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 father's 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 Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival ...