A review by sookieskipper
The Stand: Soul Survivors by Mike Perkins, Laura Martin, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King

3.0

The story moves to act two where the characters rearrange themselves for the war with evil that seems to be lurking at the edge of their nightmares. The coalition between survivors begins as they all share the same dream - meeting an old woman in a corn field.

This volume is all about humanity dealing with the pandemic, collapsing moral objectives and utter lack of law enforcement. Few people be what they have always been while some unleash the darkness they were born with, the bias that always existed and finding odd sense of strength in the darkness of their nightmares.

There are certain passages in the book that had stood out - when Stu hugs Fran after losing a man. King delivers some of his powerful themes in those moments which Perkins captures spectacularly.

A good start to book two of the novel.