Revival (novel)
Revival is a novel by American writer Stephen King, published on November 11, 2014 by Scribner. Background information The novel was first mentioned by King on June 20, 2013, while doing a video chat with fans as part of promoting the then-upcoming Under the Dome TV series. During the chat King stated that he was halfway through writing his next novel, Revival. The novel was officially announced on February 12, 2014. An excerpt was included at the end of the paperback edition of King's Doctor Sleep, published on June 10, 2014 (). In an interview with Rolling Stone, King stated that Revival was inspired by Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and, like several of King's preceding novels, he has had the idea for this novel since childhood. Plot When Charles Jacobs, a new Methodist minister, comes to town, young Jamie Morton is excited. Almost everyone in the small town of Harlow, Maine comes to love Jacobs, his beautiful wife, and their young son Morrie. Jacobs runs weekly Ministry Youth Fellowship sessions for the town’s children where he shares his interest in electricity and inventions with them, his wife plays music for them and they play