Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King illustrates that life, even at its best, is no fairy tale. The novel takes place in the little Appalachian town of Dooling, W.Va., which for no apparent reason becomes ground zero of a worldwide gyno-epidemic, known as the Aurora Flu. The moment any woman falls asleep, she's immediately covered in a sticky white cocoon, like a full-body cotton-candy wrap. Aurora Flu threatened to wipe out the human species if it continued. The men of Dooling prepared for war when they learned a strange woman being held for murder at the Dooling Correctional Facility for Women was able to sleep and wake normally. This woman, who appeared to be a part goddess and a part witch, told Clint Norcross, the acting warden, the only way to cure the disease was for him to keep her alive even as the angry masses tried to take her and kill her. Evie Black appeared in Dooling the same day that women began growing cocoons when they fell asleep. She killed drug dealer Truman Mayweather and his friend, and then set fire to the shed where he produced meth, a highly addictive drug. His girlfriend, Tiffany Jones, called in the double homicide and fire to the sheriff’s department. Lila Norcross, Dooling’s sheriff, was surprised to see Evie standing in the road as if she were waiting to be arrested for her crimes… You can listen online to free English audiobook “Sleeping Beauties” by Stephen King and Owen King on our website.
