In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.

A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.

Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.

Stephen King is so much more than just a horror writer. He has a character creation ability that always leaves me feeling like I know the people, and have just shared time in their lives...however short. Of the books I've read, the ones that have been my favourite have been what I think of as 'the Derry books'. IT, the beautifully crafted novella, The Body (part of Different Seasons) and Insomnia, Bag Of Bones, and The Tommyknockers. Somehow King captures some remote whimsy in the location that adds even more to their charm...so Dreamcatcher is a must to read for me.