
But the rest of the group quickly re-join him as the Phoners’ psychic powers are forcing them to. The group meets others and eventually disband as Clay heads off alone. However, as the group journey on Clay has a dream that all those who are not affected will be exposed to the pulse once they reach Kashwak. Here they find out that Johnny has also been told to go to Kashwak by the Phoners. The group agrees, but Clay is still determined to go home.ĭuring the journey Alice is killed, and the group reach Clays hometown of Kent Pond. They then meet the Raggedy Man, who, after some murder, orders the group to travel to Kashwak. They kill the ‘phoners’ around the school while they are vulnerable and then share a dream in which they are individually confronted and killed by the same man who they dub the Raggedy Man. Here the group learns that those affected by the pulse have become a hive mind and have a psychic connection with each other. The next day Clay goes to reunite with his son Johnny and Alice and Tom join him.ĭuring their journey, they come to a prep school with a student and teacher remaining. The three escape the initial chaos and flee to Tom’s home. The story follows Clayton (Clay) a struggling artist who is trying to reunite with his son after a signal, The Pulse, is sent out over the global phone network and turns almost everyone into mindless animals.Ĭlay is thrown together with two others, Tom, a middle-aged man, and Alice, a teenager.

It received a film adaptation in 2009, starring John Cusack and Samuel L.

Today I am writing to you to talk about the Stephen King novel, Cell.Ĭell is a Post-Apocalyptic story that was released in 2006 and is effectively King’s crack at the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’.
