire town an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying Aided by a prescient cat he becomes Doctor Sleep Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone and it is her spectacular gift the brightest shining ever seen that reignites Dans own demons and summons him to a battle for Abras soul and survival S